Arts & Culture
An Original Magna Carta, Hidden in Plain Sight
A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment.
by Nina Pasquini
Natalie Portman ’03: “Your Inexperience Is an Asset”
At Harvard College Class Day, the actress urges class members to forge their own paths.
by Laura Levis
The State of the Libraries
Robert Darnton, retiring University Librarian, assesses the collections in a digital era.
Craig Lambert’s “Shadow Work”
A Harvard Magazine alumnus on the new world of “middle-class serfdom”
by John S. Rosenberg
Artist Rick Lowe to Headline Graduate School of Design Class Day
The founder of Houston’s Project Row Houses is a pioneer in social-practice art.
Edouard Kopp Named Curator of Drawings
Will oversee the Art Museums’ pre-twentieth-century drawings.
Harvard Installs “Triangle Constellation"
A new sculpture, calibrated to help the Harvard Art Museums achieve balance
by Sophia Nguyen
Chapter and Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Grow Up!
A philosopher’s take on individuals and maturity, in a world of institutions
by Harry R. Lewis
An Oxford Efflorescence
The literary flowering of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, et al.
Visas and Visions
Kavita Shah makes music in many idioms.
by Samantha Maldonado