Search
Insurgent Election
The most serene of American elections— the University’s annual balloting for members of the Board of Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) directors —resulted in a robust demonstration of alumni voters’ animal spirits: the outcomes of the …
Environmental Action
The University will cut its greenhouse-gas emissions by 30 percent during the next eight years, President Drew Faust vowed in a July 8 announcement. Harvard had already committed to ambitious environmental goals for the new Allston campus (see “ Growing …
Issue: September-October 2008
Cambridge 02138
Ukraine Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy perpetuates the claim that the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Feb. 2022 was “unprovoked” (“ The Return of History ,” September-October, page 33). But NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg himself refuted that in …
Issue: November-December 2023
"Lots of Reasonable 99c Lunches"
Found in this magazine’s basement: a sheaf of pages listing Cambridge and Boston restaurants from a guide for students that evidently dates from the early 1960s. Here are the greasy-spoons: Waldorf, Hayes-Bickford’s, Hazen’s, and Albiani’s. Old …
Issue: May-June 2006
Steeped
Americans sipping foamy sweet chai lattes from Starbucks or Dunkin’ probably don’t think of the tea tree originally discovered in Southeast Asia. They don’t picture the earliest spring leaves of the Camellia sinensis var . sinensis , hand-picked in the …
Issue: March-April 2022
Cambridge 02138
Mental Health Thank you for “ No Going Back to Normal ” and the compelling picture it provided of the very real crisis in youth mental health and the considerable detail it offered on the many thoughtful responses to the challenges it presents …
Issue: September-October 2022
“A Choice Not to Deal with Original Sin”
Speaking at Harvard Law School’s 2022 Class Day ceremonies on Wednesday, May 25, former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch ’81, J.D. ’84, said that justice—the fight for freedom—is something each generation must defend. She reminded the audience that …
Being Alive Together
On Friday, November 26, the lyricist and composer Stephen Sondheim died, on the same day the Omicron variation of the COVID virus made headlines. That evening in New York, I had tickets to the new adaptation of Sondheim’s musical, Company . Although I …
Harvard Goes Remote for January Term as Pandemic Intensifies
Students, faculty, and staff were advised on Saturday, December 18, that Harvard will shift to remote operations during the January term (“wintersession”), because of rapidly rising COVID-19 cases. In a letter from the president, provost, executive vice …
Extracurriculars
The University and its environs offer a robust mix of activities this fall, ranging from watching boat races on the Charles River and feasting on bratwurst in the Square to viewing rare images by Ansel Adams and attending a reading by President Lawrence …
Issue: September-October 2005
Harvard Horizons Spotlights Nine Scholars
Tuesday evening , nine Harvard Ph.D. students shared their research in short, TED-talk-style presentations at the Harvard Horizons annual symposium. Through this highly-selective program, the cohort spent 10 weeks learning how “to share their original, …
A Dogged Observer
Daniel Mason ’98 got his idea for his 2023 novel North Woods while walking in a frozen forest, wondering what his dog was sniffing. During a yearlong retreat to Western Massachusetts, he’d wandered the woods, visually researching his book. At first, he …
Issue: March-April 2024
“Big, Fat, and Sick” Institutions—Can Digital Healthcare Help?
The U.S. healthcare system is “Big, fat, and sick.” So said professor of medicine Jag Singh , speaking at a recent conference in Boston—where his efforts to champion innovations in digital healthcare took center stage. Singh, a former clinical director of …
University People
Danielle S. Allen Photograph by Kris Snibbe/HPAC Dani Rodrik Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/HPAC Honor Roll Conant University Professor Danielle S. Allen has been awarded the Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity. The prize, announced …
Issue: September-October 2020
At Home with Harvard: Supporting Local Businesses
This is the sixth installment in Harvard Magazine ’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a guide to what to read, watch, listen to, and do while social distancing. Read the prior pieces, featuring stories about Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum, famous and …