John Harvard's Journal
Padimut at Harvard
A rare Egyptian mummy case is on display at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East.
Brevia
Finding a FellowThe search for a new member of the Harvard Corporation—to fill the vacancy created by Conrad K. Harper’s resignation...
Premier Physicist
Mallinckrodt professor of physics Roy J. Glauber ’45, Ph.D. ’49, has a new title: Nobel laureate. The Royal Swedish Academy of...
Reality 101
I wore the wrong shoes to my first day of work this summer. I don’t know what inspired me to choose the pointy black pair with elastic...
$tellar Swan Song
Ending his 15-year run as president of Harvard Management Company, Jack R. Meyer, M.B.A. ’69, and his investment colleagues turned in a...
Broadway in His Blood
Ask Michael Mitnick ’06 what kind of singing voice he has and he replies, “A bad one.” Inquire about his piano-playing skill...
Russia Case (and Dust) Settle
Though the two official news releases announced the same agreement, their content diverged sharply regarding the settlement of a long-running...
Loaded for Bear
For pure, sustained excitement in an Ivy League football contest, it would be hard to beat this season’s Harvard-Brown game or last...
Ronald Kessler
Ronald Kessler Photograph by Stu Rosner In on-line biomedical databases, Ronald Kessler ranks as the most widely cited author in...
All-Court Wonder
Last winter, in the waning minutes of the Harvard men’s home basketball game against Princeton, a tight contest with several lead changes...
Gender Initiatives Gain
The campus discussion about faculty diversity—particularly the academic development and careers of women—that was launched last spring...