Letters from readers
Quotable Harvard, Vietnam, polygyny
May-June 2011
Profile of Andrew Sullivan, blogger supreme
Andrew Sullivan’s views are predictable in only one way: always stimulating.
Metabolomics, the study of metabolites, provides telling clues to future health
The study of metabolites does an end run around genomics to provide telling clues to your future health.
Brief life of comics impresario Leverett Gleason
Brief life of a comics impresario: 1898-1971
Excerpt: Joe Roman's "Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act"
On learning from nature and the Endangered Species Act
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Designing throughways for wildlife
A winning proposal to keep cars and critters apart
“Water cooler" effect may improve scientific research
Proximity appears to foster quality.
Sean Dorrance Kelly’s "All Things Shining" and the pursuit of a meaningful life
In a new book, All Things Shining, philosopher Sean Dorrance Kelly confronts modern nihilism with a guide for learning how to live a meaningful life.
John Harvard's Journal University news
ROTC returns to Harvard
As military service is opened to gays, the University agrees to end a ban dating to the Vietnam War era.
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering makes a fast start
Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has made a fast start.
Meet the men who tend Harvard Yard
Meet the men who tend the Yard.
The University plans for an anniversary.
The University plans for an anniversary.
Harvard College reinstates nonbinding early-action for applicants
Harvard College reinstates nonbinding early-action for applicants.
Readers offer examples of teaching that worked
Readers recall effective, innovative education—and more Faculty of Arts and Sciences “conversations” on pedagogy.
Public input revises a list of important “hard problems” in the social sciences
An online discussion and poll revise the list of “hard problems” in the social sciences drafted by scholars at a Harvard symposium last year.
Headlines from Harvard history
Headlines from Harvard history
In pilot program, Harvard places faculty residents in graduate-student housing
The Graduate Commons Program places faculty residents in graduate-student housing.
Roundup of recent Harvard news
The passing of a University icon, Commencement speakers, Overseer leaders, humanities and arts honorands, and other University news
Do Harvard undergraduates ponder the meaning of life?
Do Harvard undergraduates ponder the meaning of life?
Harvard southpaw Brent Suter is one of the Ivy League’s elite starters.
Southpaw Brent Suter averages nearly a strikeout per inning.
A Pitcher’s Grips
Four pitching grips, demonstrated by Brent Suter
Harvard men's basketball wins first Ivy title
The men's basketball team wins its first Ivy title.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Geraldine Brooks explores seventeenth-century Harvard in <i>Caleb's Crossing.
Geraldine Brooks's new novel stars Caleb Cheeshahteaumauk, Harvard's first Native American graduate, A.B. 1665.
An excerpt from Thomas D. Seeley's new book, <i>Honeybee Democracy</i>
An excerpt from Thomas D. Seeley's new book, Honeybee Democracy
In Panama, Anna Pasternak helps at-risk youth through dance.
In Panama, Anna Pasternak helps at-risk youth through dance.
Sugata Bose reviews Joseph Lelyveld’s Gandhi biography "Great Soul"
Sugata Bose reviews Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India, by Joseph Lelyveld.
Elise Paschen's career in poetry.
The Chicago poet has spread the good wordings via book, CD—and subway.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Echoes of the Central Valley
Chicano writer Manuel Muñoz ’94 mines the “humanizing effect of literature.”
Alumni Sing Out
The Jameson Singers help rekindle a love of music.
Vote Now
The annual elections for new members of the Board of Overseers and for directors of the Harvard Alumni Association are under way.
HAA Reviews Classes
The Alumni Association is reorganizing its outreach to College alumni.
Comings and Goings
A sampling of Harvard club events
The SIGnboard
Commencement and other news from Shared Interest Groups
Crimson Olympian
Frank Gorman '59 shares his Olympic memories.
Marijuana Advocate
Dale Gieringer '68 takes his stand on libertarian and humanitarian grounds.
Hunger Fighter
John Teton '70 directs the International Food Security Treaty Campaign.
The Classes
Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries.
Granny Talk
Edward Everett aids Mount Vernon; Monty aids law students; Drew Faust eyes the pay of William James.
