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.

Your Guide to Summer 2025 Along Boston Harbor

Enjoying Boston Harbor’s Renaissance this summer

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation at MGH

Putting a warm face on an intimidating proposition

by Christopher Reed

Harvard Business School new Chao building fellowships

The Chao Family Foundation donates $40 million for an executive-education facility and fellowships.

Architect William Rawn discusses "patterns of place"

Architect William Rawn discusses "patterns of place" and their application to his design for the Cambridge Public Library.

Architect William Rawn, who designs buildings for the public realm, is profiled

William Rawn’s designs begin not with the eye, but the ear.

by Craig Lambert

Summer Harvard construction: Fogg Art Museum, Tata Hall, Quincy House

Summer construction—on the Fogg Art Museum, the Business School’s Tata Hall, Old Quincy, and more—renews the campus.

Harvard Design School program imagines cities within an ecological context

A new GSD concentration uses an ecological perspective to imagine cities.

New undergraduate architectural studies track to be offered this fall

College and Design School team up to develop new track for budding architects.

Naval architect William Francis Gibbs, designer of the SS United States

Brief life of America’s greatest naval architect: 1886-1967

by Steven Ujifusa

Preston Scott Cohen's glass canopy in New York City wins rave reviews

Architect Preston Scott Cohen's glass canopy above a Manhattan Street attracts notice.

Bruce Mau speaks to Harvard Graduate School of Design class of 2012

"Together, we will change the world," the designer tells the Class of 2012.