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Letters on admissions, academic presses, the solicitor general, and more
Veritas
President Larry Bacow on Truth
What Legacy?
Affirmative action, donor and staff preferences, and other Harvard College admissions challenges
With Our Thanks
With appreciation to two Harvard Magazine artists
January-February 2019
On the cover: Daniela Lamas. Photograph by Stu Rosner
What It Means to Be OK
Daniela Lamas and the practice of post-ICU care
Ulysses S. Grant
Brief history of the image of a hero: 1822-1885
Artificial Intelligence and Ethics
Ethics and the dawn of decision-making machines
Native Modern
Philip Deloria studies American Indians and the contradictions that made America.
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
The Innovation Engine
Economist William Kerr argues for streamlining immigration to attract high-skilled talent from abroad.
The Teddy Bear Effect
Cherubic features benefit black male CEOs, but not other groups, underscoring the complexity of social disadvantage.
People Who Don’t Get AIDS
The immune systems of “elite controllers” point to HIV’s vulnerabilities.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Arts Arrive in Allston
Alongside a huge applied-sciences center, a toehold for art-making
Admissions on Trial
The lawsuit that could determine the fate of affirmative action
Harvard Portrait: Ruth Okediji
A Nigerian-born professor who brings unusual perspective to intellectual-property law
Accelerating Medical Research
A $200-million gift from the Blavatnik Family Foundation paves the way.
Surplus Surprise…and the Endowment’s Evolution
A survey of the University’s annual financial report
FAS: Faculty and Fisc
A growing, and more scientific, professoriate and a budget breakthrough
Yesterday’s News
When the Law School made thin ice…and other headlines from Harvard’s history
University People
National Academy and NIH notables, and a pioneering Crimson leader
Engaging Radcliffe with the World
New Radcliffe dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin has a blueprint for action.
News Briefs
Policing and students, Title IX changes, and public opinion toward higher education
Brevia
Harvard design dean departs and other news
Who Belongs at Harvard?
The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College.
Finishing with a Flourish
A resilient, crowd-pleasing football season, with talented sophomores surfacing
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Grace Notes
Why the vineyards of New York called Kelby Russell home
Glorious “Genji”
A magnificent set of images, published—and exhibited
Artistic Capital
In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value
Chapter and Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
“Here and Then Gone”
Bess Wohl writes plays from an actor’s perspective.
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Uses—and Abuses—of Austerity
Economists revisit an unsettled economic policy.
Harvard SquaredWhat to do in Boston, Cambridge, and beyond
“Beyond Lobsters and Lighthouses”
Enjoying Portland, Maine, in the “off-season”
Remembering: Information as Art
“Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu,” at the MFA
Bedding Down in Early America
A Wadsworth Atheneum and Museum exhibit reveals how we once slept.
Sliding Down the Slopes
Best snow-tubing spots around Greater Boston
The Perfect Storm
Why Resolutions Work Best in Winter
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Once Again, with Feeling
A cellist and conservatory teacher who has never stopped learning
Crimson on Capitol Hill: 116th
Degree-program affiliates now number 53, with 15 in the Senate and 38 in the House.
Sculpting Hallowed Ground
Re-landscaping Massachusetts Hall, making the entrance to Harvard Yard more welcoming
