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Jimmy Tingle’s political humor in a polarized era
4.6.23
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The launch of the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument on Friday, April 7, from Cape Canaveral.
Photograph by Walter Scriptunas/Center for Astrophysics/Harvard & Smithsonian
A satellite-mounted instrument developed at the Center for Astrophysics will track air pollution hourly across North America.
Ritu Kalra, Harvard’s newly appointed vice president for finance and CFO
Photograph by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
University finance executive succeeds Thomas Hollister as vice president.
The All Things Considered cohost emphasized the importance of reporting to democracy.
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The launch of the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument on Friday, April 7, from Cape Canaveral.
Photograph by Walter Scriptunas/Center for Astrophysics/Harvard & Smithsonian
A satellite-mounted instrument developed at the Center for Astrophysics will track air pollution hourly across North America.
Alia Crum presents about mindfulness in allergy oral immunotherapy. Thich Nhat Hanh, the center's namesake, is featured on the top left of the slide.
Photograph by Max J. Krupnick/Harvard Magazine
Monks and researchers gathered at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to launch a new center for mindfulness.
Sea-level rise that inundated coastal farmland may have led to their demise
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Top left: Bob Burres and Dawn Oates, Ed.M. ’23. Top right: Aileen Louie, Suevon Lee, Jenn Louie, M.Div. ’23, Alex Louie, Lily Louie, and Arthur Louie. Bottom left: speakers at Harvard’s affinity celebration for Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Desi American graduates. Bottom right: David Lewis, M.P.P. ’23, Taylor Jones, M.P.P. ’23, Raie Gessesse, M.P.P. ’23, Selma Ismail, M.P.P. ’23, Lindsey Batteast, M.P.P. ’23.
Photographs by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Harvard affinity celebrations honor graduates’ diverse journeys.
ROTC graduates are sworn in during the commissioning ceremony on May 24th in Tercentenary Theatre.
Photograph by Nell Porter Brown/Harvard Magazine
Sixteen graduates were commissioned into the armed services at the ROTC ceremony.
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The All Things Considered cohost emphasized the importance of reporting to democracy.
Bertram A. “Bert” Huberman ’44, M.B.A. ’48, the most senior attendee in the weekend's festivities.
Photograph by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Bertram A. “Bert” Huberman ’44 and Ruth Samuels Villalovos ’49 led the alumni parade.
The new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers and Elected Directors of the HAA are announced.
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Portrait of Petronila Méndez (1763), by Diego Antonio de Landaeta
Image courtesy of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation/ photographs by Jamie Stukenberg
Contextualized Spanish colonial works at the Harvard Art Museums
Cultivating local blooms in Upton, Massachusetts
“A good place to be pleasantly surprised”
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Catherine Yeo performing at the Smith Center last October during the Weatherhead Center's International Comedy Night
Photograph courtesy of Catherine Yeo
For an Asian American woman, performing comedy is about much more than jokes.
Readers’ views about healthy diets, teachers off the tenure track, mitzvot, and more
Taking his leave, President Bacow concludes that truly, “At Harvard, wonders never cease.”
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Hua Hsu's memoir Stay True and Carl Phillips's Then the War were among this year's Pulitzer winners.
Pulitzer prize medal in public domain; montage by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine
Carl Phillips and Hua Hsu honored in poetry and memoir
The Adams House space that gave the letterpress studio its name will become a student common room.
Jimmy Tingle’s political humor in a polarized era
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Point guard Harmoni Turner '25 had 23 points and seven assists in Sunday's game against Columbia.
Photograph by Dylan Goodman; courtesy of Harvard Athletics
Harvard women’s basketball’s deep WNIT run—and what it portends
Harmoni Turner '25 had 21 points, 13 assists, and 10 rebounds, making her just the sixth player in Ivy League history to earn a triple-double.
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletics
Women’s basketball demolishes Towson in the first round of the WNIT.
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President Bacow invites the community to remember a Harvard giant.
The Adams House space that gave the letterpress studio its name will become a student common room.
From the archives
(Click on arrow at right to see the full image) Patricia Watwood’s 2001 posthumous portrait of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin echoes Vermeer’s The Astronomer.
Painting © Patricia Watwood/From the Harvard University Portrait Collection. Gift of Dudley and Georgene Herschbach
Photograph © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Brief life of a breakthrough astronomer: 1900-1979
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Arts
Jimmy Tingle’s political humor in a polarized era
4.6.23
Sarah Kariko ’90 operates a letterpress at the Bow & Arrow Press.
Photograph by Craig Lambert
The Adams House space that gave the letterpress studio its name will become a student common room.
Portrait of Petronila Méndez (1763), by Diego Antonio de Landaeta
Image courtesy of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation/ photographs by Jamie Stukenberg
Contextualized Spanish colonial works at the Harvard Art Museums
Fall River Heritage State Park’s boardwalk
Photograph by Sanghwan Kim/istock
“A good place to be pleasantly surprised”
Delivering the gorgeous goods
Photograph courtesy of Fivefork Farms
Cultivating local blooms in Upton, Massachusetts
Digital reconstruction of tiles showing Richard the Lionheart and Saladin
Image ©Janis Desmarais and Amanda Luyster
A Worcester exhibit links politics and visual culture.
Dumebi Menakaya
Photograph by Jim Harrison
The photographer takes self-portraits—without photographing herself.