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A New HAA President at a Tumultuous Time

A career in higher ed inspired Will Makris to give back.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Bringing Korean Stories to Life

Composer Julia Riew writes the musicals she needed to see.

by Max J. Krupnick

How Do Single-Celled Organisms Learn and Remember

A Harvard neuroscientist’s quest to model memory in single-celled organisms

by Lydialyle Gibson

CiderDays Festival Celebrates All Things Apple

Visiting small-batch cideries and orchards in Massachusetts

by Nell Porter-Brown

Preserving the History of Jim Crow Era Safe Havens

Architectural historian Catherine Zipf is building a database of Green Book sites.  

by Lydialyle Gibson

A New Narrative of Civil Rights

Political philosopher Brandon Terry’s vision of racial progress

by Lydialyle Gibson

Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival

Without Christopher Marlowe, there might not have been a Bard.

by Nina Pasquini

Highlighting Harvard Magazine’s Fellows

The 2025-2026 Ledecky and Summer Undergraduate Fellows

Civil Rights in the American West

A new book chronicles one man’s quest for a Black state.

Highlights from Harvard’s Past

The Medical School goes coed, University poet wins Nobel Prize. 

A Paper House in Massachusetts

The 1920s Rockport cottage reflects resourceful ingenuity.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Free Speech, the Bomb—and Donald Trump

A Harvard cardiologist on the unlikely alliances that shaped a global movement to prevent nuclear war