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Scenes from Havana, taken in March 2007

Cuba

Raúl Castro is changing Cuba. Will the United States respond?

Photograph by Jim Harrison

Love Nest

The most romantic tent in town

by Christopher Reed

<a href="http://www.powells.com/partner/30264/biblio/9781605297859"><em>The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite</em></a> (Rodale, $25.95)

Feeding an Addiction

Enlisting the food industry in the fight against obesity

Tyler Albright

Play at the Plate

Baseball catcher Tyler Albright ’11 explains how to play his position.

by Craig Lambert

University People

Honors, arrivals, and departures

Drew Faust

"Producers of Doubt"

President Faust’s address to the alumni

All in a day’s treatment: Khaled, seen in these photographs with hemapheresis practitioner Beverly Gedutis, R.N., and author David Nathan, spent May 8 at Children’s Hospital Boston, where for decades he has been transfused with red blood cells every three weeks. The bottles he carries below contain the iron chelator deferisirox.

Lessons from an Unexpected Life

One patient’s struggle with chronic illness highlights the complexities of modern medicine and the healthcare challenge.

Photographs preserved and restored by Bruce Jackson

Shuttered Behind Bars

In a new book, photographer Bruce Jackson presents old ID photo portraits from an Arkansas prison.

by Craig Lambert

Photograph by Jim Harrison

2009 GSAS Medalists

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medal honors alumni whose contributions to society emerged from their graduate study at Harvard.

Traditional light-microscopy, such as this image of human brain-tumor cells in culture, still has a place in cancer research.

Virtual Tumors

Modeling tumors may help scientists beat cancer.

by Mike Martin

Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard News Office

Brevia

Short takes on recent news

"Resizing," before "Reshaping"

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences tackles a massive budget crisis.