Veteran MIT Administrator Named University Secretary

Suzanne Glassburn will manage the work of the Corporation and Board of Overseers.

by Jonathan Shaw

Seriously Goofy

Comedian Karen Chee finds her voice.

by Jacob Sweet

The Arts as Essential Goods

A prescient novelist is hopeful that “after great change, amazing things can happen.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Orchestrating Attention: “The Most Substantive Work You Can Do”

Artist Jenny Odell speaks at the Graduate School of Design Class Day ceremony.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Transforming Portraiture and the World

Alumnus-commissioned paintings of global luminaries are now a landmark gift to the National Portrait Gallery.

by Julia Ostmann

At Home with Harvard: Harvard on the Small Screen

Discover a new series to watch in quarantine, or read about the creator behind your favorite show, in this selection of our TV stories

Character Count

Widener Library’s overlooked designer

by John S. Rosenberg

A Love Letter

John Alexander follows the ups and downs of funk musician Rudy Love.

by Alex Huls

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

The Fiction of Limbo

Novelist Paul Yoon explores Laos’s forgotten war.

by Bailey Trela

Setting the Stage

Joshua McTaggart leads London’s Chelsea Theatre into a new era.

by Olivia Munk