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Up Three Times
It’s one of the least understood, and most difficult, events in a track and field meet. Yet the essence of the triple jump is simple: jump...
The admission of women to Harvard Divinity School marked a milestone
Adapted by the author from the Convocation Address she delivered to the Divinity School community on September 19, 2005, at the opening of the...
Scholars’ Haven
Noel Twagiramungu won’t speak about the assassination attempt—the event that drove him from Rwanda remains under investigation. Two...
Governing Harvard
Harvard, founded in 1636, has by law been formally governed by a Board of Overseers since 1642, and by the Corporation since 1650. The last...
The Way Forward
What can Harvard learn from the administration of Lawrence H. Summers—cut short of its expected duration, and short of achieving many of...
Zen Brains
One day, mental exercise may join physical exercise on Americans’ to-do lists and among their doctors’ recommendations. So says a...
Oh, Happy Day
On Commencement day they usher elderly alumni into the Tree Spread, point out empty seats to parents with their wooden batons, and beam...
Love in the Last Act
Some days it went like this: Lil: We're looking at a three-year-old. Things that people are doing for us. How do you feel about it? Elinor: I...
Precedent-Setting Presidential Search
The search for a successor to President Lawrence H. Summers will involve expanded outreach to the Harvard community. In a March 30 news release...
"A Unique Experience"
Even as a first-year graduate student, I knew that Aldous Huxley’s novels would be my dissertation subject. Harvard didn’t share my...
Fueling Our Future
Our demand for energy, on which we depend for health and prosperity, rises all the time: oil and natural gas to heat our homes; electricity for...
Gender Gains
In the wake of last year’s upheaval over appointing women to professorships in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and the challenges...