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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...
Slowing Sperm
Many women fantasize about it: a male birth-control pill. After all, most existing contraceptives place sole responsibility for preventing...
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
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...
Profile of Virginia Heffernan, TV and media writer for “The New York Times”
Not long ago, Virginia Heffernan, Ph.D. ’02, who writes about television and on-line media for the New York Times, got an e-mail from her...
Powers of the Pitch
Deep into the second half of the NCAA soccer playoff game against SUNY Binghamton last fall, with the score tied 1-1, Harvard forward...