Arts & Culture
David Deming Announced as Harvard College Dean
Economist, Kirkland House faculty dean to succeed Rakesh Khurana
by Max J. Krupnick
Swerves
Stephen Greenblatt traces the influence of Lucretius, through De Rerum Natura, on modern thought.
by Christian Flow
Reefs at Risk
The world's most fragile marine ecosystems are in decline.
by Jonathan Shaw
Mary Costelloe Berenson
Brief life of a Renaissance scholar: 1864-1945
by Diane E. Booton
Restaurants Rampant
Dining out is surging—yet there are reservations.
by Craig Lambert
A Baton with Sting
Conductor Sarah Hicks spans Prokofiev and the Police.
by David Menconi
Fakery and Shakespeare
A con man, his son, and a fiction on two levels
by Amelia Atlas
Christopher Cerf: Sound and Image
Excerpts from the educational television programs Between the Lions and Lomax, the Hound of Music
Channel Cerfing
With sound, image, and word, Chris Cerf teaches the basics.
by Craig Lambert
God, Hollywood, Illness
Amy Brenneman's play Mouth Wide Open opens her life up, candidly.
Video: An Operatic Honorary Degree
At Commencement, tenor and honorand Plácido Domingo surprises Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an opera fan, during the conferral of her degree.