Caregiving, patenting fashion, computation
Letters from our readers
September-October 2010
Harvard scholars and students fight HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
Harvard professors and students take aim at the social and behavioral factors that contribute to HIV.
Mindfulness—the unconventional research of psychologist Ellen Langer
Psychologist Ellen Langer's unconventional research. Plus, read about applying mindfulness techniques to eating.
In photographs by Wang Di and Xing Danwen, Beijing as "urban utopia"
Two Beijing photographers interpret China's breakneck change from Communist revolution to market-based consumerism.
Brief life of American textile industry entrepreneur Francis Cabot Lowell
Brief life of an American entrepreneur: 1775-1817
Excerpt from "Because It Is Wrong," by Charles and Gregory Fried
Father and son, lawyer and philosopher debate torture, surveillance, and presidential power
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Michael Greenberg studies molecular-level memory formation and eRNA
Neurobiologist Michael Greenberg investigates how memories form at a molecular level, and discovers a new class of RNA.
Robert Pringle says termite-mound distribution reveals ecosystem productivity
Robert Pringle says the grid-like distribution of Kenyan termite mounds helps answer an old question about ecosystems.
David Scadden studies cellular environments, seeking the origins of cancer
David Scadden studies the environmental cues that can cause normal cells to become diseased.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Update on Fogg Art Museum renovation
Gutting the Fogg Art Museum on the way to renovating it
Harvard Medical School revises conflicts-of-interest policies
As corporate relationships with researchers and doctors come under more scrutiny, Harvard Medical School updates its policies.
Harvard moves to a tenure track for appointing professors
Revised promotion policies transform younger faculty members' lives—and promise sweeping changes in the professoriate as a whole.
Harvard Law librarian is organist for Boston Red Sox
Meet the Law School librarian who plays for the Red Sox.
Harvard's EVP revises budget, capital-planning projects
Executive vice president Katie Lapp is swiftly altering the ways Harvard budgets, builds, computes, and more.
Headlines from Harvard history
Headlines from Harvard history
Faculty retirements, a HUCTW contract, and hospital aid to Harvard Med School
Waiting to hear about faculty retirements; a new HUCTW contract; and a cash infusion for the Medical School from its affiliated hospitals
Roundup of recent Harvard news
Canaday's solar roof, a rare giant flower, oil-spill commissioner, and more
Halfway through college, decisions close in
The Undergraduate, halfway through the College, finds time speeding up, in academics and in life.
Madeleine Schwartz, Sarah Zhang named Harvard Magazine Ledecky Fellows
Two sterling student writers join the magazine as Berta Greenwald Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows.
Profile of fitness guru Dawn Murdock Stenis
Dawn Murdock Stenis directs Harvard’s extensive fitness programs.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
George Oommen paints India-based abstract pictures
Painter George Oommen creates distinctive images of Kerala, India—his homeland. With video of the artist at work.
The music of Derrick Ashong and Soulfège fuses reggae, hip-hop, and funk
The band Soulfège has international sound and a positive message. With a music video.
Excerpt from "Nurturing Children and Families," a tribute to T. Berry Brazelton
Pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton's breakthrough in understanding newborns as complex, capable beings
Prolific writer Francine Prose
Francine Prose writes fiction and nonfiction in many forms. With an audio clip of the author discussing her writing process.
Quotation Q&A
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Wrought from Ruins
A Kennedy School alumnus tries to revive a Rust Belt town.
Connecting the Harvard Dots
Harvard Alumni Association president Robert R. Bowie Jr. is passionate about the “Harvard network.”
Asian American Alumni to Gather
President Drew Faust will welcome attendees as the Shared Interest Group hosts its inaugural conference (October 15-17).
Hiram Hunn Awards
Nine alumni will be recognized by the College admissions office for their long and loyal service in recruiting and interviewing prospective students.
The SIGnboard
Early fall Shared Interest Group events
Physician Poet
Experiences as patient and doctor have shaped David Moolten’s commitment to writing.
An Unexpected Farmer
How Manhattan journalist Kristin Kimball found the best job in the world.
Internet Sheriff
Entrepreneur and author Michael Fertik aims to help folks keep their reputations safe online.
The Classes
Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries published in the print edition of this magazine.
David Halberstam commemorated, Harry Levin as actor
Recollections of David Halberstam and Harry Levin
