Nancy Walecki

World Premiere of esperanza spalding and Wayne Shorter’s Opera, (Iphigenia)

Two jazz legends collaborate on an operatic reimagination of a Greek tragedy.

Can Slime Molds Think?

A seemingly primitive creature’s complex ability to detect mass from a distance.

Bruno Carvalho

An urbanist’s lifelong study of the “rhythm of cities,” from Rio to Cambridge 

“Decarcerating” America

A Law School institute facilitates change “from the ground up.”

Visual Music

The "blurred boundaries" of Sam Wu's compositions

Family Newsletters of Holidays Past

Origins of a beloved, bemoaned Yuletide tradition

Convocation Welcomes Classes of 2024 and 2025 to Campus

President Bacow and Harvard College Dean Khurana welcome the Class of 2025 and, for the first time in-person, the Class of 2024.

A Nearly Normal First-Year Move-In

Arriving students animate Harvard Yard

Raising the Estimate of Sea Level Rise

The effect of post-glacial rebound was overlooked in the West Antarctic

John Harvard Statue Undergoes Restoration

The well-loved statue gets spiffed up for the new school year 

Divinity School Launches New Degree Programs

The new Religion and Public Life initiative promotes "religious literacy" in the professions

The "King of Palindromes"

Mark Saltveit and the art of the palindrome