On the cover: A tardigrade. Its ability to survive in a suspended state is now under study at Harvard scientist Pamela Silver's lab. Image by Eye of Science/Science Source
Letters
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Gun violence, drug laws, climate change and more
January-February 2020
On the cover: A tardigrade. Its ability to survive in a suspended state is now under study at Harvard scientist Pamela Silver's lab. Image by Eye of Science/Science Source
Features
Engineering Life
For synthetic biologists, there appears to be no limit to what they can build.
Forum: Doing Less Harm
David Hemenway advocates a pragmatic, public-health-based solution to gun homicides and suicides.
Renewing the News
New models for newspaper journalism in the Internet era
Romare Bearden
Brief life of a textured artist: 1911-1988
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
A Blood Test for PTSD?
A potential “paradigm shift” in developing new diagnostic tests in mental health
Could College Be Free?
David Deming says existing federal higher-education subsidies, if redeployed, could make public colleges free.
The Coming Eldercare Tsunami
Can technology coupled with cultural understanding improve the health and wellness of the elderly?
John Harvard's Journal University news
Restructuring Harvard Square
A familiar place’s new faces
Graduate Students Strike
HGSU-UAW members go out on strike two days before reading period.
Shawon Kinew
Connecting European Old Masters with the new landscape of art history
Divestment Debate, Overseer Slate
A faculty debate, and a challenge slate for the Board of Overseers
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Jobs Well Done
An appreciation for outstanding work
The Black…and the Red
An analysis of the annual financial report, and of Harvard Management Company’s transformation
News Briefs
Sexual-misconduct survey results, and the athletics director to retire
Preparing for a Profession
Online summer programs get students ready for inclusive M.B.A., J.D., and M.Ed. studies.
Brevia
Nobel laureates, HBS dean stepping down, Allston options, and more
Working at Beauty
The Undergraduate finds beauty in the complexities of applied science.
Failure to Finish
Dreadful defeats—and a heartbreaking Game—produced the Crimson’s first losing season of the century.
Sports Medicine Man
Brant Berkstresser aims to ensure sound bodies for Harvard’s student athletes.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance and more
The Language of Movement
The brothers Kuperman—choreographers, directors, and storytellers
“They Need Money”
The world’s richest nation tolerates “basically the highest child poverty rates in the developed world.”
Assaulting the Ramparts
In her new book, Rosabeth Moss Kanter thinks “outside the building.”
Creative Exposure
Lena Chen transforms trauma into art and performance.
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
The Mystery of Mathematics
Teaching and learning math as a human endeavor
Harvard Squared What to do in Boston, Cambridge and beyond
Provincetown in the Off-Off Season
Just enough art, culture, terrific food, and lively conversation....
Visions of the Opioid Crisis
Revealing sculptures at the Fuller Craft Museum, in Brockton
Winter Retreat
The Harvard Mountaineering Club’s Mount Washington cabin
Staging the Women's Movement
“Gloria: A Life,” at the American Repertory Theater
Eat, Drink, Read
The Boston Public Library’s cozy winter hideout
Ways to Support Your Well-Being in the New Year
Opportunities for self-improvement, and fun, at and around Harvard
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Your Tech Relationship Counselor
Geoffrey Fowler tackles the “great reckoning” with privacy.
First-Gen Frontlines
Alumni describe their challenges in leaving home and coming to the College.
A Radcliffe Return
Annette Samuels ’55 goes back to class.
