Harvard History & Traditions


Peacemakers

Two scholars’ extracurricular efforts in the Middle East

by Primus VI

A Time of Trauma

An exhibit on Harvard in 1969 opens at Pusey Library this fall.

by Brandon J. Dixon

The Political Solicitor General

The “Tenth Justice” and the polarization of the Supreme Court

by Lincoln Caplan

The Football Industrial Complex

Boosting the game, and The Game

by Dick Friedman

Sweet Farewell

Spiders and ties, “Fair Harvard” encore, and Faust’s farewell

by Primus VI

“Tyranny Is Our Foe”

The seventy-fifth anniversary of Winston Churchill’s honorary-degree speech

Gymsuits, Pre-Spandex

Lest young ladies’ “tides” be deranged

by Sophia Nguyen

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

The Long-Lived University

Attendance artifact, women’s work, and “Fair Harvard” redux

by Primus VI

He Has Made the World a Safer Place

A symposium honors a scientist who championed biological and chemical weapons control.

by Jonathan Shaw