Letters from our readers
Readers comment further on “Fair Harvard,” teaching the liberal arts, celebrity and politics, the middle class, and more.
The view from Mass Hall
President Drew Faust on the rise, and significance, of engineering and the applied sciences at Harvard
Pivoting to focus on faculty and research
Making the faculty and research a high priority for the presidential search
September-October 2017
Polaroid photographer and "The B-Side" subject Elsa Dorfman, profiled
Elsa Dorfman, BI ’73, looks back on her photography.
Brief life of Carl Thorne-Thomsen, Vietnam veteran from Harvard
Brief life of a man of principle: 1946-1967
Seeing the the Invisible World of Microbes
On Earth, microbes run the show.
Alec Karakatsanis fights for criminal-justice reform in the U.S. legal system
Alec Karakatsanis puts “human caging” and “wealth-based detention” in America on trial.
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Better surgical procedures benefit amputees
Improved surgical techniques enhance prosthetic function.
David Sinclair’s anti-aging science
Can a single molecule extend lifespan?
Ricardo Hausmann and colleagues develop a predictive tool for urban leaders
The combination of certain factors can determine whether a city is plagued with disease, or is a hub for innovation.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Harvard building boom
A campus construction program of unprecedented proportions
Harvard President Faust to step down
President Faust’s exit timetable, and the search for her successor
How to Make a Massive Open Online Course
HarvardX transforms a popular course in epidemiology to serve a global audience.
Harvard Portrait: historian Sunil Amrita, Mehta professor of South Asian studies
The Bay of Bengal is central for this South Asia scholar.
Harvard Social Club Ban?
A Harvard committee proposes eliminating unsanctioned student social organizations.
Derek Bok on reforming higher ed
Derek Bok and other scholars weigh in on improving universities and colleges—and why that’s hard to do.
Headlines from Harvard’s history
A Channel first, a voluntary U.S. history exam, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Business school-engineering joint tech degree
Harvard’s business and engineering faculties join forces on a new technology-design degree—before they co-locate in Allston.
New University Press director, new University Professor, and more
New University Press director, new University Professor, changing Harvard Square, and more
The Undergraduate looks at cycles in college friendships
The Undergraduate contemplates cycles in college friendships.
New Ledecky Fellows Natasha Lasky and Tawanda Mulalu join Harvard Magazine
The Ledecky Fellows provide an undergraduate perspective on life at Harvard.
Harvard field-hockey’s driving coach
Under coach Tjerk van Herwaarden, Harvard field hockey ascends.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Songwriter and Semisonic frontman Dan Wilson reclaims his hits on "Re-Covered"
The Grammy Award-winning songwriter Dan Wilson reclaims his catalog.
Excerpt from “Forged in Crisis,” by Nancy Koehn
The Business School’s Nancy Koehn analyzes the personal stakes that propel leaders.
Alison Carey, on directing the American Revolutions cycle at the OSF
Historical plays for a nation “stuck in the middle”
Malka Older’s global sci-fi
Sci-fi meets the political thriller.
Recent books with Harvard connections
John Kenneth Galbraith’s letters, Linda Greenhouse, color in art, and more
Stephen Greenblatt on Adam and Eve
Stephen Greenblatt explores the myths and meanings of Adam and Eve.
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Harvard SquaredWhat to do in Boston, Cambridge, and beyond
Canterbury Shaker Village, in New Hampshire
The Canterbury Shakers’ enduring appeal
Boston By Foot architecture cruise
Boat tours of architectural gems
World’s End: Boston’s South Shore gem
A day trip to Hingham
Branch Line, in an historic Watertown setting, is worth the trip
Branch Line serves brasserie-style fare in an historic Watertown setting
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
The Call of the Creeks
Landscape and bird artist James Coe reflects the Hudson Valley
The HAA’s “Diverse Alumni Family”
Harvard’s new alumni leader touts its global reach.
Harvard satirized, critiqued, aflame
A fresh source for Harvard humor, a critique embedded in a memorium, and historic photos of a famous campus fire
