Features

The True Cost of Grade Inflation at Harvard

How an abundance of A’s created “the most stressed-out world of all.”

by Lindsay Mitchell

The Short List

On picking a president

Russia’s “Loose Nukes”

The continuing threat to American security

Lasting Impressions

An ancient craft's surprising legacy in Harvard's museums--and laboratories

Songs for Scientists, Parts I and II

in memoriam J.L.M.

The Future of the Research University

A Harvard Magazine Roundtable

Fanny Kemble

Brief life of a literary actress: 1809-1893

The Living Harvard Force

A Harvardian who's who, who's where, who's what: The Alumni Directory at 90 documents a population explosion.

by John T. Bethell

Your Friend, Fidel

Jorge I. Domínguez, Dillon professor of international affairs and director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard...

With a Little Help from Harvard's Friends

On Saturday morning, May 13, the dull gray of the sky over Cambridge brightened the white dogwood beside the Faculty Club, colored more deeply...