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Sisters Vanessa and Casey White in the kitchen of their company, Jaju Pierogi

Jaju’s Premiere Pierogies

Two sisters’ culinary venture honors their Polish American roots.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Three headshots, of Harvard Medalists Walter K. Clair, Nancy-Beth Gordon Sheerr, Preston N. Williams

2021 Harvard Medalists

Harvard alumni honored for extraordinary service to the University

<i>Puck<i> magazine cartoon from 1895 lampooning the income tax

Off the shelf: Recent books with Harvard connections

Tax follies, Thomas Sowell, Donald Hall, and more

A stylized illustration of a tree with many small flowers blooming on one side and on the other one small branch on which a small human figure is nurturing one large blossom

Pondering the Extracurricular “Founders” Puzzle

Why do so many Harvard students start clubs, instead of joining them?

by Meena Venkataramanan

The T-shirt designed for the College class of 2024, reading "Crimson Crew WORLD TOUR" and displaying a globe-like circle labeled 2024

The Year That Was

Class spirit (the shirt), recyclable regalia, Zoom primal scream

by John S. Rosenberg

Aerial view of historic downtown New Bedford buildings

New Bedford

Exploring the coastal fishing hub’s history, architecture, parks, and arts scene

by Nell Porter-Brown

Head shots of the four Centennial Medalists: Lotte Bailyn, John Hutchinson, Marvin Kalb, and Margaret McIntosh

Harvard Arts and Sciences Centennial Medalists

For graduate studies that contributed to society

Emily Balskus

Probing the Microbial World Within Us

Emily Balskus deciphers the human microbiome.

by Jonathan Shaw

Photograph of 60 Oxford Street, new center for quantum science and engineering

News Briefs: Important University Updates

A large leap in the smallest science, decarbonization debates, admissions lawsuit

An illustration of the crumpled front end of a car that has been in an accident with mountains that are the result of crumpling of Earth's crust, rising in the background

How Paper Crumples

The research provides insight into the way materials react to repeated strain.

by Steve Nadis

Portrait photograph of Sidney Verba

Sidney Verba, and a classy class reporter

Harvard’s mensch, and a record-setting recorder of Crimson lives

by Primus VI

Photo of Bonnie Tsui standing on a pier

A Surfing Author’s Children’s Book

In the swim with Bonnie Tsui

by S.I. Rosenbaum