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(1of 4) Details from The Sistine Chapel: Michelangelo’s ceilingPhotograph © Vatican Museum
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Nicholas Callaway publishes the Sistine Chapel in closeup.
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A screen shot from the closing moments of the 2020 virtual degree-granting ceremony (a technologically enabled singing of “Fair Harvard”)—an exercise now being replicated in some form for a second consecutive pandemic spring
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The 370th degree-conferral will be online for the second consecutive year—with Ruth Simmons as guest speaker.
Kate Murtagh, chief compliance officer and managing director of sustainable investing at Harvard Management Company
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell, Harvard University.
Harvard Management Company issues its first report on the “net-zero” greenhouse-gas emissions goal.
As expected, the anti-affirmative-action advocate appeals after losing in lower court rounds.
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Noah Evers ’22 and his grandmother Patricia Greenfield ’62, Ph.D. ’66
Photo by Lauren Greenfield ’87
A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
Harvard development partner Tishman Speyer’s proposed massing and configuration of buildings for the first phase of construction on the Enterprise Research Campus in Allston.
From Tishman Speyer's Project Notification Form filing.
Tishman Speyer details the first phase of the “enterprise research campus”—and points to a doubling of the project’s ultimate size.
Illustration by Alex Williamson.
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
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Noah Evers ’22 and his grandmother Patricia Greenfield ’62, Ph.D. ’66
Photo by Lauren Greenfield ’87
A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
Tucson, Arizona
Photograph by Sean Pavone/istock
The Undergraduate balances childhood and maturity.
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Noah Evers ’22 and his grandmother Patricia Greenfield ’62, Ph.D. ’66
Photo by Lauren Greenfield ’87
A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
Prospective candidates and their diverse views of Harvard’s future and the Board’s role
Patrick Chung
Photograph courtesy of Patrick Chung
The Xfund helps young entrepreneurs launch companies and careers.
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Turning your al fresco space into a springtime oasis
A still from The Painter and the Thief
From the filmA short list of fine
documentaries and feature films
Shen Wei in his New York studio, 2014
Photograph by Jeffrey Sturges
“Shen Wei: Painting in Motion,” at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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A still from The Painter and the Thief
From the filmA short list of fine
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Coolidge Corner Theater offers small-group rentals.
Photograph courtesy of Coolidge Corner Theater
Greater Boston’s small cinemas strive to engage film-goers during the pandemic.
Illustration by Alex Williamson.
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
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David Melly rounds Harvard Stadium. Running the loop counterclockwise, he acknowledges, is controversial.
Photograph by Molly Malone
A legendary route’s disputed distance
An adept passer and gritty defender, Zeng also finished fifth in the Ivy League in service aces.
Photograph by Gil Talbot/Harvard Athletic Communications
Volleyball captain Sandra Zeng’s defensive focus
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Solomon Gate in its typical open position
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
David Melly rounds Harvard Stadium. Running the loop counterclockwise, he acknowledges, is controversial.
Photograph by Molly Malone
A legendary route’s disputed distance
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Photograph by Stu RosnerColor and Incarceration
Historian Elizabeth Hinton probes the roots of a gathering crisis.
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Colin Jost (left) with his co-host, Michael Che, at the Weekend Update desk for Saturday Night Live
Photograph by Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
Comedian Colin Jost, from Shouts and Murmurs to Saturday Night Live
From left: Sam (Annie Parisse), Nick (Nat Faxon), Ethan (Keegan-Michael Key), Lisa (Cobie Smulders), Marianne (Jae Suh Park), Max (Fred Savage), and Felix (Billy Eichner)
Photograph by David Lee/Netflix
The real tragedy underlying Friends from College stems from the indignities of the post-recession economy.
Jaunts to Nashville and Italy aside, Master of None stays, and is filmed, in New York City. On set in the subway, castmates Lena Waithe (left) and James Ciccone confer with co-creators Aziz Ansari and Yang.
Photograph by KC Bailey/Universal Television/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
Alan Yang serves up warm, epicurean comedy.
Documentarian Kent Garrett ’63 returned to Harvard last fall for a screening of his work.
Photograph by Jim Harrison
How Black Journal raised the country's consciousness, and opened Kent Garrett's eyes to television's potential
Octavia Spencer at a screening of Hidden Figures at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture
Photograph by Joel Kowsky/NASA
The actress will attend the Hasty Pudding's festivities on January 26.
Lee leaps down the stage with co-star Kelli O’Hara in The King and I’s iconic polka, “Shall We Dance?”
Photograph by Paul Kolnik
An actor’s rule on stage and screen
Carlton Cuse with a young Norman Bates (played by Freddie Highmore) on the set of Bates Motel
Photograph courtesy of Carlton Cuse
Television’s Carlton Cuse on what animates his work
Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals celebrate the actress and writer.