May-June 2015

Harvard's Sendhil Mullainathan on behavior and poverty

A behavioral economist’s fresh perspectives on poverty

by Cara Feinberg

Brief life of naturalist Thomas Nuttall, by John Nelson

Brief life of a pioneering naturalist: 1786-1859

by John Nelson

Mara Prentiss of Harvard says, for efficiency, electrify the energy economy

Why the United States may be on the cusp of an energy revolution

by Jonathan Shaw

RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas

Harvard's Catherine Dulac and her team locate neurons tied to parental behavior

Locating the “command neurons that drive parental behavior”

Harvard scientists find a way to convert solar energy into a liquid fuel

Harvard scientists find a way to convert solar energy into a liquid fuel.

Harvard research into vitamin D's anti-cancer and health benefits

Two Harvard studies investigate the nutrient's cancer-fighting properties.

John Harvard's Journal University news

Jelani Nelson, Speeding Algorithms

A theorist explores the limits to shrinking datasets.

Headlines from Harvard history, May-June 1925-1995

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Harvard Islamic Legal Studies Program launches SHARIASource digital platform

SHARIASource—“Google-like aspirations” for an online resource on Islamic law

Harvard climate change, divestment, honor code, and more

Climate change, divestment, the honor code, Olympics, fundraising, MOOCs, and more

Harvard plans renovation of undergraduate Winthrop House

Along with fixing up the old things, something new for Winthrop House

Deval Patrick at Harvard Commencement, Harvard admissions, and more

Deval Patrick at Commencement, College admissions—and $60,000 term bills, public-affairs VP, and more University news

Harvard students find not being connected is not really an option, but still…

Harvard students find that not being connected is not really an option, but still…

Harvard's basketball season

After a rollercoaster season, and another Ivy crown, whither men’s basketball?

Harvard heavyweight men's crew coach Charley Butt

Charley Butt succeeds the legendary Harry Parker as Harvard's heavyweight men's crew coach.

Harvard hockey teams reach NCAA tournaments

Strong hockey seasons end in the NCAA tournaments.

Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more

Sculptor Janet Echelman weaves large-scale urban art

Janet Echelman’s urban sculptures take to the skies.

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Jazz artist Kavita Shah's border-crossing compositions

Kavita Shah makes music in many idioms.

J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and their circle, by Philip Zaleski & Carol Zaleski

The literary flowering of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, et al.

Harvard professor critiques book on youth, maturity

A philosopher’s take on individuals and maturity, in a world of institutions

Chapter and Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Harvard SquaredWhat to do in Boston, Cambridge, and beyond

Modernist homes in Lexington and Cape Cod

Bauhaus-inspired architects built their domestic visions in Lexington and on Cape Cod.

Patrick Dougherty's stick sculptures grace colonial Salem, Massachusetts

Sculptor Patrick Dougherty builds his latest fanciful structures on Boston's North Shore.

Boston's South End Garden Tour 2015 offers glimpses into private oases

Visitors may explore more than 30 urban green spaces during the South End Garden Tour 2015.

Commencement week calendar

Commencement week calendar

Appealing area restaurants for Harvard's Commencement and reunion week

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.

The SIGnboard: Spring Events

Shared Interest Group gatherings

The Classes

Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries.

Altrocchi at his home in Reno. The goalpost has to go.

Goalpost antics, Harvard vinegar, and the flip-flop menace

Goalpost antics, Harvard vinegar, and the flip-flop menace

Calvert W. Watkins

The Pump Overflows

Astonishing linguist Calvert Watkins

James M. Freeman wrote in his diary about having his picture taken in 1859

Daguerreotypes and Harvard class albums on display at Pusey Library

Harvard class albums from the early days of photography, on exhibit at Pusey Library

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The Classes

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