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Front page of The Harvard Bulletin from November 7, 1898, featuring the headline “Harvard Wins” about a football victory over Pennsylvania and articles on Harvard graduates’ service in the Spanish-American War

A History of Harvard Magazine

Harvard’s independent alumni magazine—at 127 years old 

by Olivia Farrar

James Husson

James J. Husson Appointed Head of Development

Academic fundraising veteran joins Harvard April 1

by John S. Rosenberg

Top row, left to right: Lanhee J. Chen, Mark A. Edwards, Mary Louise Kelly, Nathaniel Owen Keohane Bottom row, left to right: Michael Rosenblatt, Anjali Sud, Courtney B. Vance

Harvard Overseer Candidates’ 2025 Priorities

Governing-board nominees’ perspectives on the University’s challenges and opportunities

by John S. Rosenberg

Loeb house, where Harvard governing boards meet

Board of Overseers and HAA Elected Director Candidates

Slates announced for spring election

by Nell Porter-Brown

View of Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock framed by barbed wire, with the cityscape and hills in the distance.

The Ideology of Settler Colonialism and Israel-Palestine

A critical analysis of “settler colonialism”

Benjamin Rapoport in surgical scrubs by a hospital window.

Brain-Computer Interfaces and Medicine

Benjamin Rapoport aims to aid neurology patients.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Ancient ruins with tall columns and a blue sky in the background, at Hatra, Nineveh Province, Iraq

Recent Books with Harvard Connections January 2024

Recent books about Iraq, academic writing, John Singer Sargent, “eldercide,” and more

view of rooftop buildings and a colorful roof painted blue and gold as an art display

Artists Respond to the Climate Crisis at the Lahore Biennale

At the Lahore Biennale, artists respond to the climate crisis. 

by Nina Pasquini

Lee Junseok, a South Korean politician, is seated at a desk in front of a microphone.

Lee Junseok Wants to Remake Korean Politics

South Korea’s Lee Junseok tries to break old binaries.

by Nina Pasquini

Liv Redpath performing onstage

Liv Redpath on “What You Can Say” Through Opera

Liv Redpath’s operatic trajectory

by Nina Pasquini

Martha Muñoz and Dorothy Roberts

Two Harvardians Win 2024 MacArthur Fellowships

A legal scholar studying inequality and an evolutionary biologist honored.

by Lydialyle Gibson