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Portraits top to bottom: Robert P. Young Jr and Edward Manfield
Clockwise from left: Photograph by Gary Blakeley/123RF Stock Images; courtesy of the Michigan Supreme Court, courtesy of the Iowa Supreme Court
Edward Mansfield, Robert Young are up for consideration.
Lawrence S. Bacow
Photograph by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
A community letter as the new administration begins
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Illustration by James Yamasaki
Developmental psychologists find a surprising relationship between age and emotional understanding.
Solar panels on the roof and fixed shading on the windows suggest that this is no ordinary wood-shingled house.
Photograph by Stu Rosner
The Center for Green Buildings and Cities aims to reduce energy used to heat and cool buildings to nearly zero.
Elsie Sunderland
Photograph by Stu RosnerElsie Sunderland traces the flows of human pollutants in the oceans. They come back to bite us.
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FYRE’s student steering committee
Photograph courtesy of FYRE
Harvard begins a program to acclimate freshmen from “historically marginalized communities.”
A FOP group looks out over a lake in New Hampshire, August 2015.
Photograph courtesy of FOP
Kenton Shimozaki ’19 reflects on lessons learned at Harvard’s First-Year Outdoor Program.
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A rehearsal scene from The Squirrel Plays
Courtesy of Olivia Munk
A graduate’s foray into the “real world” of fringe theater
Chai confers with a colleague in SPiNE’s Yangon office.
Photograph courtesy of SPiNE
Practicing architecture in Myanmar
Amory, Francis, Sandi, and Alex Blake pause briefly for a family portrait…
Photograph by Lynn Donaldson
Working a cattle ranch and tree nursery in Big Sky country
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MAA MoCA is housed in a repurposed industrial mill conplex in North Adams, Masachusetts.
Photograph courtesy of MASS MoCA
MASS MoCA’s summer smorgasbord
The daylily garden
Photograph courtesy of the Heritage Museums and Gardens
Cape Cod’s Heritage Museums & Gardens
The splendid interior of the Methuen Memorial Music Hall.
Photograph by Len Levasseur
Seasonal concerts at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall
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A rehearsal scene from The Squirrel Plays
Courtesy of Olivia Munk
A graduate’s foray into the “real world” of fringe theater
Chai confers with a colleague in SPiNE’s Yangon office.
Photograph courtesy of SPiNE
Practicing architecture in Myanmar
Soyoung Lee
Photograph by Audrey Kotkin
Korean art expert Soyoung Lee will join the museums in September.
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Harvard Athletics overhauls coaches’ compensation.
Cyclists at the Harvest River Bridge, which opened last year on the newest section of the trail
Photograph by Jessica Mink
Cycling the Neponset River Greenway
Harvard sprinter Gabby Thomas ’19
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
Late winter and early spring highlights
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Courtesy of Penelope Laurans
Attendance artifact, women’s work, and “Fair Harvard” redux
Photograph of gymsuit by Kevin Grady/Radcliffe Institute
Lest young ladies’ “tides” be deranged
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July-August 2018
Portrait of Moorfield Storey by John Singer Sargent, 1917. Charcoal on paper
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of James Moorfield Storey
Brief life of a patrician reformer: 1845-1929
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Illustration by Davide Bonazzi
The Watchers
Assaults on privacy and security in America threaten democracy itself.
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May-June 2017
Letters
Readers comment on Houghton Library, coddled campuses, labor law, and more.
President Faust on the value of Harvard’s non-degree programs
A state’s pension-plan problems highlight the endowment challenge to realizing Harvard’s goals.
The College Pump
Click on illustration to see the full image
Illustration by Michael Witte
Roger Angell tees off, David Halberstam survives the Charles, and more
Treasure
Image courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology/ © President and Fellows of Harvard College
The Peabody Museum 150th is a showcase for the origins and evolution of anthropology.
In this Issue
Illustration by Taylor Callery
The chasm between elite academia and working-class Americans—and how to bridge it
A portrait of Yellow Wolf circa 1909
Photograph from The Library of Congress
Brief life of a Native American witness to history: c. 1855-1935
Please see image galleries below for information about these objects and more
Recreating the Philosophy Chamber
Kathryn Davidson discusses her research
Photograph by Jim Harrison
How linguists use sign languages to understand universal grammar
Letters
Readers comment on Houghton Library, coddled campuses, labor law, and more.
President Faust on the value of Harvard’s non-degree programs
A state’s pension-plan problems highlight the endowment challenge to realizing Harvard’s goals.
Right Now
Illustration by Whooli Chen
Distraction seems to be the aim of a massive government campaign of fake social media posts.
Illustration by Jude Buffum
Patterns of gene expression that appear to be inherited from one generation to the next are instead explained by in-utero exposures.
Illustration by Paul Lachine
Do workplace environments contribute to poor health for employees?
Harvard Squared
The Asa Gray Garden honors the Harvard botanist
Courtesy of Mount Auburn Cemetery
Springtime at Mount Auburn Cemetery
Steampunk style merges “neo-Victorian fashion with retro-futuristic technology.”
Photograph by Bobbi Lane
Steampunk Festival celebrates art and history in Waltham, Massachusetts
Barry Van Dusen’s barn swallow (nesting at Stone Barn Farm)
Courtesy of Barry Van Dusen
A trip to Mass Audubon’s unique art museum
The Brookline birthplace of John F. Kennedy
Photograph courtesy of the National Park Service, John F. Kennedy National Historic Site
Centennial celebrations for John F. Kennedy in Brookline
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/HPAC
Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations
Flour’s baked treats
Photograph by Kristin Tieg/Flour
Harvard Square’s caffeine and calories—galore!
John Harvard's Journal
Click on photograph to see full image
Photograph by Jim Harrison
The Charles River, lit
The College’s social-club sanctions remain highly controversial.
Stephan Magro
Photograph by Jim Harrison
A miracle-working Commencement director
Still more construction projects on tap
Financial pressures force the faculty to trim doctoral admissions.
The Business School dean is bullish on engineering and data-science collaborations, and online learning.
Online learning, evolving at Harvard and beyond, attracts critical analysis.
David Parkes and Francesca Dominici, co-directors of Harvard’s new data-science initiative
Photograph by Kris Snibbe/HPAC
Harvard outlines steps toward a data-science institute in Allston.
Illustration by Mark Steele
An elephant race, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Maya Jasanoff (see “Writers’ Rewards,” below)
Photography by Rose Lincoln/HPAC
Dunster departure, graduate-school deans, faculty writing-prize winners, and more
Mark Zuckerberg
Photograph courtesy of Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg drops in, Justice Scalia’s papers, dental-school milestone, and more
Illustration by Daniel Baxter
The Undergraduate wrestles with The Advocate’s exclusive comp process.
Far from Missouri: Nomin-Erdene Jagdagdorj on the choppy, cold Charles with skipper Nicholas Karnovsky ’19
Photograph by Jim Harrison
A Harvard sailor, a long way from landlocked Mongolia and Missouri
Katie Benzan ’20 was a first-team All-Ivy honoree and led the team in scoring (13.4 points per game) and assists (4.2 assists per game).
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
Seesaw seasons for the basketball teams
In the momentum-building Beanpot victory: Crimson forward Alexander Kerfoot skates against Boston University.
Photograph by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
Strong seasons in hockey, fencing, and swimming
Montage
Choreographer Claudia Schreier, in rehearsal
Photograph by Rosalie O’Connor
A choreographer's career, taking shape
Willa Cather, finance expert
Photograph courtesy of the Nebraska State Historical Society
A Business School professor ties finance and humanities together.
Justin Lee
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Justin Lee's essential, “invisible,” work at the Harvard Art Museums
The Vineyard’s south shore, from the Wequobsque Cliffs to Lucy Vincent Beach: inviting—and endangered
Photograph by David R. Foster
A natural history of Martha’s Vineyard, and other books with Harvard connections
A Conservative Party poster, circa 1900, the year the precursor of the Labour Party first participated in a general election
Poster from Getty Images
Scholarly lessons from Europe prove pertinent today.
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Alumni
James Bundy, on the Assassins set
Photograph by Jim Harrison
A look at James Bundy ’81, dean of the Yale School of Drama
Overseers and HAA director candidates
The College Pump
Click on illustration to see the full image
Illustration by Michael Witte
Roger Angell tees off, David Halberstam survives the Charles, and more
Treasure
Image courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology/ © President and Fellows of Harvard College
The Peabody Museum 150th is a showcase for the origins and evolution of anthropology.