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Relabeling Medical Definitions for Obesity in the United States

For obesity patients, improved treatments and a nuanced understanding of the disease may lead to better health.

by Chris Berdik

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How Political Tension on Campus Creates Risk Aversion

How overheated political attention warps campus life

by Aden Barton

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Landscapes of a Harvard Plein Air Painter

Kathleen B Hudson ’09 captures the essence of the outdoors, from the Rocky Mountains to the beaches of Maui.

by Brandon Rosas

Photograph of Centennial Medalists Martin Duberman, Myra Marx Ferree, Joan Argetsinger, and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.

Harvard Centennial Medalists

Four alumni recognized for work

Phi Beta Kappa orator Drew Gilpin Faust

Harvard 2024 Commencement Rhetoric

Commencement rhetoric on threats to higher education, melding divergent views, doing good, and combating the loss of trust

Disruptions to Harvard's 2023-2024 Academic Year

Diminished academic freedom, endangered disciplines, lost academic focus, and more

Painting of bold purple tones reflecting experience of music

MASS MoCA Exhibition on the Experience of Jazz

Works by Jason Moran at MASS MoCA

by Nell Porter-Brown

Barry Van Dusen’s watercolor of an Eastern bluebird, as described. by Henry David Thoreau

Harvard Books on Monet, Free Time, Food, and More

Painting with Monet, birding with Thoreau, and other recent books

May 1976, John Finley’s last lecture, Sanders Theatre

The Remarkable Master of Eliot House at Harvard

Brief life of a masterful House Master: 1904-1995

by Constantine Archimedes Valhouli

Illustration of Harvard fencer competing in Paris Olympics 1924

Harvard History Roundup

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Commencement photos: Kennedy Schoolers ready to rule the world; Isabella E. Peña ’24 belts out the national anthem; a professor-student pose; ; pro-Palestinian protestors preparing to walk out

Harvard's Tumultuous 2023-2024 School Year Ends in Protests

Harvard’s tumultuous year ends in modified festival rites, amid passionate protests.

by John S. Rosenberg

Herbert C. Kelman and Everett I. Mendelsohn

Harvard Professor on Social Psychology for Understanding War

Two scholars’ extracurricular efforts in the Middle East

by Primus VI