Letters
Cambridge 02138
College crises, energy options, reefs at risk, home cooking, and more
September-October 2011
Features
The Constancy of Change
Snapshots of Harvard’s past quarter-century , with illustrations by Mark Steele
Birthday Greetings
Introduction to an anniversary
Professorial Permutations
Harvard’s evolving faculties
The Twenty-First-Century Student
Harvard students and their lives: 1986 versus today
Faster, Higher, Stronger
Athletic accomplishments, highlighted
Study Card
A sampling of current undergraduate courses
Schooled in Life
Alumni on undergraduate education, then and now
Beauty, Bounty, Brio, Buoyancy
Seamus Heaney introduces an anniversary album.
Building—and Buying—a Campus
The recent boom—and the future in Allston
The Progress of the Disciplines
Leading professors on the future of their fields
Harvard at 400
Visions of the University in 2036
The Perils of Prediction
Peering into the future—in print
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
From Human Nature to Human Resources
By reading Darwin, a business school professor has found a unifying way to think about human motivation.
The Veil’s Revival
Veils have seen a resurgence among young Muslim women worldwide. Is this a step backward, or a marker of progressive politics?
High-Tech Art Sleuthing
Conservators are using laser-assisted pigment analysis to identify and authenticate the work of modern artists.
John Harvard's Journal University news
New Settings for Fine Art
As a redesigned museum rises, curators choose works for display and plan to increase faculty involvement in the process.
The View from Mass. Hall
A president in her fifth year surveys the University on the eve of its 375th.
Party Like It’s the CCCLXXVth—and Many Lustra More
What’s in a (Latin) name?
Rethinking Allston
The University has issued a new set of recommendations for its landholdings there.
Sally Donahue
Meet the ardent rower—and College financial-aid officer.
And Then There Were 10
The Harvard Corporation’s three new members
Yesterday's News
Headlines from Harvard's history
Brevia
Marc Hauser resigns, Kennedy School celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary, new organ for Memorial Church, Fay House renovations, and other Harvard news
Aulus and Me
Reading at the College, and in ancient Rome
New Fellows
Introducing the 2011-2012 Berta Greenwald Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows
How to Wreak Havoc
Defensive tackle Josue Ortiz explains his art.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance and more
Cornucopias in Paint
David Fichter paints outdoor murals that teem with life.
Vocals, Guitar, and Stethoscope
Singer-songwriter Suzie Brown, a cardiologist by training, has just released her first CD.
Financial Reform: The Doggerel
An ode to transparency
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections.
Oasis in Limestone and Brick
A much admired community center in Brooklyn, designed by George Ranalli.
The “Steel Factory”
Ezra Vogel’s monumental biography of Deng Xiaopeng, the doctrinaire pragmatist who modernized China.
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
“One Less Investment Banker”
Chung To quit Wall Street to sponsor schooling for China’s "blood orphans."
“Harvard Is Where You Are”
New HAA president Ellen Reeves promotes personal connections.
The SIGnboard
Fall events hosted by Shared Interest Groups
The Classes
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