Pamela Silver | Photograph by Jim Harrison
For Harvard’s 375th anniversary, leading professors predict the future of their fields:
Biology in This Century, by Pamela A. Silver
Educating Business Leaders for a Global Century, by Nitin Nohria
Reading Is Elemental, by Helen Vendler
Engineering in the Twenty-First Century, by Cherry A. Murray
Sciences Still Young, by Edward L. Glaeser
On Open to Debate, the Harvard economist defended free market competition—with meaningful government involvement.
Plus, veteran higher education leader Thomas Ehrlich reflects on university curricula for his 70th reunion
The play Spare Parts is a contemporary fable about the quest to live forever.
The 2026-2027 Ledecky and Summer Undergraduate Fellows
From competing in youth gymnastics to studying tetrapods, the Harvard curator has always chased her curiosity.
But it can’t replace human connection.
