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Readers comment further on “Fair Harvard,” teaching the liberal arts, celebrity and politics, the middle class, and more.
Canterbury Shaker Village, in New Hampshire
The Canterbury Shakers’ enduring appeal
Stephen Greenblatt on Adam and Eve
Stephen Greenblatt explores the myths and meanings of Adam and Eve.
Brief life of Carl Thorne-Thomsen, Vietnam veteran from Harvard
Brief life of a man of principle: 1946-1967
Business school-engineering joint tech degree
Harvard’s business and engineering faculties join forces on a new technology-design degree—before they co-locate in Allston.
David Sinclair’s anti-aging science
Can a single molecule extend lifespan?
Harvard satirized, critiqued, aflame
A fresh source for Harvard humor, a critique embedded in a memorium, and historic photos of a famous campus fire
by Primus VI
Alison Carey, on directing the American Revolutions cycle at the OSF
Historical plays for a nation “stuck in the middle”
New Ledecky Fellows Natasha Lasky and Tawanda Mulalu join Harvard Magazine
The Ledecky Fellows provide an undergraduate perspective on life at Harvard.
Harvard Portrait: historian Sunil Amrita, Mehta professor of South Asian studies
The Bay of Bengal is central for this South Asia scholar.
The view from Mass Hall
President Drew Faust on the rise, and significance, of engineering and the applied sciences at Harvard
World’s End: Boston’s South Shore gem
A day trip to Hingham