Letters from readers
The meaning of life, diabetes, Gandhi, burlesque
July-August 2011
Restaurant eating is rising: the pros and the cons
Dining out is surging—yet there are reservations.
Brief life of Renaissance scholar Mary Costelloe Berenson
Brief life of a Renaissance scholar: 1864-1945
Photographer David Arnold and others document coral reefs in decline
The world's most fragile marine ecosystems are in decline.
The case for electrification to help solve energy and climate concerns
Reducing our dependence on imported oil—while addressing the threat of climate change
Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn discuss the crisis in U.S. higher education
Disruptive change comes to American higher education
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Stephen Greenblatt traces how Lucretius in "De Rerum Natura" shaped the present
Stephen Greenblatt traces the influence of Lucretius, through De Rerum Natura, on modern thought.
Shelly Greenfield's research finds gender differences in recovery from addiction
Studying the differences in addiction and recovery between men and women
George Whitesides lab snuffs small flames with electricity
Harvard scientists have discovered how to extinguish flames by pushing them off their fuel source with an electric field.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Highlights from Harvard's 360th Commencement
Highlights from Harvard's 360th Commencement
Harvard's honorary-degree recipients of 2011
The honorary-degree recipients of 2011
Talk excerpts by Laura Jaramillo, Adam Price, Drew Faust, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
A sampling of Commencement week speeches
Harvard Commencement Confetti 2011
An omnium-gatherum of notes and statistics, vital and otherwise
Harvard Commencement 2011: Vignettes from the dais
Human touches within Commencement's pomp
Alan M. Garber named new Harvard provost
An experienced Stanford administrator, an expert on health policy and economics, returns to take a big job at his alma mater.
Peter Der Manuelian is Harvard's resident Egyptologist
Meet Harvard's resident Egyptologist.
Three new members enlarge the Harvard Corporation
New members enlarge the Harvard Corporation
Faculty consulting for Qaddafi government prompts academic-principles debate
Faculty consulting for the Qaddafi government prompts a debate on academic principles.
Headlines from Harvard history
Headlines from Harvard's history
Psychologist Marc Hauser returns to Harvard, but not to teaching
The psychology professor returns to Harvard, but not to teaching.
Recent appointments and honors for Harvard affiliates
Arrivals, appointments, awards
E.O. Wilson is coauthor of two new ant books
In two new books, E.O. Wilson and his coauthors introduce pioneer myrmecologist José Celestino Mutis, and the ants that are "the most complex socially of all animals, except for humans."
Roundup of recent Harvard news
Radcliffe Institute's dean steps down, FAS's fitter fisc, renovation for Old Quincy, J-term update, and other Harvard news
A student tribute to mentor and medical anthropologist Arthur Kleinman
A student's tribute to medical anthropologist Arthur Kleinman
A senior ponders cultural capital, socioeconomic realities, and career choices
A senior ponders cultural capital, socioeconomic realities, and career choices.
Harvard's men's crews make a spring splash
A stellar spring for men's crew
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Christopher Cerf, educational media creator
With sound, image, and word, Chris Cerf teaches the basics.
In the "Tragedy of Arthur," Arthur Phillips riffs on a forged Shakespeare play
A con man, his son, and a fiction on two levels
Conductor Sarah Hicks moves easily between pops and classics
Conductor Sarah Hicks spans Prokofiev and the Police.
Excerpt from Sophia Rosenfeld, "Common Sense: A Political History"
Historian Sophia Rosenfeld examines the origins of politicians' appeals to "common sense."
Nancy Koehn reviews Louis Hyman's "Debtor Nation"
Nancy Koehn reviews Louis Hyman's Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red Ink.
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
The Brain As Art
Carl Schoonover ’06 merges science and aesthetics.
The Senior Seniors
Marjorie Thomas '42 and Donald F. Brown '30 led the alumni parade on Commencement afternoon.
Graduate School Medalists
Four scholars whose contributions to society were fostered at Harvard
Voting Results
The newly elected members of the Board of Overseers and new directors of the Harvard Alumni Association
Harvard Medalists
For outstanding service to the University, a Commencement afternoon thank-you
Cambridge Scholars
Four new graduates head back to school—in the other Cambridge
Alumni Gifts
A record-breaking fiftieth-reunion total is one among many contributions.
A Singular Woman’s Biographer
Janny Scott '77 introduces Barack Obama's mother to a wider audience.
The SIGnboard
Summer events hosted by Shared Interest Groups
The Classes
Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries.
The Harvard Guerrilla Unit, and more on varsity sports ties
Undercover training during World War II, and more on varsity ties
