375th Anniversary
An Advocate for Change
In 1883, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz asked the Massachusetts elite to donate to her controversial cause of ladies’ education.
'Against the Root of Privilege'
On December 2, 1942, James Bryant Conant received a phone call from prominent physicist Arthur Compton.
Making Out a President's Character
Hopes were high for Abbot Lawrence Lowell in 1909, as he stood poised to replace Charles W. Eliot, class of 1853, as president of Harvard.
"In Harvard, But Not Of It"
Though Du Bois was one of Harvard University’s most dedicated advocates and most esteemed graduates, Harvard never quite welcomed him into the fold.
Harvard at War
On March 20, 2003, the day the United States invaded Iraq, Harvard students took to the Yard with bullhorns and pickets.
Harvard and the Fabric of a Nation
As America’s star has begun to dim and other countries are diluting United States’ influence on the international stage, will Harvard’s fate be once again entwined with America’s?
