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Harvard Endowment Increases $11.3 Billion and University Operates at a Surplus
A 33.6 percent return on endowment investments, as expense controls and donor support buoy the budget in an unprecedented year
Committee Recommends a More Transparent Tenure Process
Group finds that tenure is not broken but can use improvements.
by Jacob Sweet
Football 2021: Harvard 24, Cornell 10
Harvard remains undefeated with a win over Cornell.
Memorable Mentors
Richard Lewontin, Richard Zeckhauser, diplomatic security, diverse inclusion, and admissions agita lampooned
by Primus VI
An Obligation to Dignity
Poet and lawyer—and MacArthur “genius”—Reginald Dwayne Betts on art and imprisonment
The Paintings Found Behind a Shelf of Books in the Harvard Botanical Museum
The discovery of Rosa M. Towne’s paintings in the Harvard Botanical Museum
by Edward Tabor
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
Staff Pick: A.R.T.’s Wild: A Musical Becoming
Harvard’s Diane Paulus brings climate change to center stage
Getting Close to the Past
A powerful public history of slavery in America
The Food Waste Problem
Emily Broad Leib combats wasted food worldwide.
by Jacob Sweet
“Decarcerating” America
A Law School institute facilitates change “from the ground up.”
Endowment Enigmas
Risky entanglements in the political arena—and the potential for major new academic investments