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The Forgotten Modernist

If there’s one name associated with the reputation of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) as the cradle of American modern...

Honorable Forester

Peter Shaw Ashton stepped into his first Asian tropical forest 50 years ago last March. For what he has accomplished in those steamy reaches, he...

by Christopher Reed

The Vernacular

"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Betty Vorenberg recalls stumbling over a “Harvard...

Chords from Radius

“Playing chamber music for a white, affluent audience that is experienced in this kind of music doesn’t light my fire nearly as much...

"We Need a Win"

Editor’s note: More people than ever before seem to be seeking the U.S. presidency. Rather than profile alumni who are running for...

by Garrett M. Graff

Slowing Sperm

Many women fantasize about it: a male birth-control pill. After all, most existing contraceptives place sole responsibility for preventing...

by Erin O’Donnell

Arsenic and Old Lead

The Arnold Arboretum anticipated closing a deal last December to sell the Case Estates, its 62.5-acre property (complete with barn and two other...

Howard Gardner

Photograph by Stu Rosner Howard Gardner As a psychologist, Howard Gardner is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, first...

Gordon McKay

Brief life of an inventor with a lasting Harvard legacy: 1821-1903

by Harry R. Lewis

Present Memories

During the class of 1972’s thirty-fifth reunion in June, about 80 people showed up for a talk and animated discussion spurred by this...

Extracurriculars

Harvard Square offers something for everyone this fall: saunter down to the Charles River and join an ad hoc community choir as they light up...

Hiram Hunn Awards

Six alumni are to receive this year’s Hiram S. Hunn Memorial Schools and Scholarships Awards, presented by the Harvard College Office of...