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Four Harvard seniors have won scholarships to study at Cambridge University

Four seniors have won scholarships to study at Cambridge University.

Advertising trade cards from the 1850s to the 1910s depict Irish immigrants’ social and economic climb from the laboring classes…

Boston's immigration trends on exhibit at Boston Public Library

A Boston Public Library exhibit illustrates immigration history.

Samuel Clark, in costume, shows real tourists around Yale. He later said he was trying to be helpful.

Touring Yale, trombone sextet, and talking back to John Foster Dulles

Touring Yale, trombone sextet, and talking back to John Foster Dulles

Eastern hemlocks at Harvard Forest’s Slab City wildland

Harvard researcher David Foster on the slow death of the hemlock tree

A tiny insect, the woolly adelgid, is killing off these giant evergreens.

by Laura Levis

Designs for Paul Rudolph’s iconic, controversial Yale Art & Architecture build­ing, 1959-1961

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Photograph by Geoffrey Biddle

Geoffrey Biddle takes extraordinary family photographs

The photographer captures his family’s everyday moments.

An island overview

Peddocks Island: Hike, bike, boat, swim, fish, and camp in Boston Harbor

This Boston Harbor island offers an urban oasis.

Clockwise from top left: Anand G. Mahindra, J. Louis Newell, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, John P. Reardon Jr.

Harvard alumni win awards for outstanding service

Four alumni are honored for their contributions to the University.

Letters on humanities hubris, hoop humor, undergraduate prolixity and more

Humanities hubris, hoop humor, undergraduate prolixity

Journal page by Matt Freedman

Artist Matt Freedman’s “cancer treatment journal” about adenoid cystic carcinoma

Artist Matt Freedman ’78 confronts adenoid cystic carcinoma.

Harvard crew has a winning season

Harvard crew has a winning season

Introducing Harvard Magazine’s guide to Cambridge, Boston, and beyond

A letter from the editor