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Blavatnik gift accelerates Harvard Medical School research

A $200-million gift from the Blavatnik Family Foundation paves the way.

by John S. Rosenberg

Affirmative action, legacies, Harvard admissions

Affirmative action, donor and staff preferences, and other Harvard College admissions challenges

A re-landscaped Massachusetts Hall

Re-landscaping Massachusetts Hall, making the entrance to Harvard Yard more welcoming

by Primus VI

Profile of installation artist Liz Glynn

In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value

by Samantha Culp

Ulysses S. Grant profile by Elizabeth D. Samet

Brief history of the image of a hero: 1822-1885

by Elizabeth D. Samet

New Radcliffe dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin has a blueprint for action

New Radcliffe dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin has a blueprint for action.

by Oset Babür

Arts join sciences in Harvard Allston

Alongside a huge applied-sciences center, a toehold for art-making

A winter’s trip to Portland, Maine

Enjoying Portland, Maine, in the “off-season”

by Nell Porter-Brown

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Letters on admissions, academic presses, the solicitor general, and more

“Austerity—When It Works and When It Doesn’t” reviewed by Idrees Kahloon

Economists revisit an unsettled economic policy.

by Idrees Kahloon

Philip J. Deloria, scholar of Native American studies

Philip Deloria studies American Indians and the contradictions that made America.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College

The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College.

by Catherine Zhang