Letters From Our Readers
Readers comment on unequal university resources, educational effectiveness, final clubs, and first-generation students
The view from Mass Hall
President Drew Faust on the enduring struggle to assure access to education.
Harvard Square being remade
Thoughts on the coming reconstruction of Harvard Square—and the University’s front door
January-February 2018
Harvard botanists hunt rare plants in China
The hunt for rare plants in China
Brief life of Henry Chapman Mercer, innovative ceramicist
Brief life of an innovative ceramicist: 1856-1930
Critic and poet Fred Moten, profiled by Jesse McCarthy
Fred Moten’s subversive black-studies scholarship
Excerpt from “Off the Charts,” by Ann Hulbert
Parents and superkids, then and now
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Meghan O'Sullivan discusses her new book, "Windfall," on energy policy
The United States is finally in a position of energy dominance, but its ability to harness this boom is fraught with challenges.
Is knee osteoarthritis a mismatch disease?
Neither increased obesity nor longevity explains the doubling of knee osteoarthritis since World War II.
A new challenge for antitrust
An increasing consolidation of ownership in health care
John Harvard's Journal University news
Harvard Kennedy School campus makeover
A campus remade in the course of the capital campaign
Harvard financial report: strengths and warning signs
After another surplus, cautions about the University’s future financial constraints
Harvard archivist Megan Sniffin-Marinoff
The University archivist on what it means to “document Harvard”
Congress considers taxing endowment income
Congressional tax bills aim at universities’ endowment income.
Dean George Daley’s vision for Harvard Medical School
One year into his deanship, George Daley shares his vision for Harvard Medical School.
Harvard dean of freshmen departs and more
The dean of freshmen departs, Rhodes and Marshall scholars, and more
Final-club fallout and preventing preprofessionalism
Final-club regulations and preventing preprofessionalism
Samuel Huntington remembered
A memorial minute on the eminent political scientist
Headlines from Harvard’s history
“Reading period” debuts, the Maharishi visits, a blizzard shuts down the University, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Teaching rap in China, and contemplating one's blackness
Teaching rap in a Chinese high school, and contemplating one’s blackness
University marshal steps down, MacArthur fellows, more
The University Marshal retires, MacArthur fellows, diversifying freshman pre-orientation, and more
Honoring Harvard Magazine contributors
Recognizing outstanding authors and artists for serving our readers
Harvard football 2017 season wrap-up
A humbling defeat in The Game caps Harvard’s dreariest season in 17 years.
Harvard swimmer Dean Farris builds on his breakout rookie season
No longer a “skinny kid,” swimmer Dean Farris ’20 builds on his breakout rookie season.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Hope and despair, harmony and discord: Jonathan Bailey Holland, profiled
Composer Jonathan Bailey Holland on finding his musical voice
Excerpt from "Slow Medicine: The Way to Healing," by Victoria Sweet, M.D.
A doctor’s take on the destruction of medicine
Sketch artist: profile of SNL veteran Colin Jost
Comedian Colin Jost, from Shouts and Murmurs to Saturday Night Live
Dara Horn, author of "Eternal Life," profiled
Dara Horn breathes life into classical Jewish sources.
James Madison biography by Noah Feldman reviewed by Lincoln Caplan
Lincoln Caplan reviews Noah Feldman’s The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Off the Shelf: Recent Books with Harvard Connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Harvard SquaredWhat to do in Boston, Cambridge, and beyond
The Museum of Bad Art
A Somerville museum highlights art “so bad, it’s good.”
Nigerian Women Speak Out
HEAR WORD! portrays the lives of Nigerian women.
Newport’s winter activities
Visiting Newport, Rhode Island, during the winter
Shojo Asian-fusion restaurant
Asian-fusion food with a Western twist at Chinatown's Shōjō restaurant
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
From Here to Timbuktu
A globe-trotting monk with the Benedictine “survival gene” seeks out treasured manuscripts.
Stories for Change
Nancy Churnin’s picture-book biographies for children span time and space.
Ship of state, margin call, dioramas, and Dan Aaron
Ship of state, margin call, dioramas, and Dan Aaron
