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Making Art Work
At Baltimore’s Johnston Square Elementary School, hundreds of students and staffers pour through the doors twice a day, braving intersections where cars travel up to 80 miles an hour. Nearby, not long ago, a toddler was struck and killed. The crossing …
Issue: September-October 2022
Harvard Dives Into Data Science
The two faculty leaders of a new data-science initiative announced today that Harvard aims to build a significant data-science institute in Allston to support research, education, and entrepreneurship in a rapidly growing field University leaders say is …
Harvard Presidential Search Student Advisers Named
The members of the student advisory committee for Harvard’s presidential search were announced today, following the faculty and staff advisory committees disclosed on August 25 and completing the roster of such advisers. Each advisory committee is in …
At Home with Harvard: Supporting Local Businesses
This is the sixth installment in 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 …
Harvard Goes Remote for January Term as Pandemic Intensifies
Students, faculty, and staff were advised on Saturday, December 18, that Harvard will shift to remote operations during the January term (“wintersession”), because of rapidly rising COVID-19 cases. In a letter from the president, provost, executive vice …
After Slavery Report, What Next?
The hard part has barely begun. That was the reality that kept surfacing last Friday during an all-day conference at the Radcliffe Institute exploring questions raised by the 130-page report Harvard released last week documenting the University’s …
Easing the Energy Transition
What are the biggest economic obstacles to the needed rapid transition in energy supplies and the challenges of deforestation driven by climate change? Leon Clarke, director of decarbonization pathways at the Bezos Earth Fund, provided a brief …
University People
Danielle S. Allen Photograph by Kris Snibbe/HPAC Dani Rodrik Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/HPAC Honor Roll Conant University Professor Danielle S. Allen has been awarded the Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity. The prize, announced …
Issue: September-October 2020
Blockmate Backstories
This year will mark the second time Harvard hosts its annual Housing Day for first-year students online—last year, in the rush of campus closing, and this year, with more time to prepare. On Friday, the College will reveal each freshman’s assigned House …
An Astronomer's Desert Photography
At twilight, the bulbous hoodoos and sculpted plateaus of the Sonoran Desert lose their depth, standing like cardboard cutouts against the dim blue sky. The illusion lasts only a few minutes, but that’s when photographer Stephen Strom ’62, Ph.D. ’64 is in …
Issue: July-August 2022
Farewell
H enry Rosovsky , JF ’57, Ph.D. ’59, LL.D. ’98, was an exemplary Harvard citizen, a towering intellect, and—unusually in combination with those attributes—a brilliant leader and administrator. Geyser University Professor and dean of the Faculty of Arts …
Issue: January-February 2023
(More) March Madness
While winning five consecutive Ivy League championships from 2011-2015, the Harvard men’s basketball team twice participated in a one-game playoff to decide who would receive the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament: a heartbreaking 63-62 loss to …
Extracurriculars
The University and its environs offer a robust mix of activities this fall, ranging from watching boat races on the Charles River and feasting on bratwurst in the Square to viewing rare images by Ansel Adams and attending a reading by President Lawrence …
Issue: September-October 2005
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The Tardigrade Moment Regarding the cover of the January-February issue, that’s exactly how I felt on New Year’s Day. William D. Gould Jr., M.B.A. ’65 Baltimore Re: Harvard Magazine’ s January-February cover: How in the world did you manage to get such an …
Issue: March-April 2020
Ballots, Please
This spring, Harvard degree holders can vote for new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). For detailed coverage of the Overseer candidates’ views, read their responses to Harvard Magazine …
Issue: May-June 2022