
Letters on American competitiveness, free will, climate change, and more
Letters on American competitiveness, free will, climate change, and more
Additional Harvard Magazine November-December 2012 issue letters to the editor
Additional November-December issue letters to the editor
November-December 2012

Profile of HSPH professor Theresa Betancourt's research on neglected children
Theresa Betancourt studies the world’s most neglected and traumatized youths.
The rise in the use of C-sections in recent decades
The rise in the use of C-sections
Helen Vendler on admitting and nurturing creative undergraduates
Helen Vendler on how to welcome and nurture the poets and painters of the future
Alex Dumas, inspiration for "The Count of Monte Cristo," by Tom Reiss
Brief life of the soldier who inspired The Count of Monte Cristo: 1762-1806
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Mercury pollution in the Arctic flows from Russian rivers says Daniel Jacob
Arctic mercury pollution flows from rivers, not the atmosphere.
Harvard study of teens links soft-drink consumption to violence
A Harvard School of Public Health study links soda to teen violence.
The general social survey has documented American attitudes since 1970
The General Social Survey asks Americans about issues from race to free speech, confirming some trends and contradicting popular reports of others.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Restoring Chinese monument Harvard campus
Preserving an historic Chinese monument, long neglected
Harvard College investigates cheating
The College investigates more than 100 students in an exam-cheating case—and explores broader teaching and learning concerns
Chinese expert Meg Rithmire is independent thinker at harvard business school
Young Chinese scholar at Harvard Business School
Harvard senior governing board elects Tuchman, Wells
Harvard's senior governing board completes its expansion to 13 members, electing Jessica Tuchman Mathews '67 and Theodore V. Wells Jr., J.D.-M.B.A. '76
Harvard endowment declines on flat returns
In a year of flat investment returns, the endowment declines as distributions support Harvard University operations
Harvard launches first edX courses
Harvard begins massive online courses through its edX venture with MIT and Berkeley, aiming to improve education on and beyond campus
Harvard expands Tozzer anthropology library
Consolidating the anthropology department by raising the roof and renovating the library
Harvard 2012 arts and sciences finances and ambitions
In the dean's annual report for 2012, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences achieves a budget goal—and sketches its ambitions
Headlines from Harvard history, November-December 1912-1992
Headlines from Harvard history
The Undergraduate ponders her hometown, Harvard, and a village in Tanzania
The Undergraduate ponders her hometown, Harvard, and a village in Tanzania.
Harvard news: Grad School dean Xiao-Li Meng, Marc Hauser, rugby, and more
Harvard news: Graduate School dean Xiao-Li Meng, Marc Hauser, University Professor Eric Maskin, and more
Harvard Football 2012's 12-game winning streak
Bite down. Grind it out. And score profusely.
Olympian Temi Fagbenle of Harvard women's basketball
Basketball’s Temi Fagbenle—from London to Lavietes
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
The wealth and fall of David and Jackie Siegel: a documentary
A documentary film turns a lens on the “1 percenters.”
Evan Thomas's biography of President Eisenhower
In Evan Thomas's new biography, President Eisenhower emerges as a canny nuclear strategist.
Art installation by Peter Agoos at Boston's Fort Point Channel
Peter Agoos ’75 brightened Boston’s public art scene this summer.
Recent books by John Updike, George Vaillant, Marjorie Garber, and others
Recent books by John Updike, Marjorie Garber, George Vaillant, Thomas McGraw, and others with Harvard connections
Vegan cookbooks for grill and with alcoholic ingredients
Plant-based pleasure with spirit and sizzle
The geometric works of sculptor Morton C. Bradley
The geometric works of sculptor Morton C. Bradley
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
“The Busiest Man in Poker”
Bernard Lee calls, raises, deals, and explains the booming card game.
Slow Dancing
A letter from President Drew Faust
Aloian Scholars
Aloian Scholars improve living communities at Harvard
Press Women
Ellen Faran ’73 and Gita Manaktala ’87 advance knowledge through publishing.
The SIGnboard
Shared Interest Group events in November and December
The Classes
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Harvard’s Pennoyer bell, Allan R. Robinson, and "Illegitimum non carborundum"
Of the Pennoyer bell, and Harvard Bandsman Allan R. Robinson, Latin librettist