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Letters from our readers
May-June 2010
Gutenberg 2.0: What future for libraries?
Harvard’s libraries deal with disruptive change.
Jay Lorsch and Rakesh Khurana offer a new paradigm for executive compensation
Time for a new paradigm for executive compensation
Brief life of Malawian nationalist Masauko Chipembere
Brief life of a pioneering African nationalist: 1930-1975
Network scientists at Harvard: Nicholas Christakis, Laura Bogart, Martin Nowak
Exploring the weblike structures that underlie everything from friendship to cellular behavior
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Jerry Mitrovica explains the uneven rise in sea levels as glaciers melt
Deciphering sea levels
Online voting system Helios offers prototype for transparent, secure elections
The online voting system Helios offers a prototype for transparency and security in elections.
Jared Diamond and James Robinson apply "natural experiments" to studying histor
Applying "natural experiments" to the study of history
John Harvard's Journal University news
Northwest Building at Harvard Law School
The building’s façade is now visible.
The Harvard Center Shanghai opens
A new center in Shanghai reflects Harvard’s growing engagement with the People’s Republic.
Historian Vincent Brown uses multiple media to study slavery
The professor of African and African American studies uses multiple media to study slavery.
On Harvard governance and management
On University governance and management
Headlines from Harvard history
Headlines from Harvard history
Roundup of recent Harvard news
Short takes on recent Harvard news
I Saw You Harvard
Anonymous voices from the lonely Harvard crowd
Volunteer tennis coach Bruce Wright tackles "moving stance"
The Harvard men’s tennis team is profiting from a new approach to movement on the court.
Sports Wrap
High honors in squash and wrestling
The unique Harvard-Yale crew race
Nearly everything about the Harvard-Yale regatta is unique.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Highbrow Lingerie
Fashion designer Laura Mehlinger draws on inspirations ranging from Vladimer Nabokow to Prince.
Quotation Q & A
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
The Green-Pea Memo
Poking fun “at the academic-bureaucratic mentality of university life”
Skyscrapers as symbols
In Tall Building: Imagining the Skyscraper, Scott Johnson explores the semiotics of these urban giants.
David Warsh reviews Robert J. Samuelson's The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
David Warsh reviews Robert J. Samuelson's The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
Sculptor James Dinerstein’s work fuses ancient and modern art
Sculptor James Dinerstein’s works in concrete and bronze fuse ancient forms with modern abstraction.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Seeing the Forest for Its Trees
An alumna works to sustain commerce and conservation
Cast Your Vote
Candidates for Overseer and Harvard Alumni Association director
Comings and Goings
A sampler of Harvard club speakers this spring
Public Service on the Map
A new University website aims to promote public service by Harvard affiliates around the globe.
Sharing Life, and a Lifetime of Causes
Political activists Staughton and Alice (Niles) Lynd have written a memoir about marriage and social commitment.
"Mr. Clean Vegetables John"
John Berlow works to promote safe, sustainable agriculture in Vietnam.
The SIGnboard
News from Shared Interest Groups
Author's Query
David Allyn, Ph.D. ’96, is looking for est graduates to interview for an academic article.
The Harvard-Eleuthera connection, and a mystery barrel
Of philanthropy rewarded, broken glass, and pennies for Harvard
