Arts & Culture
Explore Harvard’s vibrant arts scene—from campus exhibitions and theater to cultural analysis and literary reviews. Discover how creativity shapes the Harvard experience.
International Scholars and Students Targeted—Again
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces fresh investigation into Harvard’s participation in the Exchange Visitor Program.
by Jonathan Shaw
Constructing the Perfect Bite
Chef Pierre Hermé speaks at the GSD on the marriage of architecture and pastry.
The “Dust Bowl” Revisited
Ken Burns shares clips from his chronicle of one of the worst man-made ecological disasters in American history.
A “Common Space” at Harvard’s Crossroads
A redesigned Science Center plaza will serve a new social function for the Cambridge campus.
Art Theft Redux
Anthony Amore, M.P.A. ’00, comments on a Rotterdam museum’s loss.
Four Freedoms Park Honors FDR, Class of 1904
The New York City site is the first memorial to the president in his home state.
Writers and Artists at Harvard
Helen Vendler on how to welcome and nurture the poets and painters of the future
Vita: Alexandre Dumas
Brief life of the soldier who inspired The Count of Monte Cristo: 1762-1806
by Tom Reiss
The Queen of Versailles
A documentary film turns a lens on the “1 percenters.”
by Laura Levis
Bluffer-in-Chief
In Evan Thomas's new biography, President Eisenhower emerges as a canny nuclear strategist.
Arts Imbalance
Peter Agoos ’75 brightened Boston’s public art scene this summer.