Bel professor of Egyptology Peter Der Manuelian, with his book "Walking Among Pharaohs" (2022)

Five Questions with Professor Peter Der Manuelian

Harvard professor of Egyptology on unsolved mysteries, cats, and the beauty of ancient craftsmanship.

by Olivia Farrar

Illustration suggesting how technologies may influence undergraduate writing

AI Anxiety

The Undergraduate on the uneasy collision of technology and writing

by Serena Jampel

Justice Edward Sanford portrait, modified to depict him as a baseball player

Origin Stories

An admissions odyssey, the search for “Casey,” and a Harvard legislative legacy

by Primus VI

Supersonic test pilot Chuck Yeager

On Unintended Consequences

Essayist Edward Tenner on technology’s pitfalls

Portrait of Walter E. Fernald c. 1910

Walter E. Fernald

From enlightened care for the intellectually disabled, to eugenics, and back

by Alex Green

Student protestor and Harvard police officer during the Mass Hall living-wage protest, April 25, 2001

The Unruly Academy

President emeritus Neil L. Rudenstine on changes in the academy and society that made universities more contentious—and diminished support for humane learning

by Neil L. Rudenstine

North wall of the Faculty Room

Faculty Room Facelift

Reimagining an iconic space to reflect the Harvard community more comprehensively

by John S. Rosenberg

Illustration of Lewis and Clark Expedition artifacts at Peabody Museum

Yesterday’s News

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

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Correspondence about caregiving, football, feminism, free speech, and more

The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial at sunset, with stone sculptures, commemorative plaques, and flags among bare trees.

“The World Right Now Cannot Afford Indifference”

Lawrence S. Bacow represents Harvard at the Auschwitz Liberation Observance.

by Lawrence S. Bacow

Jimmy Carter and James Agee ’32

Why this “sovereign prince of the English language” touched the president’s heart

by Lincoln Caplan