Campus From lecture to comedy sketch Student comic group puts faculty and deans onstage for charity stand-up performance
Science The science of the artificial Researchers propose a new field of study to explore how intelligent machines behave as independent agents
Funny, creepy, or both? ‘Laughing Room,’ metaLab researcher’s installation, turns a visit to the library into a sitcom-like experience — only deeper DateNovember 19, 2018
The nature of sounds The cacophony of wildlife is music to his ears DateNovember 14, 2018November 14, 2018
An artist of the avant-garde and the everyday Two-campus exhibit showcases the mirthful creations of Tony Conrad DateNovember 14, 2018November 15, 2018
How Tut became Tut Scholar explains role of photography in raising legend from the tomb DateNovember 9, 2018November 19, 2018
The life and legacy of Gore Vidal Literary legend’s papers archived at Houghton Library DateNovember 9, 2018
As a backdrop for the movies, it’s a natural Columbia Pictures transforms Arboretum into Paris park for film ‘Little Women’ DateNovember 1, 2018November 1, 2018
Bringing ‘Coco’ to campus Producer, consultant share creative ambition, career paths behind Academy Award-winning Pixar film DateOctober 31, 2018January 23, 2019
Immigration, under the stage lights Houghton exhibit shows how new arrivals repeatedly influenced, rejuvenated American theater DateOctober 29, 2018October 30, 2018
Stories that haunt them Mariana Enríquez, Stephen King, Emily Brontë among the fiction writers who leave campus readers unsettled DateOctober 29, 2018October 30, 2018
A professor’s journey to belief As part of speaker series, Khalil Gibran Muhammad shares a winding past DateOctober 26, 2018January 23, 2019
Watching ‘Scandal’ in a Faulkner state of mind Lecturer helps students make surprising connections in course where literature, TV converge DateOctober 26, 2018
The plot, and the fog, thicken Haze-draped Arboretum sets eerie stage for ‘Macbeth’ DateOctober 23, 2018October 23, 2018
The beetles have landed ‘The Rockefeller Beetles’ exhibit explores a lifelong passion DateOctober 18, 2018November 15, 2018
Coetzee recalls a reading childhood Author accepts Mahindra Award, ponders concept of a mother tongue DateOctober 18, 2018October 18, 2018
The search for a California sphinx Harvard Egyptologist welcomes production team behind documentary on ‘Ten Commandments’ mystery DateOctober 17, 2018April 16, 2019
The great eight Du Bois medals honor outstanding contributions in black arts, culture DateOctober 11, 2018October 12, 2018
From the page to the stage Prior to Harvard visit, Min Kahng talks about how he created musical ‘Four Immigrants’ DateOctober 9, 2018January 23, 2019
Why did Jill Lepore write an epic of U.S. history? It’s a long story Harvard scholar discusses spark, aims behind ambitious project, and how students helped her along the way DateOctober 5, 2018October 9, 2018
The poetic perspective Youth laureate Amanda Gorman ’20 will deliver a special poem at Bacow’s inauguration DateOctober 4, 2018November 15, 2018
The serious business of comics Scott McCloud explains how they can promote a new way of seeing DateOctober 1, 2018October 3, 2018
Special exhibits mark Bacow inauguration On Oct. 4–5, Harvard libraries celebrate the University’s past — and future DateOctober 1, 2018May 21, 2019
Anthropology with a family touch Marshall photos from Africa in the 1950s, on view at Peabody Museum, capture a fading way of life in the Kalahari Desert DateOctober 1, 2018October 1, 2018
‘Lens of Love’ focuses on justice Walton takes a critical look at how selective Bible interpretations justify injustices DateSeptember 28, 2018
Where ideas, tensions converge Faculty chair of Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights shares vision for interdepartmental program DateSeptember 27, 2018October 1, 2018
Behind an eerie sound, science, espionage, and dashed dreams Theremin player sets history lesson to music, without the slightest touch DateSeptember 27, 2018September 28, 2018
Intoxicating art For museumgoers, a chance to party like it’s 500 B.C. DateSeptember 24, 2018January 23, 2019
At GSD, a tale of four cities Animated narratives are at the heart of ‘Urban Intermedia’ exhibit DateSeptember 21, 2018September 21, 2018
Dancing with the future Production merges science with art to explain mechanisms of cooperation DateSeptember 21, 2018January 23, 2019
What’s up in Boston’s fall arts scene Here’s a selective guide to happenings in music, theater, art DateSeptember 20, 2018January 23, 2019
