On the cover: Bryant Butler using a assistive device developed by Conor Walsh. Photograph by Jim Harrison
Letters
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“Shopping week,” workplace culture, solace, and other reader views
What We Keep
President Bacow on maintaining University values while adopting the best lessons learned during the pandemic
Efficiency and Productivity in the Academy
The gains and losses from changes in Commencement and “shopping week”
May-June 2022
On the cover: Bryant Butler using a assistive device developed by Conor Walsh. Photograph by Jim Harrison
Features
The Upward Mobility Problem
Most Americans earn less than their parents did. Can community colleges bridge the gap?
Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson
Brief life of a dauntless educator: 1887-1951
The Medical-Robotics Revolution
Engineering advances in surgery, mobility, and patient care
Harvard’s Social Media Influencers
How students make videos for a world fascinated by Harvard
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Authoritarian Regimes’ AI Innovation Advantage
Unfettered access to personal data may give Chinese companies an edge in artificial intelligence.
How the Pandemic Killed the Uninfected
COVID-19’s toll on black patients extends to those who never got the virus.
Decoding the Alphaviruses
New research identifies the cellular receptors for Eastern Equine Encephalitis and two related viruses.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Post-Pandemic Pedagogy
The future of teaching and learning at Harvard—and beyond
News Briefs
Penny Pritzker elected senior fellow, climate-change investments, Allston expectations, undergraduate academics, and the reformed tenure track
Brevia
Associate Justice-in-waiting Jackson, the College class of 2026, and more University news
Harvard's Ethnic "Salad Bowl"
Exclusion and belonging in undergraduate cultural organizations
The Truth About Imposter Syndrome
Thoughts on a perennial undergraduate complaint
Wrapping Up Harvard’s Winter Sports
A legendary basketball coach retires, and Crimson teams excel.
Blue, Yellow, Crimson
Harvard responses to the war on Ukraine
"On the Ground" with Asylum-Seekers
Sabrineh Ardalan directs Harvard’s Immigration and Refugee Clinic.
Students Sue Harvard Over Harassment
Lawsuit claims the University downplayed sexual misconduct allegations against anthropology professor John Comaroff.
Headliners
Jacinda Ardern, Merrick Garland, and other lead speakers at Commencement and alumni events
Montage Books, creative arts, performance and more
An Acrobat Takes Flight
Anna Soltys Morse and the art of hand-to-hand flying
Architectural Upheaval
A comprehensive examination of avant-garde architecture
Mexican Soul
How Claudia García got “mariachi fever”
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Realities of Empire
A new history indicts the British imperium.
The Broken Social Contract
Danielle Allen on America’s broken social contract
Harvard Squared What to do in Boston, Cambridge and beyond
Springtime Antics at the Arnold Arboretum
Lesser-known plants with tricks up their sleeves (or, rather, stems)
Photographs and Blackness, Barkley L. Hendricks
How the artist saw community—and the world
Parklands and Wastewater
The strange, haunting magic of Boston Harbor's Deer Island
Harvard Commencement 2022
Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations
Harvard Square Blooms Again
New businesses arrive in the neighborhood—and old ones take on new life. A Harvard2 Local Business Roundup
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Harvard Graduates Leave No One Behind
The U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are over—but promises remain unfulfilled.
Change at the Top
Philip Lovejoy to retire as Harvard Alumni Association executive director
Ballots, Please
The Board of Overseers and Alumni Association elected director slates
