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Harvard Design Dean Whiting Cancer Treatment

The new dean has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

by John S. Rosenberg

President Bacow on Harvard in pandemic

Larry Bacow puts Harvard in the perspective of the pandemic.

by John S. Rosenberg

Ask a Harvard Professor with William C. Kirby

China’s internal politics, global aspirations, and relations with the United States, with William Kirby, former dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, now Chang professor of China Studies and Spangler Family professor of business administration.

A Harvard Senior’s Call to the Home Front

“We are the generation that is coming of age in the COVID-19 crisis,” writes Lauren Spohn ’20. “What can we build? What can we sacrifice? What risks can we take?”

by Lauren Spohn

At Home with Harvard: The Literary Life

Our editors curate their favorite literary stories in Harvard Magazine.

Deforestation Damages Even the Rainforests That Survive It

The world needs tropical forests—but rainforest destruction continues unabated, and it may be even worse than you thought. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard Overseer Election Postponed

The coronavirus pandemic threatened to disenfranchise alumni balloting.

by John S. Rosenberg

At Home with Harvard: Harvard in the Movies

Our editors curate their favorite stories about Harvardians on screen. 

Ask a Harvard Professor with Benjamin Sachs and Sharon Block

Reforming labor law, with Benjamin Sachs, Kestnbaum professor of labor and industry at Harvard Law School, and Sharon Block, executive director of the labor and worklife program at HLS.

All College Spring Semester Grades Will Be Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory

“We cannot proceed as if nothing has changed,” FAS dean Claudine Gay wrote. “Everything has changed." 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

College Admits 4.9 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2024

And the term bill exceeds $70,000 for the first time. 

What Happens to Harvard’s Workers?

Harvard is expected to announce a decision by the end of this week about whether and how it can help subcontracted workers. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova