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Harvard Football Great Performances: Carroll Lowenstein ’52
Had the coronavirus not wiped out the Ivy League football season, coach Tim Murphy’s Harvard squad would be making the jaunt to Philadelphia to face Penn this Saturday in 2020’s penultimate game. In a series that began in 1881, the Crimson leads 49-39-2, …
Antisemitism on Campuses
As Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack and the ensuing war in the Middle East reverberated on college campuses, some academic departments felt the impacts more acutely than others. Professors of Jewish studies, antisemitism studies, and Israel studies …
An Enterprise Campus Emerges in Allston
Planning for Harvard’s expanded campus in Allston has been advancing this winter, as the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) and University officials published two amendments to Harvard’s Institutional Master Plan for development, approved in 2013, as …
At Home with Harvard: Health and Fitness
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 prior pieces, featuring stories about the history of women at Harvard, the climate crisis, …
Tracking Omicron on Campuses
For many members of the Harvard University community during the pandemic, dropping off a COVID-19 test a few times a week was just an item on their to-do list. If a testing date was missed, a test-tracking app would even send an alert directly to an …
To the Rescue
On the day Kabul fell to the Taliban—August 15, 2021—Omaid Sharifi was in his usual place: on the street with a team of artists, painting a mural on one of the concrete blast walls that litter the city. An Afghan activist and artist, Sharifi had …
Issue: January-February 2023
At Home with Harvard: Harvard in the Movies
This is the second installment in Harvard Magazine ’s new series, “At Home with Harvard,” a guide to what to read, watch, and listen to while social distancing. Read the first piece, featuring stories about Harvard's Arnold Arboretum, here . Harvard may …
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The Legacy of Slavery As a substantive matter, reparations for slavery are probably merited but unfortunately competing against the legion of other horrific historical crimes crying out for compensation (“ Acting on Slavery’s Legacy ,” May-June, page 13). …
Issue: July-August 2023
Harvard Professor James Hanken on the Amphibian Extinction Crisis
The Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology is one of the oldest museums in the United States–but part of its immense collection remains tucked away, constantly in use but never displayed to the public. Hidden below those towering floors of …
Black Students Speak
“Black students were always watching,” historian Jarvis Givens told listeners Tuesday evening during an online discussion of his newest book, School Clothes: A Collective Memoir of Black Student Witness . A professor at Harvard’s Graduate School of …
Harvard Articulates Principles for “Denaming”
The Committee to Articulate Principles on Renaming , appointed by President Lawrence S. Bacow in October 2020 and led by president emerita Drew Faust, today released its report on the circumstances under which individuals’ names or representations might …
Radcliffe Day: Gender Equity, Melinda French Gates
After the University staged virtual Baccalaureate and graduation celebrations , hosted diverse class days and commissioned its ROTC cohort , conferred degrees on students and honorands , and finally, invited the wisdom of distinguished guest speakers , …
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Harvard’s Lowered Voice
In late May , when Harvard adopted the recommendation of its Institutional Voice Working Group —that the University and its leaders should not make official statements about public matters that do not directly affect the core academic functions of …
Harvard Square under Pandemic Pressure
In normal times, Harvard Square looms large in the memory of alumni and serves as a magnet for visitors from around the world. But with the coronavirus pandemic sending students home from campus, curtailing tourist traffic globally, and restricting …
Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns
President Claudine Gay, who was named president in December 2022 , assumed office last July 1, and was formally installed in a Harvard Yard ceremony on September 29 , today announced her resignation. Provost Alan Garber will serve as interim president. …