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Excerpt from "Fire and Light" by James MacGregor Burns
James MacGregor Burns, Ph.D. ’47, on intellect, governance, and the Enlightenment
Point guards Siyani Chambers and Brandyn Curry explain their craft
The art of playing point guard
Harvard bioengineering professor Jennifer Lewis prints 3-D on a micron scale
The bioengineering professor does 3-D printing on a micron scale.
New England's best Nordic ski sites
Harvardians share their favorite Northeast Nordic skiing sites.
Rituals at Harvard's Lowell House
Throughout the year there are ritual events.
Derek Bok of Harvard on U.S. higher education, reviewed by Richard Morrill
Derek Bok’s new book on higher education in America, reviewed by Richard Morrill
Sandra Goldmark's novel effort promotes repairing, not replacing, items
Sandra Goldmark ’97 puts the focus on repair, not replace.
A Harvard senior reflects on coping with dashed hopes and seizing opportunities
Coping with dashed hopes and seizing opportunities
Harvard capital campaign leaders speak out
A taste of the talk
A petting zoo at Harvard, a true Harvard/Yale man, and "Lies You Wanted to Hear"
Petting zoo on the Plaza, a Harvard/Yale man, and a late-blooming novelist
![J.C. Buttre’s portrait, probably drawn when Everett ran for vice president on the Constitutional Union Party ticket in 1860, links him to Harvard and George Washington, one of his favorite subjects. (His lectures raised more than $100,000 to help purchase Mount Vernon [see <a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2011/05/granny-talk">“Granny Talk”</a>], and he wrote the entry on Washington for the 1860 <i>Encyclopaedia Britannica.</i>)](/sites/default/files/styles/homepage_main_featured_720x405/public/img/article/1013/nd13_page_047_01_.jpg.webp?itok=9AIuWRvr "Engraving by J.C. Buttre/Library of Congress")
Brief life of statesman-orator Edward Everett, by Castle Freeman
Brief life of a statesman-orator: 1794-1865
Book reviewer George Scialabba practices a radical craft
“One of America’s best all-round intellects” scrutinizes books.