On the cover: President Lawrence S. Bacow. Photograph by Stu Rosner
Letters on faculty diversity, general education, advanced standing, and more
Letters on faculty diversity, general education, advanced standing, and more
The View from Mass Hall
President Bacow looks ahead to his new freshman year.
Three challenges for Harvard in Allston
Making the most of Harvard’s “ultimate option”
September-October 2018
On the cover: President Lawrence S. Bacow. Photograph by Stu Rosner
Profile of Lawrence S. Bacow, Harvard’s 29th president
Lawrence S. Bacow, a career educator, is schooled in making decisions.
William Morris Davis
Brief life of William Morris Davis, pioneering geomorphologist
The Supreme Court and a politicized U.S. Solicitor General
The “Tenth Justice” and the polarization of the Supreme Court
Harvard and the making of Big Football
Boosting the game, and The Game
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
The argument for geographically targeted economic interventions
Could place-based policies solve regional economic and social problems?
In extinctions, ecological impacts can exceed sheer numbers of species lost
New research on extinctions shows that their ecological impact can’t be measured in numbers of species lost.
When Capital Trumps Labor
In the antebellum South, slavery was paired with modern business practices.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Harvard’s twenty-ninth president gets to work
With greetings to the community, and a major faculty appointment, new Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow sets to work.
Harvard defends race-conscious admissions policies against lawsuit
New filings in a lawsuit against Harvard over admissions allege discrimination against Asian-Americans.
Durba Mitra studies gender in South Asia
Harvard’s first professor appointed solely in gender studies
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Undergraduate courses at the Graduate School of Design
Design courses enlarge the College curriculum.
HMS real-estate deal and a busy post-presidency
A Medical School real-estate deal, and a busy post-presidency for Drew Faust
Remembering 1969 at Harvard
An exhibit on Harvard in 1969 opens at Pusey Library this fall.
New FAS dean, biomedical momentum, and more University news
New FAS dean, biomedical momentum, and more University news
Harvard through an African filter
The Undergraduate looks at Harvard through an African filter.
New Ledecky Fellows Isa Flores-Jones and Cat Zhang
The Ledecky Fellows provide an undergraduate perspective on life at Harvard.
Harvard “return man” Justice Shelton-Mosley, profiled by Dick Friedman
Justice Shelton-Mosley needs only the tiniest bit of space to go the distance.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
From academia to art: profile of Nell Painter
Nell Painter reflects on leaving the ivory tower for art school at age 64.
Excerpt from “Not Quite Not White” by Sharmila Sen
A “first-gen” American explores race and assimilation in the United States.
“The Black Clown” by Langston Hughes is set to music
An oratorio adapted from Langston Hughes
Laura van den Berg and “The Third Hotel”
In Laura van den Berg’s fiction, the deeply strange is ordinary.
Casey Cep reviews “These Truths: A History of the United States,” by Jill Lepore
Jill Lepore excavates the history of America, down to its bedrock values.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Harvard SquaredWhat to do in Boston, Cambridge, and beyond
Exploring the Middlesex Fells
Just north of Boston, a wild park is filled with forests, lakes, and rocky hills.
Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race
Watch human-powered machines prevail—or not—in Lowell.
Boston by Foot’s “Dark Side of Boston” tour
“Stories the Chamber of Commerce doesn’t want you to hear”
A homey Chilean-American restaurant in Newton
An intimate place for Chilean-American food in Newton
Creative Classes in Cambridge and Boston
Creative Classes in Cambridge and Boston
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Rebel Lawyer
Gerald López’s radical theory—and practice
“Building Strong Communities”
New HAA president Margaret Wang ’09
Hiram Hunn Award Winners
The admissions office honors alumni volunteers.
Aloian Memorial Scholars
Two seniors who help make Houses into homes
“For Exceptional Service…”
The 2018 Harvard Alumni Association Award winners
Changing the World
ClassACT HR73 rallies classmates to engage in social change.
NONapathetic
Recollections and Reflections from the Harvard class of 1957—a benchmark reunion project
A Lawyer for Art
Solving legal challenges at MoMA
Spiders and ties, “Fair Harvard” encore, and Faust’s farewell
Spiders and ties, “Fair Harvard” encore, and Faust’s farewell
