Letters on American democracy, voting fraud, and students and cigarettes
Letters on compromise, constitutional revision, voting fraud, American democracy, and students and cigarettes
Additional Harvard Magazine September-October 2012 issue letters to the editor
Additional September-October issue letters to the editor
September-October 2012
Architect William Rawn, who designs buildings for the public realm, is profiled
William Rawn’s designs begin not with the eye, but the ear.
Can the U.S. compete? A discussion with Harvard Business School faculty members
A discussion with Harvard Business School faculty members
Harry Lewis on the Genesis of CS 20, an innovative computer science course
Anatomy of a new course—and a new approach to teaching it
![Ronald Reagan wrote in his presidential diary for September 12, 1988: “Then a briefing for a pleasant interview which took place at 11:30 with Warren Brooks [sic] my favorite Ec. columnist.”](/sites/default/files/styles/homepage_main_featured_720x405/public/img/article/0812/vitaso12.jpg.webp?itok=9PbFhiEy "Courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Library")
Warren Brookes, "pneumatic" journalist, by Charles G. Kels
Brief life of a “pneumatic” journalist: 1929-1991
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Philosopher and scientist Robert O. Doyle has a new model of free will
Robert O. Doyle proposes a two-stage, “Jamesian,” model of free will.
Rutin, a substance found in apples, has powerful anticlotting effects
Rutin, a substance found in apples, could help prevent heart attacks and stroke.
Shawn Douglas of the Wyss Institute develops cancer-fighting nanorobots
Shawn Douglas of the Wyss Institute is developing drug-delivering machines that target designated cells.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Summer Harvard construction: Fogg Art Museum, Tata Hall, Quincy House
Summer construction—on the Fogg Art Museum, the Business School’s Tata Hall, Old Quincy, and more—renews the campus.
Harvard to resume expansion in Allston with stem cell science building, housing
Harvard will build housing and resume construction of a science building, submitting a new Institutional Master Plan by October.
A Harvard Business School exhibition on early trade with China
An exhibition from Harvard Business School's historical library collections documents the first wave of U.S. trade with imperial China.
Short profile of David Jones, Ackerman professor of the culture of medicine
David Jones, Ackerman professor of the culture of medicine, works in both history and medicine.
Harvard news: solar cells, edX rolls out, Drew Faust on TV, and more
Harvard's largest solar installation, edX develops, Drew Faust’s research becomes a TV program, the Gilgamesh sculpture, and more
Renewing and renovating the Houses for Harvard undergraduates
Dunster House will get the first makeover as part of a project to renovate Harvard's Houses. Students will take up temporary residence at the Inn at Harvard.
Headlines from Harvard history, September-October 1922-1982
Headlines from Harvard history
Harvard Summer School proctor looks back on her own student experience
The Undergraduate proctors high-schoolers and looks back on her own high-school days—and her discovery of American liberal-arts education.
Cherone Duggan and Kathryn Reed are the new Berta Greenwald Ledecky Fellows
Cherone Duggan ’14 and Kathryn Reed ’13 are the magazine’s new Berta Greenwald Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows.
Football placekicker David Mothander explains how to kick a football
Placekicker David Mothander explains how to split the uprights.
A history of placekicking in football
For many decades, placekickers weren’t specialists
Harvard's baseball coach Joe Walsh dies suddenly at 58
He coached for the past 17 seasons and won five Ivy League championships.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
The paper art of Laurie Krasny Brown
Laurie Krasny Brown crafts colorful works from an “accessible, flexible, beautiful” material.
Excerpt from Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot’s book "Exit:The Endings That Set Us Free”
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot on life's liberating exits
A novel, "Sound," by Thomas P. Wolf, notated like a musical score
A novel, Sound, notated like a musical score
Recent books by John Palfrey, E.O. Wilson, George Church, and others
Interoperability, rebuilding New Orleans, the Brothers Grimm, and other books with Harvard connections
"Wisteria" CD by jazz pianist Steve Kuhn shows good things come in trios
For his new CD, Wisteria, jazz pianist Steve Kuhn proves good things come in trios.
Andrea Louise Campbell reviews The Unheavenly Chorus, on skewed political power
Andrea Louise Campbell reviews The Unheavenly Chorus, by Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba, and Henry E. Brady.
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
First-Generation Challenges
A Shared Interest Group aims to support undergraduates whose parents didn't attend a four-year college.
“Fully Part of the Harvard Family”
A financial-aid initiative and other College programs help first- generation undergraduates feel at home.
Stay Connected
Meet Harvard Alumni Association president Carl Muller.
HAA Award Winners
Six alumni are recognized for outstanding service to the University.
Hiram Hunn Awards
The College’s Office of Admissions and Financial Aid honors seven alumni.
Toward a Global Strategy for Harvard
A letter from President Drew Faust
Clock Enthusiast
David Bisno ’61 has spearheaded the creation of a mini-museum of horology in the Santa Barbara Courthouse.
Practical Philanthropist
Bob Friedman ’71 looks for ladders to help people climb out of poverty.
“Vermont Strong”
Sue Minter ’83 is helping her state recover from the devastation of Hurricane Irene.
The SIGnboard
Shared Interest Group events in September and October
The Classes
Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries.
How Bill Marden got into Harvard and fulfilled the language requirement
How Bill Marden got into Harvard and fulfilled the language requirement.
