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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
Lawrence Lessig explains how money corrupts Congress
Lawrence Lessig thinks American democracy requires a constitutional overhaul to counter the “economy of influence.”
Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson urge compromise in U.S. politics
Continuous campaigning and gridlocked governing in American politics
Harvard's Alexandar Keyssar analyzes voter suppression measures
Voting rights and partisan practices in a highly contested election year
Harvard exhibits bicentennial Edward Lear animal art
A bicentennial exhibition features the little-known, masterful animal artistry of Edward Lear.
Naval architect William Francis Gibbs, designer of the SS United States
Brief life of America’s greatest naval architect: 1886-1967
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Nations fail due to institutional corruption, not geography, says James Robinson
James Robinson says that in the modern period, greedy leaders and institutional corruption, rather than geography, explain why some nations fail.
Jeffrey Schnapp's Library Test Kitchen course tries out new ideas for libraries
An innovative course yields new products, services, and experiences that model the possible future of libraries.
Kathryn Edin explains the increase in births out of wedlock
Kathryn Edin of Harvard Kennedy School explains why more and more American children are born out of wedlock.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Harvard 2012 Commencement
Moments for reflection and projection during the 361st Commencement, in Harvard's 375th anniversary year
Harvard 2012 honorary degrees
The University confers honorary degrees on six men and two women.
Harvard Commencement speakers Berwick, Bok, Marshall, Zakaria, et al.
An oratorical omnium gatherum, from Donald Berwick and Derek Bok to Margaret Marshall and Fareed Zakaria
Harvard 2012 Commencement humor human interest
Commencement moments and people—pleasing, surprising, and funny
Harvard MIT edX online learning venture
Harvard partners with MIT to form edX, an ambitious online learning venture.
Meet Russell Phillips, director of the new HMS Center for Primary Care
Meet the director of Harvard Medical School's new Center for Primary Care.
Harvard faculty-administration tensions over personal financial planning
In a fiscally constrained era, faculty-administration tensions arise.
Paul Finnegan elected a Fellow of the Harvard Corporation
Paul Finnegan joins the Harvard Corporation, expanding its ranks to 11.
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences regulates financial conflicts of interest
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences deploys new rules and procedures surrounding financial conflicts of interest.
Harvard’s new Memorial Church minister, Jonathan Walton, and other newsmakers
Memorial Church's new minister, Pulitzer Prize winners, and other Harvardians in the news
Headlines from Harvard history, July-August 1932-1997
Headlines from Harvard history
Neimans, Brazilian students, engineering concentrations, and other news
Shading the Yard, new digital Niemans, Brazil's Harvard commitment, and more
Perfection isn't perfect: an undergraduate perspective on its human cost
The Undergraduate considers the human cost of perfection.
Sam and James O'Connor, stalwarts of the Harvard heavyweight crew
The brothers O'Connor, from New Zealand, row on the Harvard varsity heavyweight crew.
Harvard spring sports wrap-up
Spring sports wrap-up
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Rocksteady film by director Mustapha Khan
Rocksteady, a film directed by Mustapha Khan '84, explores the culture of stock car races.
"Golden Holocaust," by Robert N. Proctor, advocates the abolition of cigarettes
Robert Proctor’s Golden Holocaust urges abolition of cigarettes, the leading preventable cause of death.
Books by Michael Sandel, Jill Lepore, Eric Sandweiss, Philip Warburg, and others
Recent books with Harvard connections
Composer and musician Ben Cosgrove portrays place in "Yankee Division," a new CD
Composer Ben Cosgrove connects sound and place.
Video game designer Scott Duquette of 38 Studios
Video-game designer Scott Duquette ’05, a new kind of urban planner
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
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.
Palindromist Mark Saltveit, Yo-Yo Ma on Leon Kirchner, and a sleuthing architect
A World Palindrome Champion, a sleuthing architect, and Yo-Yo Ma on Leon Kirchner
