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From left: Yvette Efevbera, Natalie Unterstell, and Megan Red Shirt-Shaw
Photographs courtesy of Harvard Forward
Three aspirants for election to the Board of Overseers, under its new rules limiting petition candidates
University data from Harvard coronavirus dashboard
Surging coronavirus cases force move to all-remote instruction.
Cover of Fevers, Feuds and Diamonds by Paul Farmer and Photograph of Paul Farmer
Photograph of Paul Farmer by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Public Affairs and Communication
The 2014 epidemic was rooted in centuries of exploitation and war, Paul Farmer argues.
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Cover of Fevers, Feuds and Diamonds by Paul Farmer and Photograph of Paul Farmer
Photograph of Paul Farmer by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Public Affairs and Communication
The 2014 epidemic was rooted in centuries of exploitation and war, Paul Farmer argues.
Rebecca Henderson
How to reform capitalism to confront climate change and extreme inequality, with economist and McArthur University Professor Rebecca Henderson
In a year like no other, read a selection of Harvard Magazine stories on the forces that will shape the presidential election outcome.
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Professor of government Dustin Tingley (bottom right), faculty director of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching and deputy vice provost for advances in learning, introduces HILT conference panelists (clockwise from top left): Sherri Ann Charleston, Anthony Jack, María Luisa Parra, and Clint Smith.
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The Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching conference considers classroom inclusion and equity.
Illustration by Amelia Flower/Folio Art
The Undergraduate considers friendships on and away from campus.
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A selection of our readers’ and writers’ favorite longform profiles
From left: Yvette Efevbera, Natalie Unterstell, and Megan Red Shirt-Shaw
Photographs courtesy of Harvard Forward
Three aspirants for election to the Board of Overseers, under its new rules limiting petition candidates
Cover of Fevers, Feuds and Diamonds by Paul Farmer and Photograph of Paul Farmer
Photograph of Paul Farmer by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Public Affairs and Communication
The 2014 epidemic was rooted in centuries of exploitation and war, Paul Farmer argues.
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Colorful bow ties from The Andover Shop
Photograph courtesy of The Andover Shop
Harvard Square venues offer warmth, cheer, and appetizing fare.
At first glance, Hammond’s Gloucester home could be mistaken for a transplanted European castle.
Photograph by Lovely Valentine Photography/Courtesy of Hammond Castle
Gothic surroundings, spiritualism, and science: Hammond Castle Museum’s eclectic appeal
Meadow with Poplars (circa 1875)
Claude Monet/Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts
Winter exhibits at the Museum of Fine Arts
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Lawrence S. Bacow
President Bacow on the engaged upside to online teaching and learning
Educational, financial, political, and values issues challenge Harvard’s leaders—and the University community.
Illustration by Amelia Flower/Folio Art
The Undergraduate considers friendships on and away from campus.
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A selection from the Forbes Pigment Collection
Photograph by Caitlin Cunningham/Courtesy of the Harvard Art Musuems/©President and Fellows of Harvard College
Harvard’s world-famous collection of colors can now be enjoyed from home.
Photograph by Fabrizio Amoroso/Aperture
Confronting “some of the most challenging images in the history of photography”
At first glance, Hammond’s Gloucester home could be mistaken for a transplanted European castle.
Photograph by Lovely Valentine Photography/Courtesy of Hammond Castle
Gothic surroundings, spiritualism, and science: Hammond Castle Museum’s eclectic appeal
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Crimson receiver and returner Andrew Fischer breaks loose for a 58-yard run in the second quarter—one of several huge plays on the day.
Photograph by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
A sensational performance leads Harvard over Yale.
Carroll Lowenstein
Photograph courtesy of Peter Mee
A performance for the ages—in just nine throws
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Master Yon Lee leads a beginner tai chi course on the MAC Quad.
Photograph by Kris Snibbe/HPAC
The healing of Master Yon Lee
Photograph courtesy of W. Todd Groce
A Civil War image and an Empire State Building homage
From the archives
Sellers at the John Brown Fort, at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Photograph by T.J. Kirkpatric
William Sellers aims to expose a new generation to America’s origins.
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A selection from the Forbes Pigment Collection
Photograph by Caitlin Cunningham/Courtesy of the Harvard Art Musuems/©President and Fellows of Harvard College
Arts
Harvard’s world-famous collection of colors can now be enjoyed from home.
11.6.20
Groovy clocks from The Glass House
Photograph courtesy of The Glass House
Holiday gifts that support the arts
Clockwise from top left: Roberto Gonzales, Peggy Koenig, Michelle Rodriguez, Julio Reyes Copello, Sergio Trujillo
Image collage by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine
Sociologist Roberto Gonzales’s research is becoming a musical.
Adriana Colón
Photograph courtesy of Adriana Colón
Adriana Colón forges aural connections.
Beds were set up for Spanish flu patients outside the Harvard-affiliated Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in 1918.
Photograph courtesy of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Archives
Fall semester interrupted, a century ago
The cast of The Hot Wing King
Photograph by Monique Carboni
Playwright Katori Hall on the joy—and trauma—of black life
The artistic mission of the renovated Chelsea Theatre is partly informed by its public-housing neighborhood.
Photograph by Maurice Savage/Alamy Stock Photo
Joshua McTaggart leads London’s Chelsea Theatre into a new era.
Elizabeth Banks smiled and waved to the crowd along the parade route.
Photograph by Harvard Magazine/KD
Elizabeth Banks and Ben Platt received this year’s honors.
