The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Aesthetics

Silk dress, dove gray, fifty years old and sixty dollars. Little vintage store in Boston. Think transatlantic Sylvia Plath around the time she bit Ted Hughes’ cheek. Think sexier “His Girl Friday.” I ...
The Harvard Crimson

Aesthetic Affirmative Action

Four years ago, when I was entering Harvard College, affirmative action programs had just been dismantled in the University of California system. Last week, affirmative action was given a shot in the ...
The Harvard Crimson

Campus Aesthetics: What Are the Nicest Harvard Study Spaces?

As the temperature drops, more and more students are abandoning the lounge chairs in Harvard Yard and the sunny, sprawling steps of Widener Library to return to their favorite indoor study spaces on ...
The Boston Globe

At Harvard: volumes large and small, the aesthetic life of plants, volcanic eruptions

CAMBRIDGE — Exhibition titles don’t come more alliteratively straightforward than “Big Books, Tiny Tomes,” which runs at Harvard’s Houghton Library through Aug. 9. Houghton is the university’s ...
The Harvard Crimson

The Top Five Most Beautiful Buildings at Harvard

Fifth on this list is a building that could be confused with the White House: Gordon Hall. Designed by the protégés of Henry H. Richardson, the mind behind Trinity Church, Gordon Hall is the ...