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Photograph of two riders on horseback crossing a plain, silhouetted against the setting sun

Horsemanship appears to have played a key role in the spread of the Yamnaya people.

Photograph by istock and altered by Jennifer Carling/Harvard Magazine

Research

New evidence on domestication of horses—and the spread of an ancient Eurasian culture

3.3.23

Salata Institute logo over solar panels

The Salata Institute has chosen five teams to pursue solutions to a variety of climate-change impacts.

Logo courtesy of Salata Institute; solar panel photograph by Unsplash

Teams of Harvard researchers will develop concrete proposals for addressing specific climate impacts.

2.13.23

Landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom M.L.A. ’06

Landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom M.L.A. ’06

Screenshot by Harvard Magazine

Lessons from Bangkok presented at the Harvard Graduate School of Design

2.1.23

Emily Channell-Justice and former ambassador Marie Yovanovitch in conversation at Thursday's event

Moderator Emily Channell-Justice (left) with retired ambassador Marie Yovanovitch

Screenshot by Harvard Magazine

A former ambassador to Ukraine offers her perspective on the conflict

1.20.23

Photo of the rising artist as a student at Rhode Island School of Design in the 1950s

The rising artist as a student at Rhode Island School of Design in the 1950s

Image courtesy of Felipe Pereda

Brief life of an abstract painter: 1924-1984

January-February 2023

A project to help physicians in Ukraine

January-February 2023

Along a city street, mural on a concrete wall shows two men shaking hands, with a large pair of watchful eyes in  the background.

ArtLords covered Kabul’s concrete blast walls with brightly colored murals denouncing corruption and promoting peace and human rights. This one depicted the famous handshake that followed the signing of the United States-Taliban agreement in February 2020 to end the war in Afghanistan and withdraw American troops.

Photograph courtesy of ArtLords

Harvard’s Scholars at Risk Program helps endangered artists and scholars

January-February 2023

Illustration showing that a blend of working from home and in the office leads to better-performing and happier employees

Illustration by Nathan Daniels

A business school study finds hybrid workers generate more novel and useful information.

January-February 2023

Romanian children in a Bucharest orphanage, circa 1995

Romanian children in a Bucharest orphanage, circa 1995

Photograph by Romano Cagnoni/Getty Images

Neglected children’s neurodevelopmental impairments persist into young adulthood.

January-February 2023