Letters
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Harvard @375, Mary Berenson, energy options, colleges in crisis, and more
November-December 2011
Features
The Living Dinosaur
Peter Del Tredici’s search for the wild ginkgo and the secret of its uniquely long survival
Bullish on Private Colleges
Two scholars of higher education buck the negative tide.
Andrew Craigie
Brief life of a patriot and scoundrel: 1754-1819
Spheres of Knowledge
An exhibition at the Sackler reveals the connections among Renaissance art, invention, and the evolution of science.
The Mediatrician
Former Hollywood filmmaker Michael Rich of HMS studies how media affect youth.
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
How the Web Affects Memory
Psychology professor Daniel Wegner has found that access to information online changes what people remember.
What We Know About Wealth
Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton finds Americans prefer a more equal distribution of wealth.
Life: The Edited Version
George Church has developed tools for large-scale editing of the genome as fast and easy as word processing.
A Bet and a Black Hole
Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics confirm the presence of a black hole in the constellation Cygnus.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Commemorating 9/11
The Mahindra Humanities Center erects eight “poetry posts” to prompt reflection about loss and recovery.
Allston Agenda
The Allston Work Team's development recommendations have been endorsed by the Harvard Corporation.
Financial Aid Refigured
The College redistributes aid among lower- and higher-income undergraduates, and introduces a new family financial-planning tool.
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard's history
Arts and Sciences Annual Report
Dean Michael D. Smith presents his draft annual report: budget, faculty growth, and more
Rebecca Henderson
The newly minted McArthur University Professor co-directs the Business and Environment Initiative at Harvard Business School.
Brevia
Divinity School dean William A. Graham steps down, Nobel Prizes awarded to seven alumni, Dumbarton Oaks’ expansion, MacArthur Fellows announced, and other Harvard news.
Far Away
An undergraduate travels to Namibia in the hope that, by flinging herself to a faraway place, she will figure things out.
At Camp, a Community
An undergraduate wonders if the College could be more like camp.
Hanging Tough
This year's football team is tough, physical, and resourceful.
Court Sparks
Two basketball co-captains with a nose for the hoop
Montage Books, creative arts, performance and more
An Elegy Set in Queens
The documentary film "Foreign Parts" explores Willets Point, a vanishing junkyard neighborhood in Queens.
Salads with Panache
Erin Wade's Vinaigrette salad bistro serves organic, home-grown greens in Santa Fe.
America as Argentina
Menzie Chinn and Jeffry Frieden review recent U.S. economic woes in the context of the “capital flow cycle.”
Disruptive Creations
Meredith James '04 creates surrealist videos and sculptures that challenge perceptions.
Off the Shelf
Gordon S. Wood on the birth of the United States, Steven Pinker on declining violence, Jack M. Balkin on "Living Originalism," and a dozen others whose recent books have Harvard connections
On Discovering Drugs
David Nathan reviews Brent R. Stockwell's "The Quest for the Cure"
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
“More As People Than Dating Objects”
The class of 1971 reflects on the coeducational living experiment.
Aloian Award 2011 winners Marcel Moran and Annie Douglas
Anne Douglas ’12, of Adams House, and Marcel Moran ’11, of Eliot House, are the 2011 David and Mimi Aloian Memorial Scholars.
Hiram Hunn Award Winners
Seven alumni received Hunn Memorial Schools and Scholarships Awards in 2011.
HAA Award Winners 2011
The Harvard Alumni Association Awards recognize outstanding service to the University through alumni activities.
Return to Chanzeaux
Alumni join in to help British filmmaker Elizabeth McKay with her forthcoming documentary, ”Harvard at Chanzeaux: A Tribute to Laurence Wylie.”
“In the Bee-Loud Glade”
The Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Café in Boulder, Colorado, sells beverages, pastries, and poetry—nothing else.
Points and Shoots
"No Look Pass," a documentary film about Harvard basketball player Emily Tay ’08, was written, produced, and directed by Melissa Johnson ’00.
No Nonsense Filmmaking
Two alumnae travel across America to distribute socks and document the plight of homeless youths.
The SIGnboard
News from Shared Interest Groups
Calling All Boxers!
The Boxing Club aims to build an alumni network.
The Classes
Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries.
