Keynesian economics, solar costs, education excesses, and more reader letters
Keynesian economics, solar costs, education excesses, and more
January-February 2012
The Brazelton Touchpoints Center teaches a revolutionary relational approach
Supporting children by teaching the adults who shape their lives
The future of theater in a digital age, ranging from nonprofits to Broadway
Harvard playwrights, directors, producers, actors, and artistic directors speculate about theatrical prospects for the future.
"Flying Santa" Edward Rowe Snow delivered gifts to lighthouse children
Brief life of a maritime original: 1902-1982
Water Security Initiative trains a new generation of multitalented specialists
John Briscoe tackles water insecurity around the world.
The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, explored by Adam Kirsch
Adam Kirsch reads the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library—the latest stage in the “American conquest of the Middle Ages”
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Vanessa Williamson and Theda Skocpol study Tea Party conservatism
Theda Skocpol analyzes the politics and demographics of the Tea Party.
Red meat consumption-diabetes link explored by Harvard researchers
Eating even small amounts of red meat daily increases the risk of diabetes.
Joshua Greene studies the scientific basis for moral decision-making
Brains scans reveal that In moral decision-making, people rely on emotion to guide choices in some situations and rationality in others.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Harvard's 375th anniversary celebration was wet and muddy, but full of spirit
The 375th anniversary celebration was wet and muddy, but full of youthful spirit.
Harvard Innovation Lab promotes entrepreneurship
A new University center for innovation and entrepreneurship
Government professor Eric Nelson studies political theory
Profile of a Harvard government professor and political theory scholar
Harvard's $130-million deficit in 2011
The University, still adjusting to the financial crisis, incurs a $130-million deficit and pursues both savings and new revenues.
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences 2011 deficit
Harvard's largest faculty narrows its deficit, but faces continuing financial challenges.
Yesterday's News
Headlines from Harvard's history
Gustave and Rita Hauser make a landmark gift for classroom innovation
A $40-million gift jump-starts a University initiative to adapt learning and teaching to twenty-first-century opportunities and challenges.
Fareed Zakaria to speak at Commencement, naming of Farkas Hall, and other news
A foreign-policy pundit at Commencement, Rhodes and Marshall Scholars, stem-cell center, the Fogg under wraps, and more
Harvard Magazine salutes writer, artists
Honoring an outstanding writer and artists who enliven the magazine's pages
An undergraduate explores Boston through a course about urban problems
The Undergraduate writes about "Reinventing Boston," a course that sends students out to learn about urban progress and problems through immersion in city life.
Harvard football's record-setting season
The Crimson football team won the Ivy trophy, and records fell.
Women's soccer and men's heavyweight crew have banner seasons in 2011
Women's soccer and men's heavyweight crew have banner seasons.
Harvard Commencement Information 2012
Details of the ceremony
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
David Kwong does magic and builds crossword puzzles
David Kwong has a trick that’s all his own.
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
Katrina Roberts's poems trace life back to stardust
Katrina Roberts’s poems suggest that life springs from stardust.
Harvard republishes Stephen Jay Gould
Popular works by evolutionary biologist and baseball fan Stephen Jay Gould back in print
Arthur Kleinman on the modern Chinese psyche
Arthur Kleinman and colleagues explore the Chinese people's yearnings after a century of upheaval and disasters.
Actor Jonathan Epstein explores Shakespeare's sonnets and plays
Actor Jonathan Epstein teaches “five-finger exercises for the soul.”
Robert Sampson documents enduring neighborhood differences in Chicago
Sociologist Robert J. Sampson documents enduring neighborhood differences in Chicago.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
The “Father” Father
Paul O’Brien’s tough ministry in Lawrence, Massachusetts
The SIGnboard
News from Shared Interest Groups
The Classes
Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries.
Peter Sellars at Adams House, and an Upstairs at the Pudding restaurant girlhood
An Upstairs at the Pudding girlhood, and undergraduate impresario Peter Sellars at Adams House
