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Dramatic photograph of volatile hurricane waves, by artist Clifford Ross

Curiosities: “Completely Magical”

Stunning works by Clifford Ross at the Portland Museum of Art 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Alumni Admissions Interviewers Honored

Miller-Hunn Awards

Photo of President Donald Trump and Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett

Supreme Court Brinkmanship

Linda Greenhouse on the 2020-2021 Supreme Court—and the changes to come

Campus, Interrupted

The Undergraduate returns to student life, altered by the pandemic and a year spent apart. 

by Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead , Swathi Kella

A smokestack spewing smoke with a wind turbine in its shadow

China’s Excess Wind Energy

Rather than shutting down turbines, China can harness surplus wind energy to make “green” hydrogen fuel and industrial chemicals.

by Jacob Sweet

Three headshots: V (formerly Even Ensler), Idina Menzel, and Diane Paulus

Staff Pick: A.R.T.’s Wild: A Musical Becoming

Harvard’s Diane Paulus brings climate change to center stage

by Nell Porter-Brown

Photograph of the iconic Monticello, suggesting that Jefferson’s role as an owner of enslaved people needs to be made part of his history

Getting Close to the Past

A powerful public history of slavery in America

by Drew Gilpin Faust

Emily Broad Leib in front of produce

The Food Waste Problem

Emily Broad Leib combats wasted food worldwide.

by Jacob Sweet

Headshots from left to right of Brittany White, Andrew Manuel Crespo, and Premal Dharia

“Decarcerating” America

A Law School institute facilitates change “from the ground up.”

by Nancy Walecki

Endowment Enigmas

Risky entanglements in the political arena—and the potential for major new academic investments

Reasons to Rejoice

This holiday, discover safely spectacular ways to celebrate the season.

by Kara Baskin

2021 HAA Award Winners

For outstanding service