Features

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The Year a Beat Poet Squatted at Harvard

In 1954, Gregory Corso moved into Eliot House. How he stayed there is a literary legend.

by Constantine Archimedes Valhouli

Rafael Campo of HMS: a profile by Lydialyle Gibson

Rafael Campo’s compassionate care

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harry Elkins Widener, profiled by Daniel Blank

Brief life of Harry Elkins Widener, theater-loving bibliophile: 1885-1912

by Daniel Blank

Illustration of female with transparent view of vains

Raw and Red Hot

Could inflammation be the cause of myriad chronic conditions?

by Jonathan Shaw

Young soldier in a military uniform, seated with a sword, vintage photograph.

Justice Holmes, presented by Stephen Budiansky and Lincoln Caplan

A new biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. illuminates the Supreme Court during the centennial of his most momentous dissent.

by Lincoln Caplan

“The Bauhaus and Harvard” exhibit at the Harvard Art Museums

Exploring the Bauhaus and Harvard

by Lily Scherlis

Medicine’s response to America’s largest public-health crisis

Medicine’s response to America’s largest public-health crisis

by Lydialyle Gibson

Samuel Stouffer profile by Jackson Toby

Brief life of Samuel Stouffer, survey researcher: 1900-1960

by Jackson Toby

Participants recall the Harvard bust and strike, and its aftermath

Recalling a time of trial, and its continuing resonances

The Examined Life

Why is it that so many doctors feel compelled to write, and that so many do, so compellingly? 

by Jonathan Shaw

A composite of Radclife College classes through the years: 1896, 1912, 1931, and 1935 on the cover of the November-December 1999 issue of Harvard Magazine.

Harvard’s Womanless History

Completing the University’s self-portrait