Features
The Year a Beat Poet Squatted at Harvard
In 1954, Gregory Corso moved into Eliot House. How he stayed there is a literary legend.
Michael McElroy and Xi Lu on Natural Gas and Fracking
Natural gas, the economy, and America’s energy prospects
by Xi Lu
Contemporary art at Harvard Business School, thanks to Gerald W. Schwartz
An unusual art collection in an unexpected place
Profile of HSPH professor Theresa Betancourt's research on neglected children
Theresa Betancourt studies the world’s most neglected and traumatized youths.
The rise in the use of C-sections in recent decades
The rise in the use of C-sections
Helen Vendler on admitting and nurturing creative undergraduates
Helen Vendler on how to welcome and nurture the poets and painters of the future
Alex Dumas, inspiration for "The Count of Monte Cristo," by Tom Reiss
Brief life of the soldier who inspired The Count of Monte Cristo: 1762-1806
by Tom Reiss
Can the U.S. compete? A discussion with Harvard Business School faculty members
A discussion with Harvard Business School faculty members
Architect William Rawn, who designs buildings for the public realm, is profiled
William Rawn’s designs begin not with the eye, but the ear.
Harry Lewis on the Genesis of CS 20, an innovative computer science course
Anatomy of a new course—and a new approach to teaching it
![Ronald Reagan wrote in his presidential diary for September 12, 1988: “Then a briefing for a pleasant interview which took place at 11:30 with Warren Brooks [sic] my favorite Ec. columnist.”](/sites/default/files/styles/homepage_main_featured_720x405/public/img/article/0812/vitaso12.jpg.webp?itok=9PbFhiEy "Courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Library")
Warren Brookes, "pneumatic" journalist, by Charles G. Kels
Brief life of a “pneumatic” journalist: 1929-1991