Commentary
Two Momentous Faculty Retirements
Arthur Kleinman and Harry Lewis depart the classroom.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Greetings from Elmwood
President Bacow on encountering—and coming to terms with—COVID-19
by Lawrence S. Bacow
What Counts
Faculty governance and long-range intellectual planning for Harvard
Will Truth Prevail?
A student scientist contemplates power and the denial of scholarship.
by Drew Pendergrass
The Federal Fisc
The politics, policymaking, and public consequences of mounting government debt—and how to cope with it
by Karen Dynan , Douglas Elmendorf
The World’s Costliest Health Care
Administrative costs, greed, overutilization—can these drivers of U.S. medical costs be curbed?
by David Cutler
Boats and Coats
Houseboating in Boston Harbor, Apthorp North, and clothing counts
by Primus VI
The End of Spontaneity
Lauren Fadiman ’21 on being away from college, where one is never alone
by Lauren Fadiman
A Harvard Senior’s Call to the Home Front
“We are the generation that is coming of age in the COVID-19 crisis,” writes Lauren Spohn ’20. “What can we build? What can we sacrifice? What risks can we take?”
by Lauren Spohn
Harvard at Dusk
“I feel lucky that I took for granted my Harvard experience before its abrupt end.”
by Julie Chung
Losing a Chair
“What will it mean to end our time on this campus with no closure, no time to reflect on what it all meant?”
by Drew Pendergrass