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Features | July-August 2025

Celebrating Integrity

Harvard passes a test of its values, yet challenges loom.

by Jonathan Shaw

George Bucknam Dorr on the Beachcroft Path on Huguenot Head

Features | September-October 2016

George Bucknam Dorr

Brief life of a persistent conservationist: 1853-1944

by Steven Pavlos Holmes

Features | September-October 2016

The Plastic Earth

Connecting climate change to the planet’s shifting crust

by Jonathan Shaw

Nancy Rosenblum in her Greenwich Village apartment building

Features | September-October 2016

The Democracy of Everyday Life

Nancy Rosenblum studies neighbors and the power of proximity.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Features | September-October 2016

A Literary Chameleon

Colson Whitehead ’91 plays for higher stakes in his new novel.

by Jesse McCarthy

Features | July-August 2016

The Plant Prospectors

Collecting expeditions race the anthropocene extinction to sample wild botanical diversity.

by Jonathan Shaw

Features | July-August 2016

Nathaniel Bowditch

Brief life of a mathematician and businessman: 1773-1839

by Tamara Plakins ...

Features | July-August 2016

The Outsiders’ Insider

Turning the Black List into a business, to modernize Hollywood’s dream machine

by Sophia Nguyen

Features | July-August 2016

Does Money Matter?

How super PACs actually shape U.S. presidential politics

by Idrees Kahloon

Features | May-June 2016

Editing an End to Malaria?

A technique for pushing genetic alterations through entire species of plants and animals may herald a future in which humans manage ecosystems through molecular biology.

by Jonathan Shaw

While on active duty in the Mediterranean Theater in 1944, Dr. Lyons (at left) received the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.

Features | May-June 2016

Champ Lyons

Brief life of an innovative surgeon: 1907-1965

by Martin L. Dalton , Laurence A. Lyons