Letters
A Borrower Be
A letter from the editor
Cambridge 02138
Readers respond to articles on impact investing, “Cowboy” doctors, Gen Ed, and more.
Vigorous Immortality
A letter from President Faust
November-December 2015
Features
Murphy Time
Harvard’s greatest football coach—and one of the best anywhere
Making Modernity
Max Beckmann’s Self-Portrait in Tuxedo
Vita: Joseph T. Walker
Brief life of a scientific sleuth: 1908-1952
Chronicler of Two Americas
Now in his second century, the uncommon Daniel Aaron remains at work.
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
The Data on Drama
Derek Miller hopes data will shake up the field of theater history.
Termites’ Cathedral Mounds
Physicists look into the function of towering termite mounds.
Putting Social Progress on Par with Prosperity
Measuring the economic growth of nations is not enough, says Harvard Business School’s Michael Porter.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Under Wraps
Josep Lluís Sert’s International Style icon gets a half-century exterior toning and face lift.
Harvard’s Sexual-Assault Problem
For Harvard, the results point in particular to a problem in the College.
Harvard Portrait: Jon Hanson
A law professor plumbs social problems.
$6 Billion-Plus
An update on the Harvard Campaign
Yesterday’s News
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Endowment Gain—and Gaps
As a 5.8 percent return boosts the endowment to $37.6 billion, changes aim to address persistent underperformance.
News Briefs
Morning Prayers and Freshman Convocation themes, economists’ exodus, health benefits round two, and reengineering admissions
Brevia
University news briefs: retaining recruits, online learning, appointments, awards, and more
Reading, Remembered
The Undergraduate contemplates books in a digital age.
Rolling Along
Formidable early-season football
Taking Her Shot
Post-surgery, a top athlete reestablishes herself.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance and more
Worth a Thousand Words
A printmaker plays with the systems and structures of language.
The Civilizing Art
The poetry of John Milton
The Lion’s Share
In his poignant one-man musical, Benjamin Scheuer finds his roar.
What Ails the Academy?
American higher education and its discontents
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Chapter and Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Harvard Squared What to do in Boston, Cambridge and beyond
Life On a Tabletop
Contemporary takes on puppetry in Brookline, Massachusetts
The Art of Juxtapositions
Lorraine O'Grady: Where Margins Become Centers at the Carpenter Center
The Arboretum’s Winterland
Things to do and see when it's cold out
Dinner Without the Din
In search of Greater Boston's quieter restaurants
Picking Up a Hobby
Stan Munro’s toothpick designs are on display at the Fuller Craft Museum.
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
“Once Upon a Time” in Translation
A publisher brings world literature to young Anglophones.
Seniors Help Houses Thrive
Harvard seniors honored for improving House life
Congratulations Are in Order
The 2015 Harvard Alumni Association Award winners
Hiram Hunn Awards
Harvard alumni honored for volunteer admissions interviewing
