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Harvard Projects $750-Million Revenue Shortfall

Executive vice president Katie Lapp details losses from research funding and executive education.

by John S. Rosenberg

At Home with Harvard: The Undergraduate

Our favorite student essays on the undergraduate experience

Colson Whitehead '91 wins 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

The Nickel Boys wins the 2020 prize for fiction.

Harvard Reports Jeffrey Epstein Gifts

President Bacow advises the community on the Office of General Counsel findings; professor put on administrative leave pending further review.

by John S. Rosenberg

At Home with Harvard: The Real History of Women at Harvard

A selection of stories covering the admission of women, the Harvard-Radcliffe merger, the rise of women in the faculty ranks, Harvard’s first woman president, and more

The Pandemic's Unequal Toll

A Radcliffe Institute online discussion of health disparities laid bare by coronavirus  

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Faculty Elected National Academy of Sciences

Medicine and mathematics are heavily represented—plus a recent Nobel laureate in economics.

by John S. Rosenberg

At Home with Harvard: Crimson Sports Illustrated

With 2020 winter sports ending early and the spring collegiate season wiped out almost entirely, we look back at some Crimson highlights from past years. 

Building a Better COVID-19 Swab

Engineers at the Wyss Institute address a critical shortage of nasal swabs.

by Jonathan Shaw

Starlink

Seniors hunker down in communal quarantine.

by Eve Driver

Harvard fall reopening plans

Provost Alan Garber outlines the possibilities and options—and the College prepares for continued remote teaching, if necessary

by John S. Rosenberg

Alone on Harvard’s Campus

Most days, I see no one at all.

by Jeremy Tsai