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Rapid COVID-19 tests, of the kind that Michael Mina has been advocating since last year, are finally approved for home use.
Harvard's acceptance rate drops as applications rise.
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Harvard admits a record-low 3.4 percent of applicants
William "Bill" Kristol.
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Bill Kristol discusses the future of the Republican Party and the survival of American constitutional democracy.
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A professor and a marketing professional have teamed up to raise awareness of the climate problem through the nonpartisan, nonprofit Potential Energy Coalition.
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A professor and a marketing professional try a new tack in climate-change communications.
Harvard Computers and Radcliffe students in 1925
Photograph courtesy of the Harvard Library ArchivesAlumni scientist-filmmakers bring the Harvard Computers’ story to the screen.
Harvard Law School students Anna Vande Velde and William Roberts
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Law SchoolA Law School report offers the City of Boston recommendations for reform.
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Harvard's acceptance rate drops as applications rise.
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Harvard admits a record-low 3.4 percent of applicants
Cabot House members cheered up the wintry Quad with their hand-crafted ice lanterns.
Photograph courtesy of Cabot House faculty dean Ian Miller and resident dean Meg Lockwood.
Undergraduate Houses experiment and innovate in attempts to revive the effervescence that once characterized their student communities.
March 2018, Randolph Courtyard: The author (center) and her two future roommates, Sreya at left and Pranati at right, have just run over from the Yard on Housing Day, having learned they’d been assigned to Adams House.
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The College’s annual “Housing Day” dramas, conducted online.
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Loeb House, where the governing boards convene
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The annual election of Overseers and alumni association directors is under way.
Harvard Computers and Radcliffe students in 1925
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Noah Evers ’22 and his grandmother Patricia Greenfield ’62, Ph.D. ’66
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A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
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Turning your al fresco space into a springtime oasis
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Shen Wei in his New York studio, 2014
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“Shen Wei: Painting in Motion,” at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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March 2018, Randolph Courtyard: The author (center) and her two future roommates, Sreya at left and Pranati at right, have just run over from the Yard on Housing Day, having learned they’d been assigned to Adams House.
Photograph courtesy of Meena Venkataramanan.
The College’s annual “Housing Day” dramas, conducted online.
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Harvard Computers and Radcliffe students in 1925
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A still from The Painter and the Thief
From the filmA short list of fine
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Illustration by Alex Williamson.
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
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David Melly rounds Harvard Stadium. Running the loop counterclockwise, he acknowledges, is controversial.
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A legendary route’s disputed distance
An adept passer and gritty defender, Zeng also finished fifth in the Ivy League in service aces.
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Volleyball captain Sandra Zeng’s defensive focus
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Solomon Gate in its typical open position
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
David Melly rounds Harvard Stadium. Running the loop counterclockwise, he acknowledges, is controversial.
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A legendary route’s disputed distance
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March-April 2021
Letters
Acupuncture, climate change, renaming
President Bacow on speech on campus
What Ivy institutions’ diverging paths reveal
The College Pump
Photograph courtesy of the Brookline Preservation Commission
Classy masks, dapper archaeologist, saving H.H. Richardson’s house
Treasure
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Image courtesy of the Harvard Map Collection
The era of imaginative mapmaking
In this Issue
Photograph by Aaron Conway/aaconn studio
Back in his hometown: Stephen Gray in downtown Cincinnati
Stephen Gray pioneers equitable urban design.
Jeannie Suk Gersen
Photograph by Stu Rosner
Jeannie Suk Gersen on the law, trauma, and “the rhetoric of believing”
Bryant at work, captured in an undated photograph.
Image courtesy of the Museum of Comparative Zoology/Harvard University
Brief life of an underappreciated arachnologist
Photograph by William (Ned) Friedman
Re-engaging with nature alongside the director of the Arnold Arboretum
Letters
Acupuncture, climate change, renaming
President Bacow on speech on campus
What Ivy institutions’ diverging paths reveal
Right Now
Illustration by Alex Williamson.
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
The persistence of a giant storm on Jupiter—the planet’s iconic red spot—has perplexed scientists for generations.
Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
The gas giant’s storms could be driven by processes thousands of kilometers below the surface.
Illustration by Traci Daberko
Compact and persistent, DNA could one day compress all human knowledge into a 15-gallon drum.
Harvard Squared
Coolidge Corner Theater offers small-group rentals.
Photograph courtesy of Coolidge Corner Theater
Greater Boston’s small cinemas strive to engage film-goers during the pandemic.
Shen Wei in his New York studio, 2014
Photograph by Jeffrey Sturges
“Shen Wei: Painting in Motion,” at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Nielsen's portraits reflect the early experiences of real people striving to protect themselves from COVID-19 and respond to the new pandemic-era.
Photograph courtesy of MASS MoCA
Richard Nielsen: “This is Not a Gag,” at MASS MoCA
Join other aspiring and established writers for The Muse & The Marketplace conference in April.
Photograph by iStock
This Boston conference offers a virtual writing retreat.
Photo courtesy of Didriks.com
Turning your al fresco space into a springtime oasis
John Harvard's Journal
Solomon Gate in its typical open position
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
Nancy Coleman, dean of continuing education
Photograph by Michelle dunham Photography
Pandemic-driven virtual learning booms—and perhaps promises improved residential education, too.
Roxanne Guenette
Photograph by Stu Rosner
Seeking answers to science’s biggest questions
Prospective candidates and their diverse views of Harvard’s future and the Board’s role
Patrick Chung
Photograph courtesy of Patrick Chung
The Xfund helps young entrepreneurs launch companies and careers.
Judith and Sean Palfrey
Photograph courtesy of Judith and Sean Palfrey
Adams House changing of rhe guard, Institute of Politics controversy, an avalanche of applications, and more
Pandemic precautions: safety procedures prevail as students return for spring term.
Photograph by Meena Venkataramanan
Reports on the pandemic spring semester, policing reform, Allston enlargement, and cell-manufacturing
Tucson, Arizona
Photograph by Sean Pavone/istock
The Undergraduate balances childhood and maturity.
David Melly rounds Harvard Stadium. Running the loop counterclockwise, he acknowledges, is controversial.
Photograph by Molly Malone
A legendary route’s disputed distance
Montage
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(1of 4) Details from The Sistine Chapel: Michelangelo’s ceilingPhotograph © Vatican Museum
Nicholas Callaway publishes the Sistine Chapel in closeup.
The heap: a mound of scrap fabric documents an industry, and a term.
Photograph courtesy of Hanna Rose Shell
“From Devil’s Dust to the Renaissance of Rags”—a surprising account of scrap
Illustration by Matt Chase, from the book
Reinterpreting the distinctive psychology of the human West
Justin Deabler
Photograph Courtesy of Justin Deabler
Fiction about “the power that comes to us when we uncloset ourselves”
Francis Drake and Elizabeth I, the stars of Laurence Bergreen’s new seafaring epic
Public Domain
Recent books with Harvard connections
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
A senior cheer group
Photograph courtesy of Lance Oppenheim
Documentarian Lance Oppenheim explores life in The Villages.
Alumni
Radhika Jones
Photograph by Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/Contour RA/Getty Images
Radhika Jones at the helm of Vanity Fair
Highlighting leaders at clubs and SIGs
The College Pump
Photograph courtesy of the Brookline Preservation Commission
Classy masks, dapper archaeologist, saving H.H. Richardson’s house
Treasure
Click on arrow at right to view full map
Image courtesy of the Harvard Map Collection
The era of imaginative mapmaking