On the cover: Photograph by Supersizer/iStock images
Readers’ views on immigration, the pandemic, the Electoral College
Readers’ views on immigration, the pandemic, the Electoral College, and more
The View from Mass Hall
President Bacow on Harvard’s challenge to federal efforts banning international students
Harvard in Allston: new possibilities?
Time to rethink the campus-development agenda?
September-October 2020
On the cover: Photograph by Supersizer/iStock images
Excerpt from “Exercised,” by Daniel E. Lieberman
A biological anthropologist explains why and how exercise works to combat senescence.
Constitutional scholar Noah Feldman profiled by Lincoln Caplan
Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman’s constitutionalism is a branch of the humanities.
Claudia Jones
Brief life of an intersectional activist: 1915-1964
Computer science at Harvard in the 1960s and 1970s
The “yeasty” times” when computer research grew at Harvard
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Harvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic, led by Emily Broad Leib
A holistic approach to food safety and food law
Using puzzles to teach physics
In his freshman seminar, Cumrun Vafa uses puzzles to help students understand complex physics.
Dairy culture on the Eurasian Steppe
Ancient dental plaque points to the historical significance of dairy culture on the Eurasian Steppe.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Preview of Harvard fall term 2020
Campus constraints amid the coronavirus pandemic
Harvard Portrait: Venkatesh Murthy
A brief look at what animals’ sense of smell reveals about the brain
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Headlines from Harvard’s history
University People
Honored professors, new House heads, and more
New Harvard gift policy and more
A gift policy, and peer institutions’ new climate schools
New diversity and inclusion officer and other Harvard news
New diversity and inclusion officer, new University Professor, and more
David L. Evans, longtime Harvard admissions officer, retires
David L. Evans made a difference for 50 years.
Lessons from the natural world
The Undergraduate reassesses the rhythms of the natural world.
Harvard Magazine’s 2020-2021 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows
The 2020-2021 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows
Andrew Berry, Browns’ G.M., profiled by Dick Friedman
Football-tested and data-centric, Andrew Berry takes the helm in Cleveland.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Profile of voiceover actor Adriana Colón
Adriana Colón forges aural connections.
Excerpt from “Higher Education,” by Derek Bok
Derek Bok on curriculum reform
Profile of novelist and TV doctor Ian K. Smith
Ian K. Smith’s turn toward detective fiction
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words
Profile of Megha Majumdar and her smash debut novel, “A Burning”
Megha Majumdar’s novel of India resonates in the United States.
Michael Sandel’s “The Tyranny of Merit” reviewed by Spencer Lenfield
Michael Sandel makes the case against meritocracy.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Harvard SquaredWhat to do in Boston, Cambridge, and beyond
Essex, Massachusetts, coastline history
Exploring the coastal wonders of Essex, Massachusetts
Cape Cod Rail Trail
Swim, walk, and picnic along cycling routes
Boston Book Festival
A literary festival for children and adults
Medford’s Royall House and Slave Quarters
Preserving black history as “an act of liberation”
Care centers for mind and body in and around Harvard Square
Suggestions for boosting emotional, mental, and physical wellness this fall
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
The Watchdog
Bharat Ramamurti ’03 oversees CARES Act spending—and pursues corporate reform.
“One Community, One Harvard”
HAA president John West promotes interconnections within the University.
Prognostications on disease defense, China, deficits, and sweat
Prognostications on disease defense, China, deficits, and sweat
