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Tennessee Williams meets Mother Teresa, and Gore Vidal on Harvard
Tennessee Williams, Mother Teresa…and Gore Vidal
Michael McElroy and Xi Lu on Natural Gas and Fracking
Natural gas, the economy, and America’s energy prospects
by Xi Lu
Artist Samantha Holmes makes contemporary mosaics.
A contemporary take on an ancient medium
Social justice activists and entrepreneurs follow their own paths
Young activists live their beliefs—"every day"
Recognizing three outstanding "Harvard Magazine" contributors
Recognizing three outstanding Harvard Magazine contributors
A Harvard i-Lab class aims to solve urban and civic challenges in Upham's Corner
I-Lab students work in interdisciplinary teams to address urban and civic challenges in the Dudley and Upham’s Corner neighborhoods.
Irna Phillips, soap opera’s single mother, by Lynn Liccardo
Brief life of soap opera’s single mother: 1901-1973
Bernard Bailyn's "The Barbarous Years" reviewed by Daniel K. Richter
The “mixed multitudes” of early Colonial America—and the Native Americans
Profile of Little Rock Central High School teacher George West
George West ’72 and his students foster oral history at Little Rock Central High.
by Isabel Ruane
Wildlife photographer Tim Laman documents 39 species of the Birds-of-Paradise
The dazzling beauty and strangely human behavior of one of the world’s most diverse bird families.
Headlines from Harvard history, January-February 1918-1973
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
A Schlesinger Library exhibit celebrates Julia Child’s centennial
Julia is feted in her centenary year.