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Happy New (Academic) Year
The drought that fastened its grip on eastern Massachusetts during this hot summer may not be abating, but the calendar moves inevitably forward—toward the resumption of academic activity in a new school year. Members of the College class of 2020 are …
“The Heart of Teaching”
Howard Gardner ’65, Ph.D. ’71, first walked through Radcliffe Yard, where he today addressed the Graduate School of Education’s class of 2024, as a College freshman in 1961. Since then, the Hobbs research professor of cognition and education reflected, …
Harvard Entrepreneurs’ Summer Road Trip
As Harvard invests in expanding engineering and applied sciences—in the growth of the faculty ranks at the eponymous school, and in such stand-alone entities as the enormous Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering —its professors and …
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Public History, Locally Kudos to Drew Faust for her reflections on Clint Smith’s excellent new book, How The Word Is Passed (“ Getting Close to the Past ,” November-December 2021, page 57). Smith illustrates so clearly the vital importance of public …
Issue: January-February 2022
“A 500-Year Building”
When Matt Noblett, a partner in the architecture firm Behnisch Architekten, started working on designs for a biomedically focused research facility in Allston in 2007, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences—many of whose faculty members are now …
Issue: January-February 2021
Universities in Public Debates
Should universities take positions on public issues? The Hamas terrorist attack of last October 7, and Harvard’s response to it, made that question far from an abstract one on campus. A March 5 debate on that question at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute …
Football: Yale 23-Harvard 18
As so often happens, The Game this year ended with the quarterback of the trailing team trying one desperation pass that, if successful, would turn defeat into victory. On Saturday at the Yale Bowl it was Harvard’s sophomore Jaden Craig, in fourth-and-14 …
At Home with Harvard: Inequality in America
This round-up is part of Harvard Magazine ’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a guide to what to read, watch, listen to, and do while social distancing. Read the previous selections, featuring articles about the climate crisis, racial justice, Pride month, …
A Sister’s Plea for Her Brother’s Freedom
Before he was placed in solitary confinement in January 2019, Ekpar Asat cut the nails of fellow detainees in a Xinjiang concentration camp for Uighurs, an ethnic minority based in Northwest China. The elderly prisoners’ hands shook too much to do it …
Education School Dean Bridget Terry Long to Step Down
Bridget Terry Long announced today that she will step down as dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) at the end of this academic year. She has served in a leadership role at HGSE over the last decade, first as academic dean and then, …
The Food-Climate Conundrum
… next edition, already well underway, will be released in 2025. The guidelines, she said, have traditionally focused …
The Places You’ll Go
What links Friendly’s Ice Cream, the Merriam-Webster dictionary, and the Indian motorcycle? Where did the Game of Life, M1 rifle, and Dr. Seuss originate? Here’s a hint: it’s also where the game of basketball was invented during a harsh New England winter …
Issue: November-December 2021
At Home with Harvard: The Art of the Profile
Profiles are one of Harvard Magazine ’s most often written genres—and certainly one of our most popular. In nearly every issue, we publish longform profiles of Harvard faculty and alumni, covering how they became who they are, their interests, what makes …
Faith through Film
Among a sea of black hats, Salvador Alexander Litvak ’87 sported a white fedora. His color palette was not the only thing setting him apart from the 92,000 revelers at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium who gathered in August 2012 to celebrate Jewish text …
Issue: May-June 2025
Re-Wilding Harvard
You might not recognize the front of Harvard’s Museum of Natural History if you haven’t seen it recently. The manicured shrubs that used to occupy the museum’s front planter have been replaced by native species selected by the Rewilding Harvard …