Faith through Film

The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies

by Max J. Krupnick

Forward, March

Post-9/11 veterans find new ways to serve at home.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Iconoclastic Music Educator

Rejecting the “tyranny of competence,” John Payne helps musicians bloom.

by Craig Lambert

Yearning to Escape

James Laughlin’s transit to Harvard and Europe—and pioneering literary publishing

Vita: John Muir

Brief life of a Scottish-American conservationist: 1838-1914

by Steven Pavlos Holmes

An Expert on Sharing

Tara Altebrando ’92 is the coauthor of a timely book.

by Nu Xiong

“Global Charge”

A Harvard alumna starts her own project aimed at global gender justice.

by Nell Porter-Brown

HAA’s New Helmsman

Harvard Alumni Association director Philip W. Lovejoy

Rhode Island Blues

Fiction that paints a regional subculture with “merciless realism.”

by Craig Lambert

Disruptive Genius

Innovation guru Clayton Christensen on spreading his gospel, the Gospel, and how to win with the electric car

by Craig Lambert

Raw Wood Sings

Bob Childs makes world-class violins.

by Laura Levis