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Harvard Scientists’ Leadership in Fighting Infectious Diseases

Dan Barouch awarded $24.5 million for HIV research, Marc Lipsitch named to national center for public health forecasting

by Jonathan Shaw

Afghanistan Will Be What It Always Was

But will we be better? A veteran’s reflections

by Kit Parker

The Context: The Gig Economy and the Future of Work

Our best work on employment's present and future

by Jacob Sweet

A Sister’s Plea for Her Brother’s Freedom

Rayhan Asat is speaking out against the imprisonment of her brother Ekpar, drawing attention to the plight of Uighurs in China.

by Juliet Isselbacher

Repatriating Native American Remains

Disputes over the disposition of sensitive collections shadow Peabody Museum

by Juliet Isselbacher

Reflections of Pandemic Intimacy

Harvard's Carpenter Center highlights works by Katherine Bradford and Diedrick Bracken

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard Magazine’s 2021-22 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

The 2021-22 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

John Harvard Statue Undergoes Restoration

The well-loved statue gets spiffed up for the new school year 

by Nancy Walecki

ManyVoices

On speaking out—on Harvard’s behalf

by Lawrence S. Bacow

America’s Oldest Synagogue

Newport R.I.’s colonial era and thriving Jewish community 

by Nell Porter-Brown

The "King of Palindromes"

Mark Saltveit and the art of the palindrome

by Nancy Walecki

The Poco of Pocos

Brief life of a Harvard “character”

by Hanna Rose Shell