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A businessman reclines on the deck of a ship with no one at the helm

Index funds defer to corporate management

Index funds cast a large proportion of proxy votes in U.S. companies, but take a hands-off approach with management.

by Erin O’Donnell

Photograph of Jack Gross

Excerpt from Adam Cohen, “Supreme Inequality”

A thumb on the scales

German author Karl May dressed as his Old West hero, Old Shatterhand

Karl May, best-selling German novelist

Brief life of a myth-making writer: 1842-1912

by Eugene Stelzig

Cartoon shows an audience viewing a 3D rendering of the Holland Tunnel, with a ship floating above it and a car emerging from one end

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Flanking a ballot box are a monarch on the left and a senator holding a book of law on the right.

Leadership without good judgment undermines government legitimacy

The right to rule depends not only on the way power is gained, but how it is wielded.

by John A. Griffin

Harvard Overseer and HAA director elections

The official 2020 slates

A view of the Frank House study in 1940, with many books and examples of modern art from the 1930s

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Matt Gilmore, sitting behind the wheel of a Zamboni

A quest for perfect ice

Harvard’s Zamboni operators’ quest for the perfect sheet of ice

by Jacob Sweet

Photograph of Elisa New

An Online Extension School Course for High-school Students

Literature professor Elisa New spearheads an online poetry course for talented students in underserved high schools.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Lawrence S. Bacow

The View from Mass Hall

by Lawrence S. Bacow

Photograph of Yangsze Choo

Profile of novelist Yangsze Choo

Malaysian-born Yangsze Choo writes novels infused with the tropical mysteries of her childhood.

by Stuart Miller

Side-by-side portraits of Joshuah Campbell and Gabe Fox-Peck

“Write Your Own Songs”

An Oscar-nominated collaboration

by Olivia Munk