On the cover: Illustration by Pete Ryan
Letters
Cambridge 02138
Beautiful math, guns, sexual harassment, and more
Closed Doors
The perils of noncommunication
March-April 2020
On the cover: Illustration by Pete Ryan
Features
Healthy Plate, Healthy Planet
Frank Hu confronts the triple threats of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change.
The Authoritarian Reflex
Harvard political scientist Pippa Norris chronicles the rise of populist authoritarians in Western democracies.
Karl May
Brief life of a myth-making writer: 1842-1912
History from Below
Vincent Brown writes war, empire, and slaves’ agency into the history of Atlantic slavery.
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Air Pollution’s Systemic Effects
Researchers studying 95 million Medicare records find new fine-particle impacts in the blood, gut, skin, kidneys, and other organs.
Passive Corporate Governance
Index funds cast a large proportion of proxy votes in U.S. companies, but take a hands-off approach with management.
Legitimate Leadership?
The right to rule depends not only on the way power is gained, but how it is wielded.
Frontiers
A common plasticizer causes infertility, and fructose affects fat metabolism.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Puck Stop
The many saves of a six-foot goalie
Reworking the Workplace
A Harvard Law School initiative calls for a revitalized labor law “to shift power from corporations to workers.”
Alan Jenkins
A brief look at a Harvard Law School professor's long journey
Harvard Credit for High-Schoolers
Literature professor Elisa New spearheads an online poetry course for talented students in underserved high schools.
Upending U.S. Politics
Undergraduates contribute to a new book on grass-roots organizing at the center of American politics.
News Briefs
A professor arrested, gift-giving guidelines, and an update on the graduate-student union
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Brevia
The Law School launches a “Shield Working Group,” Allston update, keeping tabs on “fake news,” and more
Women at Work
The Undergraduate writes about the Harvard Women’s Center.
“The Perfect Sheet”
Harvard’s Zamboni operators’ quest for the perfect sheet of ice
Montage Books, creative arts, performance and more
Deep Roots
Playwright Antoinette Nwandu confronts race, religion, and her personal history.
Personal History
An addiction to reading
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Hot Pursuit
Avocational bassist Matthew Berlin
Chapter & Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Court-Ordered Inequity
A thumb on the scales
“Wild Dreams”
Malaysian-born Yangsze Choo writes novels infused with the tropical mysteries of her childhood.
Harvard Squared What to do in Boston, Cambridge and beyond
A Mind of One’s Own
Delving into the world of Emily Dickinson
Danish Realism, and the Reality of the Flesh
Images that help unveil the truth of what we can see
Atwood’s Tavern
Boosting bluegrass in Cambridge
The New England Folk Festival
Contra dancing, Balkan music, sea chanteys—and more!
A Night at Gustazo
Modern delights of Cuban cuisine, in Cambridge
Home Sweeter Home
Increasing your property’s value
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Rallying Cries
Steven Choi, J.D. ’04, works—and fights—at the vitriolic epicenter of immigration politics.
Harvard University's 369th Commencement Excercises
Guidelines for this year’s May gala
Honoring Alumni Leaders
The HAA recognizes those who bolster Harvard clubs and SIGs.
Overseer and HAA Director Elections
The official 2020 slates
Seeking a Flag-Bearer!
Are you eligible to carry the (replica) Little Red Flag?
Documentarian Sought
A possible film about cardiologist Paul Dudley White
