Arts & Culture
An Original Magna Carta, Hidden in Plain Sight
A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment.
by Nina Pasquini
Rare Odoriferous Plant Blooms at Harvard
A titan arum waxes and wanes.
Rare Titan Arum About to Bloom at Harvard for the First Time
An exotic Indonesian plant may well bloom into a flower more than six feet tall in the next few days.
Clara Darden
Brief life of an overlooked artist: c. 1829-1910. With images of Darden's masterpieces of river-cane basketry.
by Ivan Gaskell
Click and Ka-ching
Corporate culture embraces photography.
by Christopher Reed
Updike's Literary Archive: Sneak Preview
Taking a look at the Houghton Library holdings
The Rise of Color
As consumer products grew more colorful, so did the ads. View an image gallery.
Martian Grass
What lead, chromium, and oxygen can do
by Christopher Reed
Mineralogical Marvels
Rocky treasures from the Harvard Museum of Natural History
Dancing School
A professor's passion reveals how one learned to dance in Jane Austen's day.
by Christopher Reed
War and Peace
A stained-glass window in Harvard's Memorial Hall
by Christopher Reed