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The Taliban and Trauma
On January 22, 2022, Anne Hallward ’88, M.D. ’97, a board-certified psychiatrist and host and founder of Safe Space Radio, was sitting in her home in Portland, Maine, when she heard the “ping” of an incoming Facebook message. She clicked. It was an old …
Parks for Tomorrow
In 2009 , Bas Smets walked across an old industrial plaza in Arles, France. Entirely concrete, the space posed a problem. The area was being transformed into a large art complex, but in the intense summer sun, the ground reflected the heat, doubly baking …
Issue: July-August 2024
Extracurriculars
A full slate of events can be found in and around the University this season, ranging from English Restoration comedy, science-fiction films, and German artists to nature walks, the Kuumba Singers, and ballet theater. This sampler offers something for …
Issue: November-December 2004
At Home with Harvard: Harvard History through a New Lens
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, …
From War Zones to the North Shore
As a foreign correspondent , war reporter, and food writer, Wendell Steavenson has spent more than 20 years working in cities like Baghdad, Tehran, Jerusalem, and Tbilisi. She’s written about refugee cooks from Syria, the new spice barons of Madagascar’s …
Issue: March-April 2023
Harvey Mansfield’s Last Class
Until almost the end, it felt like any normal day in Harvey C. Mansfield’s Government 1026 course, “The Political Science of American Democracy.” Students filed into a Sever Hall classroom for a lesson on republicanism, while Mansfield himself, the Kenan …
Off the Shelf
A Synthesizing Mind, by Howard Gardner, research professor on education (MIT, $29.95). In this memoir, the creator of multiple-intelligences theory—and one of the longest-running members of the Harvard community—turns his wide-ranging curiosity on his own …
Issue: September-October 2020
Campaigning, College-Style
The Undergraduate Council (UC) unveiled 24-hour Lamont Library access and fatter grants for student groups early in the fall, but soon infuriated its constituents. It planned a concert featuring ’90s rap artist Wyclef and sank $30,000 into a venture it …
Issue: March-April 2006
Acting on Slavery’s Legacy
A year after Harvard released a report detailing its historical connections to slavery and pledged $100 million toward a series of reparative steps, the work of fulfilling those recommendations has started to take shape (see harvardmag.com/after-report-22 …
Issue: May-June 2023
The Context: Simpsons Writer John Swartzwelder on Comedy
This is the second post of "The Context"—a biweekly series of archival stories—offering our readers a useful background to some of the most important (or most fun!) subjects in the news today. We hope you enjoy it. John Swartzwelder is not a household …
The Context: The Gig Economy and the Future of Work
This is the eighth post of "The Context"—a biweekly series of archival stories—offering our readers a useful background to some of the most important subjects in the news today. We hope you enjoy it. The future of the gig economy will likely be put on the …
Shaun Donovan Joins Allston Staff
HARVARD ANNOUNCED today that Shaun Donovan ’87, M.Arch.-M.P.A. ’95, will serve as part-time “senior strategist and advisor to the president on Allston and campus development.” Donovan was director of the White House Office of Management and Budget from …
Protesters Walk Out of Harvard Commencement
When Harvard announced that 13 students would not be allowed to graduate this spring due to their involvement in the pro-Palestine encampment, activists organized their own graduation. During the conferral of degrees Thursday morning, hundreds of …
Harvard’s Historic Building Boom
John Harvard , general contractor, was flat-out this summer—in all seriousness, perhaps the University’s busiest building season. Marquee projects include assembling the future home of much of the engineering and applied sciences faculty (shown above). …
Issue: September-October 2017
At Home with Harvard: The Real History of Women at Harvard
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 Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum, famous and not-so-famous …