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Drawings from Half Moon Ledger Book. Ms Am 233, Houghton Library, Harvard University.  Gift of Harriet J. Bradbury, 1930.

Warrior Artists

Lakota drawings inspire a dramatic exhibition.

by Christopher Reed

Parenting, Redux

Junior Parents’ Weekend brings The Undergraduate a new perspective on the future.

by Christian Flow

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Last June, members of the College class of 1936 waved brooms to honor J.K. Rowling.

"You Haven't Changed a Bit"

Why people worry about reunions

by Ellen Gordon Reeves

The SIGnboard

Celebrate with Shared Interest Groups during Commencement

Part of the Perseus molecular cloud, as seen through the Smithsonian’s MMT telescope in Arizona. Self-gravitating structures—dense areas where stars are forming—appear as dark spots. The L1448 region is located in the upper-right quadrant of the image.

Perseus in 3-D

New three-dimensional PDF technology allows Harvard astronomers—and you—to explore worlds hundreds of light-years away.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Cast Your Vote

Overseer and Harvard Alumni Association director slates

Sally Zeckhauser

University People

Appointments and departures

Caroline Farrar Ware

A brief profile of the activist and scholar

by Anne Firor Scott

Photograph by Jim Harrison

The Week's Events

What, where, and when during a busy week

A still from Olch’s film shows Richard Rogers at his editing console, watching footage of his mother

The Windmill Movie

Filmmaker Alexander Olch has made an biographical documentary based on footage left behind by his mentor, Richard Rogers.

by Craig Lambert

Yucky Pollution, Shiny Pretty, 2001, Hilltop Children’s Center, Seattle. From <em>Can Poetry Save the Earth?</em>

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections