Harvard History & Traditions
We Were Students Once...
Young love: the poem, plus enduring lessons from a public-health pioneer
by Primus VI
The Overseers and Optics
A coincidence of leadership at Harvard, at a contested moment
by John S. Rosenberg
Portrait of Peter Gomes Hung in Faculty Room
Harvard installs a portrait of the late Reverend Peter J. Gomes.
by John S. Rosenberg
Yesterday’s News
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Harvard Politics
J.Q. Adams on patronage and rhetoric, Daniel Merton Wegner on cats
Harvard’s Eugenics Era
When academics embraced scientific racism, immigration restrictions, and the suppression of “the unfit”
by Adam S. Cohen
Henry the Great
A tribute to Henry Rosovsky from Harvard Magazine
by John S. Rosenberg
Yesterday’s News
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Beyond Brahminism
How Richard Henry Dana Jr. came to hate slavery and injustice
A Treasure Way Up High
In Sanders Theatre, a “constellation” of a chandelier
by Peter DeMarco
Yesterday’s News
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine