On the cover: Rafael Campo. Photograph by Stu Rosner
Letters from our readers
Letters on opioids, the Bauhaus, legacy admissions, and more
The view from Mass Hall
President Bacow on friendships formed among and between scholars and students
Academics missing from students’ Top 10 list
Students’ Top 10 list: it’s not academic
May-June 2019
On the cover: Rafael Campo. Photograph by Stu Rosner
Rafael Campo of HMS: a profile by Lydialyle Gibson
Rafael Campo’s compassionate care
Harry Elkins Widener, profiled by Daniel Blank
Brief life of Harry Elkins Widener, theater-loving bibliophile: 1885-1912
Inflammation causes many common diseases of aging
Could inflammation be the cause of myriad chronic conditions?
Justice Holmes, presented by Stephen Budiansky and Lincoln Caplan
A new biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. illuminates the Supreme Court during the centennial of his most momentous dissent.
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
In search of deeper learning
What the rare bright spots in American high-school education teach
A key to the markets?
Corporate reports contain clues to predicting a firm’s future performance.
Cities Too Smart for Their Own Good
Ben Green warns against simple technological solutions for complex problems.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Harvard’s Houghton Library to be renovated
A renovation to make Houghton Library “open to all”
Harvard Portrait: Jason Luke
Harvard’s behind-the-scenes Commencement hero
Debating Diversity
Closing arguments in the admissions lawsuit, and affirmative action in broader context
Winthrop House tensions and government department concerns
Winthrop House tensions and government department concerns
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Demonstrating for equality…and other headlines from Harvard’s history
The gradual diversification of Harvard’s faculties
A tenure track, resources for recruiting and retention, childcare, and more contribute to changes in the professoriate.
Harvardians: transitions, appointments, and honors
Transitions, appointments, and honors
ART to Allston and dual-degree decision
ART to Allston and dual-degree decision
New Corporation members, Adams House, other University news
New Corporation members, renewing Adams House, and more University news
Howard Gardner et al. on higher education in the twenty-first century
Howard Gardner and colleagues release a seven-year study of higher education in the twenty-first century.
Harvard baseball center fielder Ben Skinner
For speedy center fielder Ben Skinner, slowing down is key.
One Shoe, No Problems
7,700 meters of grit and pain
Harvard basketball teams fall short of NCAAs again
Basketball teams fall short of NCAAs again.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Jocelyn and Chris Arndt became weekend rock stars at Harvard
For two Harvard siblings, studying and songwriting went hand in hand.
Excerpt from “Furious Hours,” by Casey Cep
Casey Cep’s debut book, on a murder trial and Harper Lee
Graphic novelist Amy Chu
Graphic novelist Amy Chu
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
From Susan Ware, a new story of U.S. women’s suffrage struggle
Fresh portraits of U.S. foot soldiers for women’s right to vote
Excerpt from Anne Harrington’s “Mind Fixers”
A history of psychiatry’s troubled search for the biology of mental illness
Chapter and verse quotation-citation correspondence site
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Harvard SquaredWhat to do in Boston, Cambridge, and beyond
Garden in the Woods
Springtime at New England’s native-plant haven
Japan on Paper, Harvard Art Museums
Harvard’s enticing Japanese woodblock prints
Rock climbing in Greater Boston
Rock climbing in Greater Boston—and beyond
Bees around Greater Boston
Greater Boston’s bee cultures
Harvard Commencement 2019
Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations
Favorite restaurants in Greater Boston
An eclectic array of favored restaurants in Greater Boston
72 Hours in Harvard Square
A Harvard Squared local business roundup
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
“Doctor Bugs”
Naturalist Mark W. Moffett investigates insects—and now, evolving human societies.
Overseer and HAA Director Candidates
The official 2019 slates
The Director’s Half-Decade
The HAA’s Philip Lovejoy looks ahead
The SIGnboard: Reunion Week Events
Shared Interest Group gatherings in Cambridge
Long live long books, the “Diploma Riots,” supporting young scholars
Resesarchers’ lengthy labors, “Diploma Riots,” supporting young scholars
