The “Harvard Time Capsule,” created by Andrew Zolty, who goes by his artist name BREAKFAST, in 2020, is an interactive kinetic art installation that captures video snippets of those who encounter and interact with it. The exhibition is located on the first floor of the Science & Engineering Complex and uses over 23,000 custom-engineered bi-directional […]
Walk through the halls of Leverett House, and you’ll notice AI generated name tags that decorate room doors. Take a stroll through Winthrop, and you’ll notice the same—and even if not clear at first glance, I’m sure this goes for many other houses too. Sure, the use of AI results in more personalized name tags, […]
Dexter Griffin ’27 took a lingering pause when I opened our interview by asking him to describe himself in three words. While I could have answered the question for him—creative, artist, visionary—he chose instead to revisit the question at the end of our conversation, offering me only one: “Hungry,” he said when I asked him […]
Since the writing of this review, on Sept. 9, ABC7 Los Angeles reported that a woman’s decomposing body was discovered in an impounded Tesla registered to d4vd. The investigation is ongoing, and a spokesperson for d4vd said that he is cooperating with authorities. There’s a particular scream that only happens in the two seconds between […]
As always, the start of the fall semester comes with the Harvard-Radcliffe Drama Club’s announcement of upcoming shows and productions to take place at Harvard this season. The stage is set for an exciting lineup of performances ranging in genre, style, and scale. Learn more about the upcoming HRDC productions for Fall 2025: Loeb Experimental […]
Portrait by photographer ©Darlene DeVita, supported by the Chelsea Heritage Grant. Last spring in Chelsea, Lisa D. Guglielmi Rizzo—the magnetic owner of Dillon’s—opened a new window of America for me. Week after week, I returned to enjoy the traditional shvitzing (sweating in Yiddish), oil rubs, and platza (shoulder whacking with an oak leaf) at her […]
Last Friday, Harvard Yard was transformed into a mini-festival ground as students gathered for the annual Crimson Jam. Hosted the first week of each September by the Harvard College Events Board, the event is a signature kickoff to the school year, drawing hundreds of students—especially first-years—eager to embrace one of their first large campus traditions. […]
Robert Darnton ’60 was educated at Oxford University (B. Phil., 1962; D. Phil., 1964), where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He served as Director of the Harvard University Library from 2007 to 2016 and now continues his research on the history of books, publishers, censors, booksellers, writers, and readers in eighteenth-century France from his office […]
Ah, Annenberg Hall, the memories—and odd smells—you hold. Despite residing within the disappointing realities of the disenchanting Muggle world, the outspoken comparisons of Berg’s architecture to that of Hogwarts are not far off, as the historic hall certainly holds a palpable magic of its own. As an undeniable landmark to the first-year experience at Harvard, […]
Just a year ago, I was scrambling to make sure I had packed everything I would need for my first year at Harvard. Despite countless checks and rearrangements of my parents’ car before our drive from Hebron, KY to Cambridge, the effort proved fruitless—I had package after package of forgotten items arriving at the mailing […]