Letters on ethics education, silhouettes, the Sixties, and more

Ethics education, silhouettes, missing football fans, the Sixties, and more

A letter from the editor: assessing Harvard Management Company

A letter from the editor: assessing Harvard Management Company

January-February 2015

Cass Sunstein on the constitution in the 21st century

Cass Sunstein and the modern regulatory state

by Lincoln Caplan

Violence against South Asian women and solutions

Addressing the root causes of violence against women in South Asia

by Rohini Pande

Brief life of writer-reformer Edward Everett Hale, by Jeffrey Mifflin

Brief life of a science-minded writer and reformer: 1822-1909

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Academic publishing and scholarly communication: a status report

The troubled present and promising future of scholarly communication

by Craig Lambert

RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas

The people in whom we confide often are not family and friends

Barbers, bartenders, and beauticians are as privy to our secrets as are family and friends.

Is executive function foundational for conceptual learning, Harvard profs ask

Studying the role of “executive function” in learning, in minds young and old

Small Companies Have an Innovation Edge, except perhaps in the energy space

Small companies innovate better, but in the energy field, large firms may lead.

John Harvard's Journal University news

Harvard's African and African American art gallery opens

Another art museum opens—this one, a gallery for African and African-American Art.

Harvard's budget balances, benefits cuts divisive

A University financial surplus, but tensions over reductions in employee health benefits

Open Access proponent Peter Suber, briefly profiled

The open-access proponent works to increase the flow of scholarly information.

Program in architecture studies links Graduate School of Design and College

Design becomes a hands-on “study of culture itself” in the undergraduate architecture studies track.

Headlines from Harvard history, January-February 1915-1985

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Developments in greening Harvard, green cities research, and divestment debates

As debates continue over divestment, Harvard events highlight progress on campus sustainability and climate research.

Harvard Medical School campaign, Steve Ballmer gift

Funding medical research and education, Steve Ballmer boosts computer-science expansion, and arts and teacher-training initiatives

Harvard Magazine staff changes

A senior magazine colleague moves on, and new members of the editorial staff

Harvard Magazine honors Adam Kirsch, others

Writers and artists who made special contributions to the magazine in 2014

Harvard faculty object to cameras monitoring attendance

An experiment in monitoring students’ engagements with lectures runs afoul of faculty concerns about the sanctity of classrooms.

Harvard government, engineering deans depart, and more

Departing government and engineering deans, Rhodes and Marshall Scholars, Crimson-Eli computer-science course, and more

Harvard Undergraduate theater from a participant's perspective

An insider’s take on a major extracurricular interest

Harvard Beats Yale in The Game to finish an undefeated season

A thrilling end to The Game caps a championship season.

Harvard wrestler Todd Preston works on NCAA dreams

Wrestler Todd Preston wins—from the bottom up.

An update on Harvard men's basketball

Will Harvard men’s basketball live up to its pre-season billing?

Harvard athletes from 1963 to 2012 are celebrated in newly published "HB3"

Harvard sports stalwarts from 1963 to 2012 are celebrated in The Third H Book of Harvard Athletics

Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more

Anthony Giachetti makes wood furniture an art form

Anthony Giachetti’s furniture is both functional and timeless.

Crisis of American neoliberal capitalism

A critique of the neoliberal economy

Self-conducting chamber orchestra, A Far Cry, grows into its eighth season

A Far Cry plays con spirito—and without a baton.

"Farewell, Fred Voodoo" by Amy Wilentz continues her long coverage of Haiti

Amy Wilentz on her “touchstone and central obsession”

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Neil Rudenstine reinterprets Shakespeare's sonnets

Neil Rudenstine guides readers through Shakespeare’s lyric masterpiece.

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Harvard SquaredWhat to do in Boston, Cambridge, and beyond

Boston's Gibson House Museum elucidates Back Bay history

Boston’s history glimpsed through one eccentric’s home

RISD museum highlights the allure of the circus

RISD museum celebrates the circus.

Homecooked Moroccan fare in Somerville

Moroccan Hospitality lives up to its name.

Kuchipudi dancer Shantala Shivalingappa performs at Boston's ICA

Dancer Shantala Shivalingappa embodies Hindu gods at Boston’s ICA.

The Cambridge Winter Farmers' Market expands

The Cambridge Winter Farmers’ Market opens for a fourth season.

The Griffin Museum of Photography explores the Mississippi Delta and books

The Griffin Museum of Photography’s winter exhibits

Almuni Harvardians far and wide

Talent Behind the Wheel

A Harvard summa aims for NASCAR.

(Club) House Renew

The Harvard Club of Boston undergoes renovations.

A Poet’s Return

For Joan Naviyuk Kane ’00, an abandoned island is a potent creative source.

Crimson on Capitol Hill: 114th [Updated]

Harvard’s GOP contingent expands in the new Congress.

LSD Testing in the 1950s

A researcher hopes to contact volunteer participants in “truth sera” experiments.

The SIGnboard: SIG Snapshot

Harvard Latin American Alumni and Friends

The Classes

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See you. A much-admired pair of legs and shoes disappear into a window above the shops on Haight Street, San Francisco. The Reichardts have seen it all.

Baez, Dylan, and more vignettes from Harvard’s class of 1964

Baez, Dylan, and more vignettes from Harvard’s class of 1964

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