Where undergrads grow into scientists
Deep in the woods of Petersham, Mass., the Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology is cultivating a renewable resource — future generations of scientists.
Harvard History
How a giant predator of prehistoric seas was discovered — twice
After 80 million years, a giant fossil jaw has quite a story to tell. Back in the age of the dinosaurs, Tylosaurus proriger was a fearsome predator — a bus-sized aquatic reptile with a crushing snout, daggerlike teeth, and knack for swallowing prey whole. How its bones wound up at Harvard is a tangled yarn involving a Wild West stagecoach station, the early western railroads, the infamous “Bone Wars” between rival fossil hunters, and a founding scholar of natural history.
At Harvard–Yenching Library, a return to the Tibetan Buddhist canon
After spending two years immersed in digitized versions of the Tibetan Buddhist canon for his Harvard Divinity School studies, Sherab Chomphel, M.T.S. ’25, was finally face to face with the centuries-old block prints themselves.
Harvard astronomer, ‘our heroine’ of the 20th century, memorialized in London
FAS Dean Hopi Hoekstra helped dedicate a plaque at the teenage home of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.
Biodiversity is improving across campus, with help from a history course
Joyce Chaplin’s “Rewilding Harvard” is reimagining the Harvard landscape.
New FAS chief of human resources named
Nicole Breen has brought “boundless energy, wisdom, and care” to support the community.
High-tech for the 1700s
Exhibit showcases tools that powered Revolutionary America
Behind the scenes: Quality control for 2,500 Harvard diplomas
Leading up to every handshake on the commencement stage is a monthslong, meticulous process of preparation.
Artifacts, accounts from 1770s Siege of Boston
Retelling 11-month occupation as America readies to celebrate its 250th
New faculty director gives Zooarchaeology Lab a refresh
Shayla Monroe, assistant professor of archaeology, renovated the space with an eye to honoring its storied collection.
Research reveals octopuses as sensitive, long-distance lovers
Study discovers how species uses “taste by touch” sensory system to feel out potential mates