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Harvard Portrait: Melissa Dell

“In the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, people in academic institutions like Harvard predominantly studied the U.S. and Europe,” says the development economist.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard’s COVID-19 lessons, and new challenges

What Harvard has already learned from the pandemic—and strategic challenges to come

 New England summertime getaways

Getting away and outside safely this summer

by Nell Porter-Brown

2020 Harvard Cambridge Scholars

Headed to the other Cambridge  

Harvard Athletics Study Released

An agenda for a new athletic director—and for a wider emphasis on student fitness

by Jacob Sweet

Protesting, at Home and on the Streets

As demonstrations grow in the wake of George Floyd’s death, students mobilize against racism and police brutality

by Matteo Wong

Harvard professional schools move online, endowment distribution decreased

…and the endowment distribution is decreased, as the College completes its plans.

by John S. Rosenberg

At Home with Harvard: Racial Justice

Selections from Harvard Magazine's extensive coverage of racism, inequality, and incarceration

The Man in the Top Hat

A return to campus, to take in virtual graduation with friends

by Caroline Engelmayer

Harvard Graduate School of Design Class Day speaker Jenny Odell

Artist Jenny Odell speaks at the Graduate School of Design Class Day ceremony.

by Nell Porter-Brown

“To Heal and to Help”

Harvard medical- and dental-school graduates on the front lines of a worldwide crisis

by Lydialyle Gibson

“The Work of the Public Health Leader Is the Work of the Herdsman”

Entering an era when “public health is everywhere”

by Matteo Wong