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Buildings under construction on the enterprise research campus

Harvard Land Development Plans for Allston

Harvard presents its 10-year plan for institutional development in Allston.

by Jonathan Shaw

yellow palm warbler on a branch

Spring Activities Around Harvard Square

Celebrating the season with the Trustees

by Nell Porter-Brown

Toussaint Miller in a dark sweater plays the trumpet on stage with eyes closed.

Music and Medicine

Toussaint Miller explores the healing power of art.


by Lydialyle Gibson

Supersonic test pilot Chuck Yeager

Essays from Edward Tenner

Essayist Edward Tenner on technology’s pitfalls

North wall of the Faculty Room

Harvard's Faculty Room Is Remodeled

Reimagining an iconic space to reflect the Harvard community more comprehensively

by John S. Rosenberg

Comic illustration of hyperactive, pressured teens, many on their screens

Teen "Grind" Culture and Mental Health

Teens need better strategies to cope with lives lived partly online.

by Erin O’Donnell

Justice Edward Sanford portrait, modified to depict him as a baseball player

Harvard Alumni Association President Bob Bowie Jr.

An admissions odyssey, the search for “Casey,” and a Harvard legislative legacy

by Primus VI

A condemned inmate returns to his cell in the east block of death row at California’s San Quentin State Prison

The Supreme Court and Mass Incarceration

A legal scholar’s harsh assessment of the Supreme Court’s rulings on crime

by Lincoln Caplan

Student protestor and Harvard police officer during the Mass Hall living-wage protest, April 25, 2001

A Contentious Era for U.S. Higher Education

President emeritus Neil L. Rudenstine on changes in the academy and society that made universities more contentious—and diminished support for humane learning

by Neil L. Rudenstine

Deans Sean Kelly and David Parkes

Harvard Deans of Arts and Engineering on Plans and Priorities

The deans of arts and humanities and the school of engineering and applied sciences share their plans and priorities.

by Jonathan Shaw

Painting of swimmers in blue tones

Fresh Works by Young Maine Artists

Works by young artists at the Portland Museum of Art

by Nell Porter-Brown

Graduates in caps and gowns hold inflatable globes at an outdoor ceremony with red banners in the background.

Harvard University’s 373rd Commencement Excercises

Commencement and Alumni Day schedules