Commentary
Two Momentous Faculty Retirements
Arthur Kleinman and Harry Lewis depart the classroom.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Small-Town Roots
Professors’ humble beginnings, concentration choices, and a mini history of Harvard and Radcliffe presidents
by Primus VI
Memorable Mentors
Richard Lewontin, Richard Zeckhauser, diplomatic security, diverse inclusion, and admissions agita lampooned
by Primus VI
The Paintings Behind the Books in the Harvard Botanical Museum
The discovery of Rosa M. Towne’s paintings in the Harvard Botanical Museum
by Edward Tabor
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Liberal arts, repatriation, sea level, palindromes
Seeing Further
Harvard’s investment in quantum science
by Lawrence S. Bacow
Endowment Enigmas
Risky entanglements in the political arena—and the potential for major new academic investments
Campus, Interrupted
The Undergraduate returns to student life, altered by the pandemic and a year spent apart.
by Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead , Swathi Kella
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Speaking Pheromone
How science is done, in the lab of E.O. Wilson
by Richard Rhodes
Has Harvard “Divested”?
Interpreting President Bacow’s recent statement on climate change
by John S. Rosenberg