Letters
March-April 2016
Features
Elbow Room
How the Dark Room Collective made space for a generation of African-American writers
Are Animals “Things”?
Animal law takes hold at Harvard Law School.
Caleb Strong
Brief life of an exemplary politician: 1745-1819
Harvard’s Eugenics Era
When academics embraced scientific racism, immigration restrictions, and the suppression of “the unfit”
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Debating School Choice
Economists rethink the merits of school-choice systems.
Fighting for Veterans, Learning the Law
Harvard Law students fight for veterans’ rights locally and nationally.
The Science of History
Historians at Harvard's Initiative for the Science of the Human Past investigate ice cores.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Kennedy School, Under Construction
Building capacity, literally, at the public-policy campus
Debating Diversity
The Harvard community confronts the challenges of inclusion.
James Mickens
A Harvard computer scientist on how to build a universe
Yesterday’s News
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
News Briefs
An Overseers' challenge slate, reengineering admissions, and General Education revised
Brevia
Shirley Tilghman on the Corporation, Jane Yellen at Radcliffe, encouraging entrepreneurs, aiming at endowments, and more
Kid from a Flyover State
“The absence of prejudice is still a long way from the presence of interest.”
A Calming Presence
Hockey goalie Emerance Maschmeyer steadies her team, in record-setting fashion.
A Slim Margin
An unexpectedly challenging season for men’s basketball
Montage Books, creative arts, performance and more
Meet Him in St. Louis
A daring musical theater company turns 25.
The Mammalian Life Span
E.O. Wilson on why the human species ought to be a little humble
Exact Changes
The many pursuits of musicians Damon & Naomi
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
The Man Who Has Been King
An actor’s rule on stage and screen
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
The “Little Republics”
Thomas Jefferson's “fractal” view of American self-governance
Harvard Squared What to do in Boston, Cambridge and beyond
Celebrating the Arts at Harvard
Harvard's Arts First Festival offers more than 100 events.
The Stuff of World War II
As living memory of the war dims, curators shape a modern museum of history.
Not Made for Walkin'
Upward of 150 haute couture and historic shoes are on display in Manchester, N.H.
Woolapalooza
Woolapalooza is held at Mass Audubon’s sanctuary in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Sweets for All
Pastry shops that “do it the old-fashioned way”
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Mexico Debates Marijuana
A new lead on stemming drug-related violence in Mexico
Overseer and HAA Director Candidates
Candidates for Harvard Overseers and HAA directors
HAA Clubs and SIGs Awards
Harvard celebrates its volunteer alumni leaders.
“Our John Harvard”
The Harvard Club of New York City honors John P. (Jack) Reardon Jr. ’60.
