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Öberg to Lead Harvard Faculty Recruitment and Retention
The astrochemist will become senior vice provost for faculty affairs this summer.
Excerpt from “Transaction Man” by Nicholas Lemann
“The rise of the deal and the decline of the American dream”
Lighting and set designer Elizabeth Mak communicates stories
Lighting and set designer Elizabeth Mak communicates stories.
New addiction risks in the war on smoking
Two public-health veterans warn of new smoking risks, especially for the young.
Animator Renee Zhan profiled by S.I. Rosenbaum
Animator Renee Zhan finds self-discovery in strange landscapes.
John Rawls and the remaking of political philosophy
The lasting influence and limitations of John Rawls’s political philosophy
Ann Forsyth reviews “Saving America’s Cities” by Lizabeth Cohen
In the history of urban renewal, a glimmer of the possibilities of social policy today
by Ann Forsyth
Isaac Kohane studies exceptional responders
Do patients who defeat cancer hold biological secrets?
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas profile
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas’s “laser beam” insights into the lives of animals and humans
An electrical engineer and applied mathematician, in brief
For a star electrical engineering professor, it's all about systems.
by Jacob Sweet
HAA president Alice Hill
Harvard Alumni Association president Alice Hill ’81, Ph.D. ’91