Letters
On My Honor
A letter from the editor
Cambridge 02138
Climate change, China’s gains, palliative care
An Extraordinary Season
A letter from President Faust
May-June 2015
Features
The Science of Scarcity
A behavioral economist’s fresh perspectives on poverty
Vita: Thomas Nuttall
Brief life of a pioneering naturalist: 1786-1859
Altering Course
Why the United States may be on the cusp of an energy revolution
Line by Line
Poet and translator David Ferry
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
The Mr. Mom Switch
Locating the “command neurons that drive parental behavior”
The “Bionic Leaf ”
Harvard scientists find a way to convert solar energy into a liquid fuel.
Is Vitamin D a Wonder Pill?
Two Harvard studies investigate the nutrient's cancer-fighting properties.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Toward Precision Medicine
Building scale in biomedical informatics
Harvard Portrait: Jelani Nelson
A theorist explores the limits to shrinking datasets.
Yesterday’s News
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Debating Sharia Law, Digitally
SHARIASource—“Google-like aspirations” for an online resource on Islamic law
University News Briefs
Climate change, divestment, the honor code, Olympics, fundraising, MOOCs, and more
Putting the “New” in House Renewal
Along with fixing up the old things, something new for Winthrop House
Brevia
Deval Patrick at Commencement, College admissions—and $60,000 term bills, public-affairs VP, and more University news
The Undergraduate: Outsmarting Our Smartphones
Harvard students find that not being connected is not really an option, but still…
How the Ball Bounced
After a rollercoaster season, and another Ivy crown, whither men’s basketball?
A Feel for the Water
Charley Butt succeeds the legendary Harry Parker as Harvard's heavyweight men's crew coach.
Hockey Highlights—and Heartache
Strong hockey seasons end in the NCAA tournaments.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance and more
Net Effects
Janet Echelman’s urban sculptures take to the skies.
“Wrestling at Every Moment”
A young composer, finding his next notes
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Visas and Visions
Kavita Shah makes music in many idioms.
An Oxford Efflorescence
The literary flowering of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, et al.
Grow Up!
A philosopher’s take on individuals and maturity, in a world of institutions
Chapter and Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Harvard Squared What to do in Boston, Cambridge and beyond
The Modern Revolution
Bauhaus-inspired architects built their domestic visions in Lexington and on Cape Cod.
Branching Out
Sculptor Patrick Dougherty builds his latest fanciful structures on Boston's North Shore.
The Fruit of Others’ Labor
Visitors may explore more than 30 urban green spaces during the South End Garden Tour 2015.
The Week’s Events
Commencement week calendar
Festive Fare, Afield
Celebrating the graduates and their families, without the throng
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
“The Risk of Inaction”
Opower works with electrical utilities to help curb energy consumption.
Overseer and HAA Director Candidates
The 2015 nominees
The SIGnboard: Spring Events
Shared Interest Group gatherings
The Classes
Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries.
