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An image from Gilens's "Reading Forest" installation, a sketched cross-section of a tress with words interspersed in the rings. They read: "The effects of climate change are rippling through the landscape and will intensify in ways that are difficult to predict."

The outdoor artwork of designer—and experimenter—Todd Gilens

Todd Gilens brings wilderness into urban public art.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Magazine’s 2021-22 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

The 2021-22 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

Conservators from Skylight Studios work on the John Harvard statue

John Harvard Statue Undergoes Restoration

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

by Nancy Walecki

Exterior view of the synagogue

America’s Oldest Synagogue

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

by Nell Porter-Brown

Photographic portrait of Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow

ManyVoices

On speaking out—on Harvard’s behalf

by Lawrence S. Bacow

Mark Saltveit writes "Wow" on a piece of glass

The "King of Palindromes"

Mark Saltveit and the art of the palindrome

by Nancy Walecki

Drawing of Poco from Harvard Celebrities: A Book of Caricatures and Decorative Drawings, 1901

The Poco of Pocos

Brief life of a Harvard “character”

by Hanna Rose Shell

Dr. Diane L. Moore, Religion and Public Life Director

Divinity School Launches New Degree Programs

The new Religion and Public Life initiative promotes "religious literacy" in the professions

by Nancy Walecki

True North

Here’s where to plan your next fall adventure in Vermont and Maine.

by Kara Baskin

Illustration of a man plugging his ears on the roof of his house as floodwaters engulf the building

Why Some Citizens Reject Science

Bridging the gulf to science deniers

by Daniel Oberhaus

photograph of new HAA president Vanessa Liu

An Inclusive “One Harvard”

HAA president Vanessa Liu on harnessing power “for the greater good.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

The painting, "Overseers in the Field #1" (2007), informed by Winfred Rembert

Open Book: Hiding in a Tick Mattress

Wilfred Rembert’s escape from a lynching