Photos
The Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy
Scientists affiliated with the Event Horizon Telescope publish the first image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Rise of Color
As consumer products grew more colorful, so did the ads. View an image gallery.
Commencement Photo Gallery
Images from Commencement week
New Ancient Sculpture
Sculptor James Dinerstein’s works in concrete and bronze fuse ancient forms with modern abstraction.
by Paul Gleason
Skyscraper as Symbol
In Tall Building: Imagining the Skyscraper, Scott Johnson explores the semiotics of these urban giants.
by Jonathan Shaw
Mineralogical Marvels
Rocky treasures from the Harvard Museum of Natural History
Conceptualizing Small
In words and images, George M. Whitesides and Felice. C. Frankel explicate tools, concepts, and applications in nanoscience.
Students in Africa
Students and service at a new frontier: read 10 student profiles, view photos, and more.
Ancestral Influences
View images of Phillip Charette's masks alongside masks from the Smithsonian Institution holdings that inspired him.
Animals Speak Color
Kit Reed introduces an exhibition at the Harvard Museum of Natural History that reveals the different roles color plays in the animal and plant kingdoms.
by Christopher Reed
Shedding Light on Life
The scenes are familiar from biology textbooks. A long string of DNA is copied to form a matching strand. A virus infects a cell by stealing through its membrane.
by Courtney Humphries