Slow Learners
An editor's guide to this issue’s perspectives on teaching and learning
Letters from Readers
On the humanities, the Internet, Alzheimer’s care, and more
November-December 2013
Learning, and Life, in the Houses
The singular character of the College’s residences, now in renewal
The Urban Landscaper
Michael Van Valkenburgh helps lead a second great age of city-making.
The Keystone XL Pipeline
Should the president approve construction?
![J.C. Buttre’s portrait, probably drawn when Everett ran for vice president on the Constitutional Union Party ticket in 1860, links him to Harvard and George Washington, one of his favorite subjects. (His lectures raised more than $100,000 to help purchase Mount Vernon [see <a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2011/05/granny-talk">“Granny Talk”</a>], and he wrote the entry on Washington for the 1860 <i>Encyclopaedia Britannica.</i>)](/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_teaser_wide/public/img/article/1013/nd13_page_047_01_.jpg.webp?itok=_fRKuRcM "Engraving by J.C. Buttre/Library of Congress")
Vita: Edward Everett
Brief life of a statesman-orator: 1794-1865
The Power of Patience
Teaching students the value of deceleration and immersive attention
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Markets and the Movie Industry
A new book documents censorship by Hollywood at the bidding of Hitler's Nazi government.
Is There an App for That?
Apps are shaping teens' notions of identity, intimacy, and imagination.
Cancer Treatment Gets Personal
Genetic information about specific cancer can lead to better patient treatments
John Harvard's Journal University news
Liftoff
The Harvard Campaign's $6.5-billion goal and priorities
Bill Gates at Harvard
An unconventional undergraduate's College years, and the birth of the personal-computer software industry
Campaign Cues
A taste of the talk
“At Harvard...”
President Drew Faust’s campaign address
Arts and Sciences’ Aims
Dean Michael D. Smith discusses the priorities of the $2.5-billion FAS campaign.
A Toolkit in 0s and 1s
A new master’s degree teaches computation and modeling in the age of big data.
Harvard Portrait: Jennifer Lewis
The bioengineering professor does 3-D printing on a micron scale.
The Endowment Rises
Investment gains and asset growth after a down year
Teaching Tech
Further developments in online learning and improving teaching
Yesterday’s News
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
The Undergraduate: “...On to Plan B”
Coping with dashed hopes and seizing opportunities
Brevia
Harvard news: Southeast Asian studies, biotech fellows, digital journalism, and more
Winning the West
Crimson football finds redemption in California.
Roundball Quarterbacks
The art of playing point guard
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Songs with “Open Eyes”
Composer Michael Friedman’s “investigative theater”
The Flame of Enlightenment
James MacGregor Burns, Ph.D. ’47, on intellect, governance, and the Enlightenment
Radical Reviewing
“One of America’s best all-round intellects” scrutinizes books.
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Sculpture That Breathes
Bronze and granite come alive for Murray Dewart.
Problems and Promise
Derek Bok’s new book on higher education in America, reviewed by Richard Morrill
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Morehouse Man, Redux
John S. Wilson Jr. grabs the chance to realize his calling.
Harvard Alumni Honored for Outstanding Service
Six win awards for their years of volunteering.
Pop Up Repair Impresaria
Sandra Goldmark ’97 puts the focus on repair, not replace.
The SIGnboard
Shared Interest Group events in November and December
The Classes
Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries.
Snuggle Time
Petting zoo on the Plaza, a Harvard/Yale man, and a late-blooming novelist
