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.”

by Lindsay Mitchell

David Edwards's New Book "The Lab: Creativity and Culture"

The Lab: Creativity and Culture sets forth a vision of multidisciplinary innovation.

Literary agent Andrew Wylie launches 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.

Edward Kohn's "Hot Time in the Old Town" Recalls the New York 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.

William James symposium in Cambridge and New Hampshire

An unusual symposium at Harvard and at James's summer residence this August will remember the life of the psychologist-philosopher.

A titan arum, a rare odoriferous plant, blooms at Harvard

A titan arum waxes and wanes.

Rare Titan Arum "Carrion Flower" Set To Bloom in a Harvard Greenhouse

An exotic Indonesian plant may well bloom into a flower more than six feet tall in the next few days.

Elizabeth Warren, Kenneth Rogoff, Jessica Stern in the news

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

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Cohousing at Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm models sustainability.

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

by Nell Porter-Brown