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 Adopts Reforms as Higher Ed Turmoil Continues

University creates new “interfaith engagement” role; Columbia, Brown settle with the government.

by Lydialyle Gibson

The Harvard Ballerina and Physicist

Ballerina and quantum physicist Merritt Moore ’11 connects humans and machines.

by Nina Pasquini

In Egypt, Doors Closing

Leslie T. Change ’91 explores the lives of three women in the Egyptian textile industry.

Civil War American Writer and Abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier

Homes of the poet and abolitionist, whose verses were said to have inspired Abraham Lincoln. 

by Nell Porter-Brown

LaToya M. Hobbs Exhibit "Carving Out Time" Debuts at Harvard Art Museums

A monumental exhibit of woodblock prints from the Harvard Art Museums

by Nina Pasquini

Pablo Picasso Exhibit Opens at Harvard Art Museums

Harvard Art Museums exhibit on depictions of combat and revolution

by Nina Pasquini

Inside Harvard’s Taylor Swift Course

An English course pairs the music with Willa Cather, William Wordsworth, and Dolly Parton.

by Nina Pasquini

Go Wild

How often have you wandered the Arnold Arboretum or a Trustees property, longing to bring that serenity and lush beauty to your own yard? 

by Kara Baskin

Vacationing with a Purpose

New England “summer camps” for adults

by Nell Porter-Brown

Capturing the American South

Photographs at the Addison Gallery of American Art 

by Nell Porter-Brown