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Brief life of ornithologist and writer William Brewster, by Alan Emmet
William Brewster was too frail, his eyesight too poor, said his parents and doctors, for him to attend Harvard. Instead, early each morning, he...
Growing Green
In an unprecedented move that raised the bar for environmental standards, University leaders in September agreed to cut the greenhouse gases...
The Socially Acceptable Bohemian
Tickets are a stiff $40 apiece, but the Sit ’n’ Bull Pub in Maynard, Massachusetts, is full. Folksinger Tom Rush ’63 stands...
Directing Development
Tamara Elliott Rogers ’74 has been appointed the University’s vice president for alumni affairs and development, President Drew...
Counting the War Dead
How lethal are modern methods of warfare? Political scientists affiliated with the International Peace Research Institute (PRIO)—the...
Off the Shelf
I’ll Drink to That: Beaujolais and the French Peasant Who Made It the World’s Most Popular Wine, by Rudolph Chelminski ’56...
Methanol, Cheeseburgers, Metals
Interdisciplinary science supported by the Microbial Sciences Initiative
Chapter & Verse
Editor’s note: “If anything can go wrong, it will,” officially identified as “Murphy’s Law” in our copy of...
Two Women, Two Histories
As the second world war drew to a close, two women thought about applying to Harvard Law School. The first was an African-American native of...
Joyful Noises
"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Anniversaries of moment: Tops on the list is the birthday of...
Concentration Complications
Of all the difficult decisions one confronts as an undergraduate, the selection of concentration is perhaps the hardest. Fortunately, it is also...
by Samuel Bjork
Faculty Well-Being: A Status Report
For the first time, Harvard has asked its faculty members how happy they are. A survey conducted last November by the two-year-old Office of...