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John Payne teaches a saxophone student at his music center in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Saxophonist John Payne teaches ensembles, jazz, and improvisation

Rejecting the “tyranny of competence,” John Payne helps musicians bloom.

by Craig Lambert

Sven Beckert

History turns toward the global, the scientific, and the quantitative

Scholars pursue sweeping new interpretations of the human past.

by Jonathan Shaw

Dan Shore and Christine Heenan

Harvard vice presidents depart, sexual assault, and more

Vice-presidential vacancies in finance and communications, sexual-assault legislation, grade inflation, and more

Michael Rohan has developed a magnetic-stimulation machine that shows promise for the immediate treatment of depression.

Magnetic Waves show promise in treatment of bipolar disorder and depression

Researchers at Mclean Hospital develop a magnet that treats depression and bipolar disorder

by Erin O’Donnell

Flavors of Latin America & the Caribbean

The nifty 28-yard punt return of Seitu Smith ’15 jump-started the Crimson on the way to the touchdown by Paul Stanton Jr. ’16 that made it 17-0.

Harvard beats Cornell 24-7 to go 4-0

Harvard's football team came to life in the second half to defeat Cornell, 24-7.

by Dick Friedman

David Ellwood

Harvard Kennedy School Dean David Ellwood steps down

The Harvard Kennedy School’s leader will conclude his service at the end of the academic year.

The image shows human-stem-cell-derived beta cells that have formed islet-like clusters in a mouse. The cells were transplanted to the kidney capsule (the fibrous connective layer surrounding the kidneys); the photograph was taken two weeks later, by which time the beta cells were making insulin and had cured the diabetes in the mouse.

Harvard's Douglas Melton creates functional insulin-producing human beta cells

Douglas Melton creates working beta cells from stem cells for eventual use in treatment of Type 1 diabetes.

Photograph by istock

Research into medical marijuana and cognitive function

Novelist Patricia Cornwell donates $500,000 to McLean program studying the drug's effect on cognitive function.

Harvard Center for European Studies scholar writes new book on the Berlin Wall

A scholar at the Center for European Studies traces the unexpected causes of the opening of divided Berlin.

Peter Gomes

Harvard remembers Peter Gomes in Memorial Minute

The late Pusey minister in Memorial Church is memorialized by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth performs at Dumbarton Oaks.

Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard's Washington, D.C., center, celebrates new spaces

Harvard’s Washington, D.C., humanities center enhances its community—and its intellectual reach