Letters
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Letters on E.O. Wilson, Senator Franken, dating data, Overseers, lecture lessons, softball, basketball, taxes, lilacs, and primate research
July-August 2012
Features
A Radical Fix for the Republic
Lawrence Lessig thinks American democracy requires a constitutional overhaul to counter the “economy of influence.”
The Case for Compromise
Continuous campaigning and gridlocked governing in American politics
Voter Suppression Returns
Voting rights and partisan practices in a highly contested election year
Owl, Pussycat
A bicentennial exhibition features the little-known, masterful animal artistry of Edward Lear.
Vita: William Francis Gibbs
Brief life of America’s greatest naval architect: 1886-1967
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Why Nations Fail
James Robinson says that in the modern period, greedy leaders and institutional corruption, rather than geography, explain why some nations fail.
The Library Test Kitchen
An innovative course yields new products, services, and experiences that model the possible future of libraries.
When Having Babies Beats Marriage
Kathryn Edin of Harvard Kennedy School explains why more and more American children are born out of wedlock.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Commencement 2012: Past, Present, Future
Moments for reflection and projection during the 361st Commencement, in Harvard's 375th anniversary year
Honoris Causa
The University confers honorary degrees on six men and two women.
At the Mic
An oratorical omnium gatherum, from Donald Berwick and Derek Bok to Margaret Marshall and Fareed Zakaria
Commencement Confetti
Commencement moments and people—pleasing, surprising, and funny
Harvard, Extended
Harvard partners with MIT to form edX, an ambitious online learning venture.
Harvard Portrait: Russell Phillips
Meet the director of Harvard Medical School's new Center for Primary Care.
Faculty Finance Frustrations
In a fiscally constrained era, faculty-administration tensions arise.
Corporation Expansion
Paul Finnegan joins the Harvard Corporation, expanding its ranks to 11.
Addressing Conflicts of Interest
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences deploys new rules and procedures surrounding financial conflicts of interest.
University People
Memorial Church's new minister, Pulitzer Prize winners, and other Harvardians in the news
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard history
Brevia
Shading the Yard, new digital Niemans, Brazil's Harvard commitment, and more
“Effortless Perfection”
The Undergraduate considers the human cost of perfection.
Kiwi Crewmen
The brothers O'Connor, from New Zealand, row on the Harvard varsity heavyweight crew.
Sports Wrap
Spring sports wrap-up
Montage Books, creative arts, performance and more
High-speed, Rocksteady
Rocksteady, a film directed by Mustapha Khan '84, explores the culture of stock car races.
Thinking Outside the Pack
Robert Proctor’s Golden Holocaust urges abolition of cigarettes, the leading preventable cause of death.
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Listen to the Landscape
Composer Ben Cosgrove connects sound and place.
Cities for Games
Video-game designer Scott Duquette ’05, a new kind of urban planner
Chapter and Verse
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
The Whistle
An entrepreneur’s multimedia ESPN for kids, “the next generation of sports fans”
Oldest Graduates
Harvard’s senior members, at Commencement and elsewhere
Harvard Medalists
Five honored for outstanding service to the University
Voting Results
Four women and eight men were chosen.
Cambridge Scholars
Four seniors are bound for Britain.
Alumni Gifts
New records are announced on Commencement afternoon.
GSAS Centennial Medalists
A literary scholar, an East Asia expert, a trailblazing biologist, and a specialist on international relations are honored.
History Is Where the Future Begins
A letter from President Drew Faust
Home Builder
Nick Volk ’53 champions affordable housing.
Science Simulator
Kathy Perkins ’92 fosters science education.
The SIGnboard
Shared Interest Group happenings in July and August
The Classes
Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries.
