Letters on placebos, memorable McKinlock bell, and paramedics
Placebos, memorable McKinlock bell, paramedics
March-April 2013
The passion for procedures to fix ailing arteries and hearts may be misguided
How gaps in medical knowledge affect matters of the heart
Harvard Law's Michael Klarman on gay-marriage litigation and politics
On activism, litigation, and social change in America
Alexander Hamilton Rice, Amazon explorer, by Mark Plotkin
Brief life of an Amazon explorer: 1875-1956
Harvard's Bruce Western advocates new prison, rehabilitation policies
Sociologist Bruce Western rethinks incarceration in America
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Marc Lipsitch warns against experimentation with modified H5N1 virus
Modified H5N1 could infect a billion people if it escapes the lab.
L. Mahadevan discovers new type of spring in the coiled tendrils of a cucumber
In the plant's tendrils, L. Mahadevan and colleagues discover a new type of spring.
Years of life added by exercise is now quantified by research
New study reveals just how many years of life are added by varying levels of exercise.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Harvard University Press centennial in a digital era
At its centennial, Harvard University Press continues publishing books, while vastly expanding its digital products.
Harvard University Press printer's mark
View diverse versions of HUP's logotype through time.
Harvard moving School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to Allston campus
Harvard proposes moving the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to the University’s expanded campus.
Abigail Donovan and Laura Prager, pediatric psychiatrists and authors
The pediatric psychiatrists’ book depicts emergency-room experiences with mentally ill children.
Harvard College reports on cheating investigation
Harvard College imposes penalties severe following investigation of undergraduate academic misconduct
HarvardX, edX, and online teaching, learning expand
HarvardX, edX, and online teaching and learning proliferate.
Headlines from Harvard history, March-April 1913-1998
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Harvard governance reform updated and described by Harvard Corporation members
Three Fellows offer a briefing on the effects of reforming the University's senior governing board.
Harvard news: Allston development, education dean, social investing
Harvard news: Allston development, education dean departs, social investing, multimillion-dollar gifts to universities, and more
The Undergraduate reflects on mentoring and community
The Undergraduate reflects on mentoring and community.
Rebecca Nadler, giant slalom NCAA champion
Rebecca Nadler is Harvard's first NCAA gold medalist in skiing.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Jennifer Rubell's edible and tactile art, events, and happenings
Jennifer Rubell makes art to touch, crawl into, or even drink and eat.
Recent books by David Esterly, Gish Jen, Thomas Kelly, and others
Recent books with Harvard connections
Bob Egan traces the places of pop icons
Bob Egan finds the original venues of iconic images.
Doc Willoughby explains how to write a cookbook
“Doc” Willoughby talks grilling and writing.
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
"Mastermind," Maria Konnikova's how-to book on perceiving like Sherlock Holmes
The "Literally Psyched" columnist on Sherlock Holmes, perception, and mental prowess
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
The Sage of Tree Frog Lane
Philip Slater has happily progressed from fame to obscurity.
The World According to Slater
Author Philip Slater explains his views on the world
Vote Now
2013 Candidates for Harvard University Overseers and HAA elected directors
Alumni Awards
Harvard alumni are honored for service to clubs and Shared Interest Groups
A Special Notice Regarding Commencement Exercises
Instructions for degree candidates and others
Return to Harvard Day
Alumni and their children visit Harvard
The Future of Education
A letter from President Drew Faust
The SIGnboard
Shared Interest Group events in March and April
An Air Forces Statistical School alumnus and Carl Vigeland on Archibald MacLeish
Statistically, a Harvard man—and Vigeland on MacLeish
