Trump Administration Expands Harvard Student Visa Vetting

State Department tells officials to screen social media, flag private accounts as suspicious.  

by Nina Pasquini

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.

Harvard Headlines: Astronaut, Consumer Advocate, Economist, Terrorism Expert

Stephanie Wilson, Elizabeth Warren, Kenneth Rogoff, and Jessica Stern in the headlines

Real Fashion Police

Should U.S. fashion designers enjoy the same copyright protection as fellow creative artists—and their European counterparts?

by Craig Lambert

Echo Chamber—and Amplifier

Adam Kirsch reviews The Art of the Sonnet, by Stephen Burt and David Mikics

by Adam Kirsch

Education for the Soul

Why democracy needs the humanities

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Greener Pastures

A New Hampshire cohousing community models sustainability. View an image gallery.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Venezuelan Delights

A lively Brookline restaurant draws a crowd.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Clara Darden

Brief life of an overlooked artist: c. 1829-1910. With images of Darden's masterpieces of river-cane basketry.

by Ivan Gaskell

Lessons in Surprise

What Admiral Yamamoto learned at Harvard, and a new community garden