On the cover: Commencement 2022, Thursday, May 26. Photograph by Jim Harrison
Letters
Cambridge 02138
Imposter syndrome, AI and authoritarianism, shopping week
Admissions Agenda
Thinking about how Harvard conducts admissions, as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh in
July-August 2022
On the cover: Commencement 2022, Thursday, May 26. Photograph by Jim Harrison
Features
“No Going Back to Normal”
Addressing the complexities of children’s mental health
Richard Evans Schultes
Brief life of a pioneering ethnobotanist and conservationist: 1915-2001
Investing vs. Harvesting
Why (and how) to help undergraduates make the most of their extracurriculars
Telling Humanity’s Story through DNA
Geneticist David Reich rewrites the ancient human past.
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Fracking’s Deadly Toll
Harvard researchers find that fracking shortens the lives of elderly Americans living downwind of unconventional oil and gas wells.
Why Aid Cuts Didn’t End Worker Shortages
Why cutting jobless aid during the pandemic didn’t send workers scrambling for work
Can Infrastructure Remedy Social Ills?
A Design School class suggests how “social infrastructure” can meet societal needs.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Conferring and Confirming
Harvard’s 371st Commencement, and a celebration for the classes of 2020-2021
Honoris Causa
Harvard’s 2022 honorary-degree recipients
Commencement Confetti
Tidbits from a memorable, celebratory Harvard week
The Speeches 2022
President Bacow on humility, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on democracy and social media, and Attorney General Merrick Garland on civic engagement and threats to U.S. democracy
Harvard’s Ties to Slavery
A long-awaited, unsparing picture
Tuning Pianos with Mariana Quinn
A former geologist follows her piano-tuner father’s footsteps.
Views from the Top
President Bacow and Senior Fellow Lee on Harvard today
Brevia
The EVP retires, new Overseers leaders, Stanford’s sustainability school, and more
The End of Shopping Week
After much debate, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences votes to replace shopping week with previous-term registration.
The Need for Communal Healing
Coming to terms with personal and pandemic grief
The Long Game
A standout golfer’s patient approach
Montage Books, creative arts, performance and more
An Astronomer's Desert Photography
Photographer Stephen Strom explores otherworldly landscapes
Beasts of the Big Screen
Jurassic World Dominion screenwriter Emily Carmichael on scripting Hollywood sci-fi epics
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Disagreeing Well
Harvard debater Bo Seo writes about productive differences of opinion.
Aiming for Excellence
New books by Harvard experts on college preparation, rankings, student experiences, and institutional strategies
Harvard Squared What to do in Boston, Cambridge and beyond
Seafaring America
Visiting Mystic, Connecticut
Interpreting the Universe
Mildred Thompson's abstract vision
The Blue Garden
Newport's restored landscape
Honoring a Life with Birds
A Concord Museum and Mass Audubon exhibit on William Brewster celebrates a new wildlife sanctuary
You’ve Got Game
When it comes to recreational sports, the Boston area is tough to beat.
Almuni Harvardians far and wide
Wendy Lesser's "Threepenny Review"
The revered literary magazine editor discusses the writing (and reading) life.
Harvard-Cambridge Scholarships
Four seniors win scholarships to Cambridge University.
Harvard Medalists
Avarita L. Hanson, William F. Lee, Dwight D. Miller, and Tom Reardon
Newly elected Overseers and HAA directors
Announcing the winners
