Letters
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Letters on online gender equity, e-mail investigations, Dean John Monro, and more
Bench Strength
A letter from the editor
Science and Harvard: Collaborations and Transformations
A letter from President Faust
July-August 2013
Features
Anatomy of the Euro Crisis
The political economy of a continent at cross-purposes
Vita: Albert Bigelow
Brief life of an ardent pacifist: 1906-1993
The Art of Subtraction
No one has carved wood like David Esterly since... well, about 1700.
Buffering the Sun
David Keith and the question of climate engineering
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Mapping the Way to a Brain Survey
A project to map the brain is "the biggest challenge of the century."
The Social Life of Memory
The part of the brain that stores memories also actively predicts the future behavior of others.
Social Impact Bonds
Creative partnerships between government, non-profits, and investors may lead to more effective social services spending.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Lows and Highs
Moments of reflection in a year when Harvard swung between low points and high.
Honoris Causa
The University confers honorary degrees on six men and three women.
They Said...
Commencement addresses varied in tone and texture while serious rhetoric prevailed
Commencement Confetti
Commencement moments and people—pleasing, surprising, and funny
Yesterday’s News
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Picturesque Plaza
Harvard Law School’s Wasserstein Caspersen Clinical center is a beautiful gathering space.
Bill Jaeger
He has led unionizing efforts full time since 1986.
Talking About Teaching
Highlights from the second University-wide Harvard Initiative on Learning and Teaching conference
Online Overdrive
A snapshot of new alliances in online education
Governance at Issue
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences considers “consultation, communication, and governance.”
E-mail Update
President Faust responds to concerns about the University’s e-mail policies.
Systematic Drug Discovery
The new Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science seeks a better basis for drug development.
“The Girls of HBS”
A Baker Library | Bloomberg Center exhibit helps commemorate women’s history at the school.
University People
Honors and appointments for faculty members
Harvard: The Mix Tape
The Undergraduate contemplates cassettes and semesters.
Brevia
Harvard news: the Marathon bombing, earnings update, galvanizing gifts, primate-center closure, and more
Long Innings
The Crimson Cricket Club, bowling and batting
Montage Books, creative arts, performance and more
Literary Gardening
A Berkshire yard that recalls poetry, fiction, and drama
Harvard Square, the Novel
A café-goers' view of Cambridge, a generation ago
On Reading Well
An excerpt from Reuben Brower’s The Fields of Light: An Experiment in Critical Reading
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
How to Not Be Clueless
Navigating the smartphone world
The Screenwriter’s Toolbox
Danny Rubin teaches the “impossible” craft.
Jewish Jokes, Theoretically
Does in-group humor displace political action?
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Fish by Fish
Oceana aims to restore the oceans’ health.
Time Flying
Attending their fiftieth reunion, the "Thundering Herd" reads predictions made in 1988.
Harvard Medalists
Three people received the HAA’s 2013 Harvard Medal
Centennial Medalists
The 2013 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medalists
Oldest Graduates
The senior members of Harvard and Radcliffe on Commencement day
Voting Results
New members of the Board of Overseers and new elected directors of the HAA
Cambridge Scholars
Four seniors have won scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2013-2014 academic year.
Campaign Warm-Up
The Class of 1988 raised an all-time-record Harvard-reunion gift of $115 million.
The SIGnboard
Shared Interest Group events in July and August
The Classes
Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries.
