Letters
November-December 2017
Features
Medicine in the Middle of Nowhere
Stuart Harris and the austere practice of wilderness physicians
The College Chasm
How market forces have made American higher education radically unequal
Guy Davenport
Brief life of a polymathic stylist: 1927-2005
The RoboBee Collective
The push to build flying, thinking, robot swarms
The Justice Gap
America’s unfulfilled promise of “equal justice under law”
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
A Rosetta Stone for Earthquakes
Machine learning may raise the potential for predicting where—and when—an earthquake might strike.
Climate Change and Crops
How global warming can change crop nutrition
Cashing Out For Happiness
Research from HBS shows that by buying themselves out of negative experiences, people gain time for happiness-inducing activities like learning a language, or socializing.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Winthrop House—Renewed
Undergraduates return to newly improved digs.
Mastering the “Hidden Curriculum”
How some colleges help first-generation and low-income students succeed
Nicco Mele
The director of the Shorenstein Center on how the Internet came to mean so much to him.
Public Health’s Past and Future
Michelle Williams, a year into her role as Public Health School dean
Yesterday’s News
“Vagabonding,” Harvard Student Agencies, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
“Disappointing” Endowment Returns-and a Protracted Restructuring
CEO N.V. Narvekar assesses Harvard Management Company’s most recent fiscal-year performance, and the road ahead.
Centered on Community
Harvard’s leaders stress community values at the start of the academic year.
Former Fellow Chelsea Manning
A “visiting fellow” invitation provokes an uproar.
Final Clubs, Continued
Unrecognized single-gender social organizations dominate another Faculty of Arts and Sciences monthly meeting.
A Classicist’s Dylan
In a new book, classicist Richard Thomas explores Bob Dylan’s literary ties to ancient Greece and Rome.
Brevia
Deans departing, sexual-assault standards, and a Lowell House bell
Writing, Blocked
Reflections on the ups and downs of peer counseling
A Rugged Start
An Ivy win and a terrible injury mark Harvard football's early season.
“Too Normal” for a Goalie?
Merrick Madsen was the brick wall in net for last season’s Frozen Four team.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance and more
Up Close
Composer Ashley Fure wants people to listen to noise.
Oenophile Par Excellence
Anne Fadiman ’74 recalls her father, Clifton, in an excerpt from The Wine Lover’s Daughter
Found in Translation
Maureen Freely ’74, longtime translator of Orhan Pamuk, shares the nuances of bringing a text from one language to another.
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
“Kingmaker” to Gatekeeper
Stephanie Burt ’94 is the kind of poetry critic who provokes anger in other poetry critics.
Believe It or Not!
From the Missouri Compromise to the 2016 election, Kevin Young's Bunk takes stock of American hoaxes, con men, and race fantasies.
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Harvard Squared What to do in Boston, Cambridge and beyond
Making Global Local
Greater Boston’s cultural centers offer a lot more than language classes.
Antique Treasures
Rare books and ephemera at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair
Historic-ish Holidays
Celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas at Old Sturbridge Village
Getting High at Houghton
Harvard’s Houghton Library explores “Altered States: Sex, Drugs, and Transcendence.”
Bites from Eastern Europe
A Moldovan restaurant in Newton reflects rich culinary traditions.
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
This Land Was Made For…
A Utah activist reflects on 40 years of land conservation—and what’s coming next.
Aloian Scholars
Harvard seniors help Houses thrive.
Hiram S. Hunn Awards
Alumni are honored for undergraduate admissions work.
HAA Awards
Six alumni are recognized for long-time volunteer service to the University.
