A Harvard take on Princeton's strategic plan
Harvard's opportunity for strategic planning
Letters on eugenics, the Overseers’ election, the Law School shield, and more
Readers respond to articles on eugenics, the Overseers’ election, the Law School shield, and more.
A letter from President Faust about the Harvard Teacher Fellows
President Faust writes about the Harvard Teacher Fellows
May-June 2016
Harvard economist Richard Freeman on the risks of robotization of the economy
Most people’s jobs are at risk of becoming robotized, argues labor economist Richard Freeman.
Political theorist Danielle Allen is profiled by Spencer Lenfield
Danielle Allen’s mission to return equality to the heart of American democracy
Brief life of innovative surgeon Champ Lyons by Martin Dalton and Laurence Lyons
Brief life of an innovative surgeon: 1907-1965
Gene drives promise unprecedented human control of the environment
A technique for pushing genetic alterations through entire species of plants and animals may herald a future in which humans manage ecosystems through molecular biology.
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Harvard economist Claudia Goldin examines the gender wage gap
Economist Claudia Goldin investigates what causes the gender wage gap, and what doesn't.
Harvard endocrinologist David Ludwig says all calories are not created equal
Avoid refined sugars and processed carbohydrates, says endocrinologist David Ludwig.
Harvard scientist captures image of cancer's single-cell origin
Seeing when cancer begins helps Leonard Zon track down factors triggering the disease.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Harvard's theater, dance, and media concentration looks to expand
A concentration “400 years in the making,” and two semesters old
Harvard Portrait: Ethan Lasser
A Harvard Art Museums curator on how artworks talk to one another, and to us
David Malan’s Computer Science 50 expands to high-school classrooms
Harvard’s popular CS50 is being adapted for a new AP course.
Harvard public health dean, museum director, more
A new dean for public health, a new director for the art museums, and more
Headlines from Harvard history
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Larry Summers reflects on matters economic, educational, and political
On matters economic, educational, and political
Harvard's contested 2016 Overseer election
Free Harvard/Fair Harvard and the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard square off in the Board of Overseers election.
Harvard mid-spring 2016 news briefs
A Supreme Court nominee, Spielberg at Commencement, the class of 2020, and more
Summaries of early-spring news from Harvard
Action against sexual assault, the Law School drops its shield, “Faculty Deans” now lead the Houses, and more
The Undergraduate looks at 1969 and Reclaim HLS
The Undergraduate looks at 1969 and Reclaim HLS
Harvard's men's basketball streak comes to an end
The men’s basketball streak comes to an end—and the women look ahead.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Artist Ellen Harvey holds a "dark mirror" to the museum world
Ellen Harvey's installations offer "complicated gifts" to the viewer.
Dustin Tingley on the domestic politics of foreign policy
Political scientists demystify unseen institutional tensions.
Hopkinson Smith’s new recordings of Bach aim for “perfect union”
A lutenist pursues what he calls his “lifelong task.”
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Anna Agoston's photography, teeming with life
Artist Anna Agoston grows into her medium with her photographic studies of plants.
“The Rise and Fall of American Growth,” reviewed by Shane Greenstein
Definitive economic history—and a debatable, despairing forecast
Recent books with Harvard connections
Fireflies, dating and love, growing old, and other recent books with Harvard connections
Harvard SquaredWhat to do in Boston, Cambridge, and beyond
Salem's House of the Seven Gables survives
Nathaniel Hawthorne's Salem muse was preserved by philanthropist Caroline Emmerton.
Boston's Roxbury International Film Festival, June 22-30
Independent films by and about people of color
Gundalow rides promote appreciation of history and the environment
Public boat tours with The Gundalow Company, in Portsmouth, N.H.
A day trip to Andover, Massachusetts
A day trip to Andover: Addison Gallery of American Art, gardens, and hikes
Harvard University’s Commencement week events
Harvard University’s Commencement week events
Kendall Square’s restaurants
Restaurants proliferate in Cambridge’s “hi-tech” Kendall Square neighborhood.
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Potholes, Pensions, and Politics
Houston’s new mayor, HLS alumnus Sylvester Turner, promises a “transformative” tenure.
Overseer and HAA Director Candidates
Candidates for Harvard Overseers and HAA elected directors
Labor of Love
Fred Crafts ’50 combines memoir and appreciation of Cape Cod’s natural wonders in Remembering Monomoy.
Sharing Stories
Photographer Leslie Tuttle ’72 focuses on women’s work.
The SIGnboard: Reunion Week
Shared Interest Group gatherings
A Harvard presidential portrait rediscovered, and an art gallery of a cemetery
A president who tippled, and an eternally faithful dog
