Letters on the humanities, C-sections, soda social science, and cheating
Letters on the humanities, cesarean sections, soda social science, and cheating considerations
Recognizing three outstanding "Harvard Magazine" contributors
Recognizing three outstanding Harvard Magazine contributors
January-February 2013
Michael McElroy and Xi Lu on natural gas, fracking, and U.S. energy prospects
Natural gas, the economy, and America’s energy prospects
Fashion professionals from Harvard
Designers, models, and merchants tint the fashion industry Crimson.
Irna Phillips, soap opera’s single mother, by Lynn Liccardo
Brief life of soap opera’s single mother: 1901-1973
Ted Kaptchuk of Harvard Medical School studies placebos
An ingenious researcher finds the real ingredients of “fake” medicine.
Contemporary art at Harvard Business School, thanks to Gerald W. Schwartz
An unusual art collection in an unexpected place
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
High housing costs restrict labor mobility, threatening economic growth
Land-use restrictions lead to growing income disparities between states, Kennedy School researchers find.
Unrelated tropical cuckoos find safety sharing a communal nest
The breeding behavior of tropical cuckoos, in which unrelated adults share a communal nest, proves an exception to the theory of kin selection.
Lightweight, distortion-free flat lens uses antennae, not glass, to focus light
Harvard scientists have developed a tiny, lightweight, distortion-free lens that focuses light without glass.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Allston master plan submitted by Harvard in 2012 marks end of grandiose plans
The institutional master plan notification form Harvard filed in October 2012 no longer relies on debt-financing or unrealistic endowment payouts.
Harvard's annual financial report 2012
A blunt picture of universities' altered circumstances—and a forecast of changed operations to come
Harvard makes an Allston accounting adjustment
A reporting change reflects the upheaval in Harvard's finances.
Harvard suburban sustainability expert rides her bike to work
The suburban sustainability expert rides her bike to work.
Harvard's evolving plans for fundraising drive
Major academic and building priorities come into focus.
Headlines from Harvard history, January-February 1918-1973
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Harvard releases first University-wide Sustainability Impact Report
The first University-wide Sustainability Impact Report reveals challenging goals.
Harvard news: Nobelists, Rhodes and Marshall winners, Leah Rosovsky, and more
Harvard news: Nobelists, Rhodes and Marshall winners, edX update, and more
A Harvard i-Lab class aims to solve urban and civic challenges in Upham's Corner
I-Lab students work in interdisciplinary teams to address urban and civic challenges in the Dudley and Upham’s Corner neighborhoods.
The Undergraduate discovers doubt is the place from which to start
The Undergraduate discovers that doubt is the place from which to start.
Harvard’s 2012 football season, part two
The football team broke records, but the Ivy trophy went south.
Ali Farag and Amanda Sobhy are national squash champions playing Egyptian style
Two national champions rule the wall with flicks, nicks, and immense talent.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Artist Samantha Holmes makes contemporary mosaics.
A contemporary take on an ancient medium
George Howe Colt's new book "Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History"
In Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History, George Howe Colt offers autobiography and biography both.
Ben Loory writes short, quirky stories
Ben Loory's minimalist stories ambush the reader.
Hannah Lash writes modern music with engaging textures
Hannah Lash’s personal, yet crystalline, music
Bernard Bailyn's "The Barbarous Years" reviewed by Daniel K. Richter
The “mixed multitudes” of early Colonial America—and the Native Americans
Recent books by Mahzarin Banaji, Adrienne Rich, and others
Recent books with Harvard connections
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Paradise Found
The dazzling beauty and strangely human behavior of one of the world’s most diverse bird families.
A Pediatrician Takes the Long View
David G. Nathan on watching his patients grow up and flourish
Crimson on Capitol Hill
Alumni, an alumna, and a former Law School professor will join the 113th Congress.
Enhancing the Student Experience
A letter from President Drew Faust
Students’ Teacher
George West ’72 and his students foster oral history at Little Rock Central High.
Soldiers’ Biographer
Rachel Cox ’74 pays written tribute to an uncle and his friends with Into Dust and Fire: Five Young Americans Who Went First to Fight the Nazi Army.
The SIGnboard
Shared Interest Group events in January and February
The Classes
Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries.
Tennessee Williams meets Mother Teresa, and Gore Vidal on Harvard
Tennessee Williams, Mother Teresa…and Gore Vidal
