Book cover for "When the Mapou sings" and a photograph of Nadine Pinede

History and Love in Haiti

Alumna Nadine Pinede’s young-adult novel—in verse

by Lydialyle Gibson

Bronze weight shaped as a bust of an empress, featuring intricate details and a hook for hanging.

Western Civ.

An archaeologist/curator/hands-on humanist, and an artifact from the era of typewritten term papers

by Primus VI

Barbara Lawrence seated, wearing a textured blouse, in a portrait from the late 1930s.

Barbara Lawrence

Brief life of an intrepid mammalogist: 1909-1997

by Jonathan Shaw

Illustration of a career consultant reading from a paper while seated on a statue pedestal, with a long line of students waiting nearby.

Yesterday’s News

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Category Errors

Skirmishing about what it means to protest

President Garber sitting in a wood chair on a platform

President Garber’s Quiet Installation

A private ceremony celebrated Garber’s appointment as president.

by Jonathan Shaw

The facade of Widener Library with columns and steps with blue sky and trees

Silent Study-Ins

Harvard library protests challenge University regulations.

by Max J. Krupnick

Time To Stand Up

For an Asian American woman, performing comedy is about much more than jokes.  

by Catherine Yeo

Person seated under a tree in a garden with a view of distant hills and a blue sky.

The Will of the Donor

How gifts shape student experiences, in often unseen ways

by Serena Jampel

An Academic Agenda

How the administration might pursue Harvard’s core mission, pare bureaucracy, and promote Veritas

Harvard President Alan Garber at a podium in Memorial Church

“Find Yourself a Teacher…”

President Garber’s Morning Prayers

by John S. Rosenberg