Features
The True Cost of Grade Inflation at Harvard
How an abundance of A’s created “the most stressed-out world of all.”
Brief life of Alan Seeger, poet and soldier in World War I
Brief live of a premonitory poet: 1888-1916
Death penalty critiqued by Carol and Jordan Steiker
Sibling scholars Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker seek to change how America thinks about capital punishment.
The case for charter schools and other choice options
Making the case for charter schools and other choice options to boost educational performance
George Bucknam Dorr
A brief life of a persistent conservationist and founder of Acadia National Park
Harvard’s Jerry Mitrovica explains how Earth dynamics connect to climate
Connecting climate change to the planet’s shifting crust
Profile of political philosopher Nancy Rosenblum
Nancy Rosenblum studies neighbors and the power of proximity.
Novelist Colson Whitehead, profiled by Jesse McCarthy
Colson Whitehead ’91 plays for higher stakes in his new novel.
The Arnold Arboretum’s 10-year plan for plant collecting
Collecting expeditions race the anthropocene extinction to sample wild botanical diversity.
Brief life of mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch
Brief life of a mathematician and businessman: 1773-1839
How Franklin Leonard became screenwriters' most effective “hype man”
Turning the Black List into a business, to modernize Hollywood’s dream machine