Features
We’re Thinking About Darkness All Wrong
There’s a growing movement to curb light pollution. It starts on your front porch.
My Pet Rabbit Lost Her Companion. Then She Went Speed Dating.
An animal’s journey from grief to love shows how much humans need each other, too.
Harvard’s 375th Commencement Exercises
Conan O’Brien headlines a star-studded cast
How Women Are Changing the NBA
From coaching staffs to front offices, female leaders are bringing new strategies to men’s basketball.
A New ‘Black Swan’ Musical Cranks Up the Tension
The creative team of the A.R.T.’s new show dish on adapting Darren Aronofsky’s thriller classic from screen to stage.
250 Years Ago, Harvard Was Home to a Revolution
A look at the sights, sounds, and characters that put the University on the frontlines of history
The Harvard-Trained Doctor Who Urged a Revolution
Before his heroic death, General Joseph Warren was dubbed “the greatest incendiary in all of America.”
When the Revolution Hit Cambridge, Harvard Moved to Concord
College students broke hearts and windows during their year in exile.
How the American Revolution Freed a Future Abolitionist
Darby Vassall, an enslaved child freed after the Battle of Bunker Hill, dedicated his life to fighting for liberty.
The Framer Who Refused to Sign the Constitution
Harvard’s Elbridge Gerry helped draft the U.S. Constitution, but worried it might create a new monarch.
The Woman Who Penned the Case for War
Mercy Otis Warren’s poetry and plays incited the Patriot movement.