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Susan Farbstein smiles while standing outside in front of a building with columns and surrounding greenery, wearing a light blue blouse.

Susan Farbstein on Human Rights Law

Human rights lawyer on law’s ability to promote justice—and shape public understanding

by Nina Pasquini

Serena Jampel (left) and Yasmeen Khan (right)

Meet Harvard Magazine’s Ledecky Fellows

The 2024-2025 Undergraduate columnists

Leaf shapes of some of the various species of maples (genus Acer) on a black background

Learning the Trees of North America

A monumental new guide to North American species

by Jonathan Shaw

A young girl with pink headphones uses a tablet for an educational reading game at a classroom desk.

A Right Way to Teach Reading?

The science, art, and politics of teaching an essential skill

by Nina Pasquini

A vibrant illustration of a lively indoor gathering, with people eating, talking, and dancing. Abstract shapes representing microbes in pink, purple, and yellow surround the scene, creating a surreal atmosphere.

How Your Social Circle Affects Your Microbiome and Health

The microbiome may be socially exchanged, modulating both health and metabolism.

by Ann Thomas

Beau McCall, at left, wearing Button Jacket: Born in Philly, Made in Harlem, circa 1988, and his partner, Souleo, wearing Button Jacket: Stacked Sleeves, circa early 1990s-2021

Art Made Out of Buttons

Works by Harlem-based artist Beau McCall at Brockton's Fuller Craft Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

Moitri Chowdhury Savard smiling, sitting indoors against a dark background.

Harvard Alumni Association President Elected

Alumni Association president Moitri Chowdhury Savard

by Nell Porter-Brown

Collage of Chef Nisha Vora in the kitchen preparing a dish, a bowl of sticky coconut-milk-braised tofu over rice, and a plate of buttermilk-fried “chicken” with cornbread and dilly slaw.

From Harvard Law Books to Vegan Cookbooks

Nisha Vora’s vegan journey

by Claire Zulkey

Task Forces Address Antisemitism and Anti-Arab Challenges at Harvard

Early findings and recommendations from the task forces on antisemitism and anti-Muslim, -Arab, and -Palestinian bias

by John S. Rosenberg

Covers of Harvard and Radcliffe College class of 1954 seventieth reunion class reports

How Harvard Has Evolved

Alumni perspectives on Harvard in crisis, and signs of a changed community

by Primus VI

Jeanne Gang’s organic Gilder Center, grafted into the American Museum of Natural History

Fall Book Recommendations from Harvard Authors

Democratic organizing, “architectural grafting,” the Constitution, offshore wealth, and other new books

Fairfield Porter's “Self-Portrait in the Studio,” painted in 1948

An Underknown Twentieth Century Realist Artist

Brief life of an American realist artist and critic: 1907-1975

by Jane Borthwick