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.
The True Cost of Grade Inflation at Harvard
How an abundance of A’s created “the most stressed-out world of all.”
Joanne Chang’s Flour bakery chain expands, plus a new cookbook
Baker Joanne Chang ’91 has a new cookbook out, with recipes from her Flour Bakery + Café.
Kloppenberg on Obama: melding individual interests into the common good
James Kloppenberg explicates Barack Obama’s perspective on the American democratic ideal of melding individual views and interests into the common good.
Archival articles on Harvard in the entertainment and comedy industries
Three articles from Harvard Magazine’s archives explore the roles Harvard alumni have played in the entertainment industry and their influence on comedy.
Image gallery: homeless artists respond to stereotypes
Paintings by homeless artists in New Jersey respond to the social perception of homeless people as cold and incompetent.
Video: Modern-day Romanticism - poet April Bernard reads and discusses her work
In her latest book of poems, April Bernard aims to capture the intensity of the Romantic Era. Watch as she discusses, and reads from, her work.
Harvard Library digital exhibition on the magic of reading
A sampler from the Harvard University Library's online collection Reading: Harvard Views of Readers, Readership, and Reading History.
The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library from Harvard University Press
A new series from Harvard University Press reintroduces works that mattered in the Middle Ages. With excerpts from two of the works.
William James centennial conference and exhibition
A conference and an exhibition at Houghton Library showcase the legacy of the pioneering psychologist and philosopher.
Harvard renovates building to create new labs for stem-cell research
Harvard renews an older building to create new labs in Cambridge for stem-cell research.
Excerpt from "Reading Obama," by James T. Kloppenberg
Deliberative democracy, philosophical pragmatism, and Barack Obama's conception of American governance