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Letters
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A standard-setter retires—plus U.S. presidential debates, Overseer elections, admissions biases
A New Way
President Bacow on exploring better work-life balance after the pandemic
Civic Leaders, and Myths about Undergraduate Teaching
Corporation members’ civic-mindedness, and undergraduate education at research universities
July-August 2021
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Features
Can Disinformation Be Stopped?
Scholars’ perspectives on a pervasive new threat
Thomas Starr King: Protector of the Union, and Yosemite
Brief life of a transcendentalist out West
Probing the Microbial World Within Us
Emily Balskus deciphers the human microbiome.
Restoring Justice
Exploring an alternative to crime and punishment
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Making America Competitive Again
Can election reforms end the crippling gridlock in American politics?
Could Regenerative Biology Work in Humans?
Mansi Srivastava’s basic research seeks to uncover the origins of whole-body regeneration in animals.
How Paper Crumples
The research provides insight into the way materials react to repeated strain.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Virtual Graduation 2.0
Harvard’s second, more expansive online graduation, with honorands and more
The 2021 Honorands
An honorable tradition resumes, virtually.
The Year That Was
Class spirit (the shirt), recyclable regalia, Zoom primal scream
Namwali Serpell
The professor of English is also a novelist and a critic.
The Future of Teaching
Pilot program points to the potential of hybrid instruction.
Breaking Even in a Bleak Year?
Elements may be in place for the University’s financial recovery.
News Briefs: Important University Updates
A large leap in the smallest science, decarbonization debates, admissions lawsuit
Yesterday’s News: Headlines from Harvard’s History
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Brevia: Harvard News in Brief
New police leader, top teachers, and an excellent economist
Pondering the Extracurricular “Founders” Puzzle
Why do so many Harvard students start clubs, instead of joining them?
Harvard Graduate Leads in NBA Analytics
Jason Rosenfeld ’12 traces his path to sports-statistics success.
Montage Books, creative arts, performance and more
Putting the Music in Musical Theater
Composer Zoe Sarnak’s warm-hearted songs
Open Book: The Case for Commitment
Pete Davis expands on his Commencement address.
A Surfing Author’s Children’s Book
In the swim with Bonnie Tsui
Off the Shelf: Recent Books with Harvard Connections
Tax follies, Thomas Sowell, Donald Hall, and more
Under Review: Tony Saich on Chinese Communism at 100
The first century of the Chinese Communist Party—and what impends
Harvard Squared What to do in Boston, Cambridge and beyond
New Bedford
Exploring the coastal fishing hub’s history, architecture, parks, and arts scene
Peabody Essex Museum’s “In American Waters”
From oceanic voyages to romping in the waves, a new exhibit explores relationships to water.
Boston’s Cycleboat Cruises
Enjoying inner harbor views and history
The Gardens at Elm Bank “Get People Growing”
Massachusetts Horticultural Society renews its mission.
Jaju’s Premiere Pierogies
Two sisters’ culinary venture honors their Polish American roots.
Here Comes the Sun
Where to explore, relax, and renew this season, from the Berkshires to the beach
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Radcliffe Women Share Their Stories
An ambitious oral-history project captures the lived experiences of alumnae.
Harvard Arts and Sciences Centennial Medalists
For graduate studies that contributed to society
Graduates Head to the Other Cambridge
Four win scholarships for study in England.
The New Overseers and HAA Elected Directors
Harvard Forward gains a fourth seat on the Board of Overseers.
2021 Harvard Medalists
Harvard alumni honored for extraordinary service to the University
