Features

Why Harvard Needs International Students

An ed school professor on why global challenges demand global experiences

by Fernando M. Reimers

Mame-loshn at Harvard

Harvard professor Ruth Wisse conveys the joys of Yiddish and finds in its literature a provocative case for a strong Israel.

Phenomenal Surfaces

A pioneering effort to illuminate the nature of things

Umm Kulthum Ibrahim

Brief life of "the star of the East": 1904?-1975

The Pathfinder Nation

In her Commencement address, the Secretary of State challenges Americans to be the "authors of history."

Frank Roosevelt at Harvard

A profile of the president as alumnus

by John T. Bethell

College rowing coach Harry Parker

A profile of Harry Parker, the most successful college rowing coach of the latter half of the twentieth century, and perhaps of all time

by Craig Lambert

Business Unusual

Three remarkable building projects at the Harvard Business School fulfill plans and promises made nearly seventy years ago.

by Elizabeth S. Padjen