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Letters from our readers
July-August 2010
After Our Bubble
Prospects for American economic recovery—and cautionary lessons from Japan
Dropouts
Forty-some years ago, three Sixties types dropped out. We drop in on them.
Fifteen Percent of Immortality
Andrew Wylie '70 runs a powerful literary agency that mixes hardball business and highbrow tastes. With audio from an interview with Wylie.
Clara Darden
Brief life of an overlooked artist: c. 1829-1910. With images of Darden's masterpieces of river-cane basketry.
On Caregiving
A scholar experiences the moral acts that come before—and go beyond—modern medicine.
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Real Fashion Police
Should U.S. fashion designers enjoy the same copyright protection as fellow creative artists—and their European counterparts?
Map of the Milky Way
An interdisciplinary example of how simple models can enhance understanding of complex systems
Lost Sleep Is Hard to Find
A long night’s rest merely masks the effects of chronic sleep loss.
The Solid Fluid
Physicists find a better way to visualize molecular behavior in glass as it cools.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Spring Spectacle
A recap of the University's 359th Commencement
Honoris Causa
The honorary degree recipients
"What makes learning possible"
Excerpts from President Faust's Baccalaureate address
"Tend to public good"
In her speech to the alumni on Commencement afternoon, President Faust put the University’s interest in public service in context.
Keeping "promises the Nation has made"
The Honorable David H. Souter, retired from the U.S. Supreme Court, began a conversation about constitutional interpretation.
Commencement Confetti
Notes and statistics, vital and otherwise
Laugh Lines
The lighter side of Harvard's Commencement
The Corporation's Crimson Newcomer
William F. Lee ’72 has links to many parts of the University.
Harvard Portrait: Traci Green
Meet Harvard’s head women’s tennis coach.
"Hard Problems" in the Social Sciences
Social scientists aim to name—and solve—their fields’ biggest questions.
Yesterday's News
Headlines from Harvard history
University People
A new vice president for campus services, and academic honors
An Innovator in Allston
Nitin Nohria, the new dean of Harvard Business School, on educating students with the competence and character to exercise business leadership
Bye-bye, Blue Books?
Are final examinations on the way out at Harvard?
The Deficit, Diminished
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences faces a smaller, but still multimillion-dollar, deficit.
Brevia
Short takes on recent Harvard news
Crimson Ties
Why college friendships are special
Soccer and Survival
Nick Gates ’91 has founded Coaches Across Continents to use soccer as an educational technique in Africa.
Sports Wrap
An update on men's and women's crew results
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Curating Murders
Alfred Alcorn ’64 sets his Harvard-flavored murder mysteries in one of his favorite places: a museum. With audio from an interview with Alcorn.
Education for the Soul
Why democracy needs the humanities
Echo Chamber—and Amplifier
Adam Kirsch reviews The Art of the Sonnet, by Stephen Burt and David Mikics
The Art of Home Restoration
Charlie Allen makes period homes work for their owners. View images of his work.
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Chapter and Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Inner Vision
Francie Randolph ’87 has combined Braille and J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard address to create a limited-edition book.
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Sticking to the Union
A Kennedy School graduate organizes the "free-agent economy."
Leading Their Class
Introducing the marshals of the class of 2010
Harvard Medalists
In recognition of outstanding service to the University
The Results Are In
New members for the Board of Overseers, new directors for the Harvard Alumni Association
Cambridge Scholars
Four members of the class of 2010 have won special scholarships to study at Cambridge University.
Alumni Gifts: Solid Support
Reunioners and others come through with both time and money.
The Senior Members
Rose Downes Arnold ’36 and George Barner ’29 led the alumni procession.
The GSAS Centennial Medalists
Scholars whose contributions to society emerged from their graduate study at Harvard
Lessons in Surprise
What Admiral Yamamoto learned at Harvard, and a new community garden
