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"Shoddy," maskupmanship, American exceptionalism
The Basics
President Bacow on the principles by which to steer the University
The Home Front
Balancing past obligations, the pandemic, and the future of Harvard’s core mission
May-June 2021
On the cover: Sandra Susan Smith. Photograph by Jim Harrison
Sandra Susan Smith, profiled by Marina Bolotnikova
Sandra Susan Smith studies work and incarceration in an unequal, atomized America.
al-Hariri, a master storyteller
Brief life of a master storyteller
Journalist Chris Wallace, profiled by Craig Lambert
Chris Wallace has “the toughest job of any television journalist.”
Humanities and democratic discourse belong together
Active citizens are humanists.
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Why Petitioning is Vital for Democracies
Petitioning campaigns are a vital complement to democratic voting.
The Third Way
Ellen Langer rejects binary thinking, embracing instead a “third way.”
Financial and mental health are linked
Around the globe, Vikram Patel finds, improvements in financial or mental health support both.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Renovation and consolidation at Harvard COOP
Renovation and consolidation at a Harvard Square institution
Harvard’s new education master’s program
Harvard Graduate School of Education introduces core courses and a restructured professional curriculum.
Musician and professor Braxton Shelley
A gospel scholar shapes music theory.
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Harvard’s COVID-19 spring and fall outlook
The spring semester, coronavirus KO’s in-person Commencement, and fall prospects
Harvard and sexual harassment: an apology for the past; new steps to end it now
A withering investigation of sexual harassment
Harvard reports on “net-zero” investment process
Harvard Management Company issues its first “Climate Report,” and an update on divestment advocacy, and other institutions’ progress
Allston expansion, admissions litigation, center for cities
Bigger Allston ambitions, an admissions-lawsuit appeal, and a new center for cities
Less construction ahead, quantum science and engineering, and more
Less construction in prospect, quantum science and engineering, and more
Community-engaged research lessons for students via Harvard’s Mindich Program
The Undergraduate learns about making knowledge mutual.
Harvard men’s tennis head coach Andrew Rueb
Andrew Rueb’s experience on the professional tennis circuit informs his coaching.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Singer, songwriter, harmonica player Scott Albert Johnson
Scott Albert Johnson finds his path.
The tangled racial history of Texas
Annette Gordon-Reed on the real history of Texas, and Juneteenth
Arabic translator Marilyn Booth
Marilyn Booth translates Arabic literature for Anglophone readers.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Secretaries’ role in history of information
From a huge new book on the history of information, an excerpt on the role of secretaries
Novelist Maggie Shipstead and “Great Circle”
Maggie Shipstead’s time-spanning, globe-circling new novel
Andrew Knoll, “A Brief History of Earth,” reviewed by Jonathan Shaw
Andrew Knoll on the planet’s past—and fraught future
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Harvard SquaredWhat to do in Boston, Cambridge, and beyond
Highfield Hall & Gardens, on Cape Cod
The renewed community life of a grand Cape Cod estate
Alexander Gassel retrospective at the Museum of Russian Icons
A blend of Russian Orthodox iconography and mythical motifs
Baseball-jersey fashion
The Worcester Art Museum spotlights baseball garb.
Piattini Wine Café
Boston's Piattini Wine Café
Where to Gift Your Grad
They've got the mortarboard—now support these worthy brick-and-mortars.
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Keeping Them Close
A pediatrician cares for a city’s children.
Vote Now
The Overseer and Harvard Alumni Association director slates
Wilbur Cross, Martin Feldstein, and Charles William Eliot
Wisdom from the Great Depression—plus an accomplished economist, and rowdiness on the Charles
