Arts & Culture
Harvard Ramps Up Fundraising as Research Cuts Deepen
This week in the battle between Harvard and the Trump administration
by Nina Pasquini
Deconstructionism
Gutting the Fogg Art Museum on the way to renovating it
Don’t Eat Amanitas
The Farlow Library's new online exhibits highlight the death cap mushroom and mycological illustration.
by Christopher Reed
Stories from Botswana
In a new book, Max Essex and Unity Dow use stories to illuminate the science of HIV.
Painting with Gravity
This video, shot in the studio of painter George Oommen, explores Oommen's distinctive dripping technique.
"The Fires": How Mathematical Modeling Nearly Burned Down New York
In a new book, Joe Flood ’04 tells the story of the epidemic of fires that ravaged New York City in the 1970s.
Innovator David Edwards’s New Book on “Artscience” Labs
The Lab: Creativity and Culture sets forth a vision of multidisciplinary innovation.
Andrew Wylie Announces E-book Venture
The literary agent's plan to produce e-books and sell them via amazon.com causes a stir in the publishing world.
"Hot Time in the Old Town": New York City's Deadly Heat Wave of 1896
Edward Kohn ’90, a historian at Bilkent University, shows how the crisis influenced the political careers of Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan.
In the Footsteps of William James
An unusual symposium at Harvard and at James's summer residence this August will remember the life of the psychologist-philosopher.
Rare Odoriferous Plant Blooms at Harvard
A titan arum waxes and wanes.