Montage

Black and white photo of a large mushroom cloud rising above the horizon.

Open Book: A New Nuclear Age

Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy’s latest book looks at the rising danger of a new arms race.

Quotation Q and A

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

With a front page from <i>The Onion</i> projected in the background, Thurston emcees the 2009 SXSW Interactive Web Awards.

Political satirist Baratunde Thurston of The Onion

Baratunde Thurston ’99 of The Onion combines comedy, politics, and technology.

by Craig Lambert

The Levy family in 1928; Jacob holds the cane. Only he and Rivka Levy (far left, flounced dress) survived the Nazis.

An excerpt from "Jacob’s Cane"

Socialism as family inconvenience

Quotation Q and A

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Richard Peña at Lincoln Center, with a New York Film Festival banner at right, behind him

New York Film Festival program director Richard Peña

Richard Peña ’75 is program director of the New York Film Festival.

by Craig Lambert

From <i>On the Loose in Boston: A Find-the-Animals Book,</i> by Sage Stossel

Books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Review of "Half the Sky," on the oppression of women

A review of Half the Sky, by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

by Rohini Pande

Malcolm Campbell at the keyboard in Harvard's Paine Hall

Improvisational Prodigy

Pianist Malcolm Campbell ’10 is a jazz prodigy.

by Craig Lambert

<a href="http://www.powells.com/partner/30264/biblio/9781605297859"><em>The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite</em></a> (Rodale, $25.95)

Feeding an Addiction

Enlisting the food industry in the fight against obesity

Scheft (left) shares a laugh with his boss.

Letters & Letterman

Bill Scheft ‘79 writes comedy for David Letterman, as well as novels.

by Craig Lambert