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Finding the Descendants of Enslavement
… “This work is doable. The family structures of the Harvard-affiliated slaves may … establish a political structure that would later give rise to apartheid). Later, answering an audience member’s …
A Higher Degree of Responsibility
… economic inequality, climate change, and riven politics, the role of capitalist enterprise has come into question—at least when defined solely in …
Issue: March-April 2023
The Art of the Dean
… When she assumed the office in August 2018, Claudine Gay was unusually well prepared to become dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). She knew the …
Issue: September-October 2021
Five Questions with Professor Jia Liu
… Assistant professor of bioengineering Jia Liu received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Harvard in 2014 and then completed postdoctoral research at Stanford from 2015 … encourage them to explore research directions that can surprise me—and they often accept this challenge and produce …
The Power of Plants
… Often overlooked, plants are arguably the most indispensable inhabitants of the planet. They … art, and sparked scientific exploration. Empires have risen on their fruits, and fortunes have been made from …
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 … watch, listen to, and do while social distancing. Read the prior pieces, featuring stories about Harvard’s Arnold … the admission of women, the Harvard-Radcliffe merger, the rise of women in the faculty ranks, Harvard’s first woman …
The Untold Story of Watercolors
… Watercolors are finally having their moment at Harvard Art Museums’ (HAM) new exhibition … “American Watercolors, 1880-1990: Into the Light.” Composed of 100 paintings usually kept in storage, the exhibit … changing interests and perspectives that are characteristic of our own moment,” said Abrams curator of drawings Joachim …
Caring for Your Heart
… action and mobilizes families, said Ami Bhatt ’96, one of a panel of heart disease experts who spoke at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health on February …
A Personal Genome Machine?
… In a laboratory behind the Science Center, researchers are working on a high-stakes project at the nexus of physics and biology. If all goes according to … a price in the hundreds or thousands, rather than millions, of dollars. The research, led by Rumford professor of …
Issue: March-April 2007
The Double Smack of Fishery Collapse
… Pollution of marine ecosystems threatens human health, but a graver concern is the collapse of global fisheries due to overharvesting. A … fishing as well as the impacts of sea temperature rise, ocean acidification, and coral bleaching. All those …
Issue: July-August 2018
Reviving the Purpose of American Higher Education
… To secure its identity as The Ohio State University, it engaged in a three-year … it is just one particularly absurd (and expensive) example of the widespread focus on brand identity within American … nonetheless can sustain a meaningful sense of common enterprise and support a range of thoughtful responses essential …
Issue: March-April 2023
Rage, Reborn
… headline caught his eye: “Donald Trump Rages Against the Machine.” The chyron cheekily referenced Rage Against … the Machine, the 1990s rock band whose pioneering synthesis of hip-hop’s rhythmic lyricism and heavy metal’s … ideals. So, he says, “I did what any self-respecting pissed-off person would do: I wrote a snarky tweet about it.” Then …
Issue: July-August 2018
The Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy
… collaboratively, have created an extraordinary image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Sagittarius A*, a supermassive …
The End of the Harvard Square Pit
… On a hot June afternoon, the Harvard Square Pit was quiet. In the submerged hangout … will be staring at fences: in early July, the city of Cambridge will begin demolishing the Pit, a famous … earlier on June 25. At the Saturday evening celebration of the popular counterculture locale, hosted (perhaps …
The State of Unions
… “What do we do when we have the public on our side, when we have workers in motion, when … new center, led by Block and faculty director, Kestnbaum professor of labor and industry Benjamin Sachs. An evolution … expression of worker power,” according to Block—has risen dramatically during the past year. Yet corporations …