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Wolfram Schlenker wearing a suit sitting outdoors, smiling, with trees and a building in the background.

Harvard Economist Wolfram Schlenker Is Tackling Climate Change

How extreme heat affects our land—and our food supply 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Colorful composite drawing of the author, dressed in cap and gown, at home in Cambridge, with scenes of blossoming trees and a yellow moving truck visible through the window.

Lessons from the natural world

The Undergraduate reassesses the rhythms of the natural world.

by Drew Pendergrass

Photographs of the new student writing fellows Che Applewhaite and Mean Venkataramanan

Harvard Magazine’s 2020-2021 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

The 2020-2021 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

Andrew Berry stands at a podium.

Andrew Berry, Browns’ G.M., profiled by Dick Friedman

Football-tested and data-centric, Andrew Berry takes the helm in Cleveland.

by Dick Friedman

Dan Barouch in his Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center laboratory

Searching for a COVID-19 vaccine

The when and how of vaccines

by Jonathan Shaw

Cartoon showing student pilots flying airplanes above Harvard's campus

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Massachusetts Hall

Massachusetts Hall at 300

Harvard’s oldest building at 300

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of Martin Baron

Harvard Commencement 2020

Details of the virtual degree-conferral ceremonies

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of Melissa Dell

Harvard Portrait: Melissa Dell

“In the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, people in academic institutions like Harvard predominantly studied the U.S. and Europe,” says the development economist.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard fall coronavirus decisions

The factors influencing the fall semester—and beyond

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard “net-zero” climate-change policy

The University adopts a new goal for managing the endowment.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova , John S. Rosenberg