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.

Harvard Kennedy School Offers Contingency Plans for U.S. Military Applicants

Active-duty service members can defer admissions or have their applications considered at peer institutions. 

by Tamara Evdokimova

Rare-book dealers Jon and Margaret Richardson specialize in the Bloomsbury Group

Rare-book dealers Jon and Margaret Richardson are fans of the Bloomsbury Group.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Sportscaster J.B. Brown writes about his "Role of a Lifetime"

Sportscaster J.B. Brown writes about his "Role of a Lifetime"

by Melanie E. Long

The Harvard founders of literary magazine n+1

Three Harvard Advocate alumni helped found a highbrow literary periodical.

Weld Boathouse gains Ellen Kennelly sculpture

Ellen Kennelly ’85 has created a new glass sculpture for Weld Boathouse.

by Craig Lambert

Excerpt from Charles Gross’s A Hole in the Head

An excerpt from A Hole in the Head: More Tales in the History of Neuroscience, by Charles Gross ’57

Quotation Q and A

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

David Warsh reviews "This Time Is Different" by Carmen Reinhart & Kenneth Rogoff

David Warsh reviews This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, by Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff.

by David Warsh

Nanoscience in photographs

In words and images, George M. Whitesides and Felice. C. Frankel explicate tools, concepts, and applications in nanoscience.

Books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

The Harvard radio wits of NPR’s “Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!”

Three Harvard graduates help create the weekly humor of NPR’s Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!

by Craig Lambert