May 1, 2001

Off the Shelf

Recent books with a Harvard accent

All That’s Unseen charts the Harvard graduate’s uneasy journey from Appalachia to Cambridge and back.

In 2004, a frenzy spread across Harvard Yard in days. Four billion users later, we are only just catching up.

The federal government has launched unprecedented actions against the University. Here’s a guide.

A roundup of University news from the summer of 2026

David Battat promotes alumni engagement.

The Gretel and the Great War author on how the Lampoon derailed his science career—and set him on a literary path.