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Harvard Launches Center for LGBTQ Health

Addressing preventable causes of illness based in discrimination

by Jack R. Trapanick

Formal portrait of the Board of Editors for volume 70 of the “Harvard Law Review” (1956-1957), photographed on the steps of Austin Hall. The author, only the third woman admitted to Review membership, stands in the fourth row, at upper left.

Features | January-February 2021

The Education of a Harvard Lawyer

An alumna looks back.

by Nancy Boxley Tepper

Portrait of Harvard Law School dean—and perfectionist—Ezra Thayer circa 1910, who found the school’s dire finances overwhelming.

Montage | January-February 2021

Grinding Out Lawyers—by Grinding Down Students

The making of the modern Harvard Law School

by Lincoln Caplan

Harvard coronavirus dashboard chart shows rising coronavirus cases, particularly among graduate students, in the week to November 16, 2020.

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HBS Halts Hybrid Learning

Surging coronavirus cases force move to all-remote instruction.

by John S. Rosenberg

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“This Year Is Different…”

…prompting a different kind of Faculty of Arts and Sciences annual report.

by John S. Rosenberg

A file photograph of M.Des. program director and Noyes professor in architectural theory K. Michael Hays sitting with Design School dean Sarah Whiting

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A Design School Redesign

The GSD introduces changes meant to “rebalance” the master of design studies program.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Photograph of Emma Dench, dean of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

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Fewer Grad Students, No Spring Recess

Harvard continues to change with the coronavirus.

by John S. Rosenberg

Portrait of Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow

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The Upside

President Bacow remains positive despite the pandemic.

by John S. Rosenberg

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Spring Remains Remote

Harvard professional schools continue (mostly) online learning during the next semester—and other indicators for 2021.

by John S. Rosenberg

Photo of Srikant M. Datar, dean-designate of Harvard Business School

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Srikant M. Datar Appointed Harvard Business School Dean

The Dickinson professor of business administration succeeds Nitin Nohria.

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of Harvard Science Center tent where arriving first-year College students began virus-testing procedures

John Harvard's Journal | November-December 2020

Fraught Fall

A semester conducted in the shadow of the coronavirus

by John S. Rosenberg