On the cover: Police Officers frisk suspects against a bus in New York City, 1980. Photograph by Jill Freedman/Getty Images
Letters from our readers
Letters on family roots, Dani Rodrik, opioid associations, and more
The view from Mass Hall
President Bacow describes Harvard’s multifaceted approach to “a defining challenge of our time.”
From Bureau of Study Counsel to Academic Resource Center
From Bureau of Study Counsel to Academic Resource Center
September-October 2019
On the cover: Police Officers frisk suspects against a bus in New York City, 1980. Photograph by Jill Freedman/Getty Images
Historian Elizabeth Hinton: a profile
Historian Elizabeth Hinton probes the roots of a gathering crisis.
A life lesson from Willie Banks
A life lesson from Willie Banks
David Damrosch promotes world literature
David Damrosch’s literary global reach
Adella Hunt Logan
Brief life of a rebellious black suffragist: 1863-1915
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
New addiction risks in the war on smoking
Two public-health veterans warn of new smoking risks, especially for the young.
John Rawls and the remaking of political philosophy
The lasting influence and limitations of John Rawls’s political philosophy
Isaac Kohane studies exceptional responders
Do patients who defeat cancer hold biological secrets?
John Harvard's Journal University news
Harvard summer construction boom
New construction in Allston, and renewal everywhere else, from Adams House to Andover/Swartz Hall
Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow’s first year
President Bacow assesses his inaugural year.
An electrical engineer and applied mathematician, in brief
For a star electrical engineering professor, it's all about systems.
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Hansjörg Wyss boosts biologically inspired engineering
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering gets another boost.
Harvard registrar Mike Burke used to bike to work
The registrar as long-distance rider
Dwight Miller, longtime Harvard admissions officer, retires
College admissions stalwart Dwight Miller retires.
The new person at the Peabody, early admissions, AI, and more
The Peabody’s new director, early admissions, AI, endowment taxation, and more
Updates on Peter Brand, Roland Fryer, the graduate-student union, and more
A coach cashiered, a professor sanctioned, an Allston update, and more
The Undergraduate considers activism, in college and after
An activist on activism, in college and after
New Ledecky Fellows for 2019-2020
The Ledecky Fellows provide an undergraduate perspective on life at Harvard.
Linda Liedel of Harvard women’s soccer
Linda Liedel ’21 always knew how good she could be.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
On YouTube, watch vlogger John Fish grow
On YouTube, watch John Fish grow.
Excerpt from “Transaction Man” by Nicholas Lemann
“The rise of the deal and the decline of the American dream”
Excerpt from “The Soul of Care” by Arthur Kleinman
A medical anthropologist cares for his Alzheimer’s-stricken wife.
Lighting and set designer Elizabeth Mak communicates stories
Lighting and set designer Elizabeth Mak communicates stories.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Animator Renee Zhan profiled by S.I. Rosenbaum
Animator Renee Zhan finds self-discovery in strange landscapes.
Ann Forsyth reviews “Saving America’s Cities” by Lizabeth Cohen
In the history of urban renewal, a glimmer of the possibilities of social policy today
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Harvard SquaredWhat to do in Boston, Cambridge, and beyond
New England’s Oddities
Exploring New England’s more unusual sites with J.W. Ocker
“Visual Science” exhibit at Harvard
New Harvard exhibit explores “Visual Science: The Art of Research”
Exploring Worcester, Massachusetts, and Purgatory Chasm
Pleasures to explore in and around Worcester
Fairbanks House, Dedham, Massachusetts
Dedham’s Fairbanks House: “the oldest wood-frame structure still standing in North America”
Wenham Museum’s “Equestrian Histories”
Equestrian life and sports on the North Shore
Boston Public Market
Boston Public Market’s year-round cornucopia
Creative Artistic Collaborations
Creative artistic collaborations
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
A New Way of Being in the World
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas’s “laser beam” insights into the lives of animals and humans
“Harvard Belongs to All of Us”
Harvard Alumni Association president Alice Hill ’81, Ph.D. ’91
Debt Reliever
Rohan Pavuluri and Upsolve help low-income families cope with debt.
Turkeys, tourists, traditions, tranquility
Turkeys, tourists, traditions, tranquility
