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Portrait of Claudine Gay, dean of Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Faculty Faces Its Future

Better results than expected during the pandemic, and a sweeping effort to plan for academic improvements

by John S. Rosenberg

On Readers’ Behalf

Recognizing writers and artists for distinguished work during 2021

Harvard alumni in their Commencement day finery preparing for the traditional alumni parade

Celebrating Alumni, Anew

Changes afoot for Harvard’s annual alumni meeting

Photo of anti-vaccination protest, Los Angeles, October 12, 2021

Professor Steven Pinker on Thinking Straight

An excerpt from the preface of Pinker’s 2022 book Rationality

Culinary Postcards

Food has always been a contentious topic among undergraduates.

by Swathi Kella

Illustration of a human head benefitting from exercise

Your Brain on Exercise

The hormone irisin, promising as a therapeutic against Alzheimer’s and dementia, is responsible for the cognitive benefits of exercise.

by Jonathan Shaw

A Post-Plague Outpost

Candice Lin’s otherworldly refuge

by Nell Porter-Brown

Portrait of Harvard Law professor and author Randall Kennedy

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

A man with a beard sits casually on a chair, relaxed on wooden steps.

Reporting, with an M.B.A.

Charles Duhigg unpacks how individuals and organizations work at war, on Wall Street, and in Silicon Valley

by Jonathan Shaw

News Briefs

Legacies challenged, campus sustainability, affirmative-action litigation, and honored scientists

by John S. Rosenberg

Crimson Clear

Time for greater Harvard transparency

Photo of new book on Harvard and Radcliffe presidents

Small-Town Roots

Professors’ humble beginnings, concentration choices, and a mini history of Harvard and Radcliffe presidents

by Primus VI