Commentary
Plans for a Faculty Senate Move Forward
And annual awards for excellence in teaching, advising, mentoring, and scholarship
by Jonathan Shaw
Cambridge 02138
Readers comment on charter schools, final clubs, the doubly disadvantaged, veterans’ memories
“Beyond Words”: Beauty and History Converge at Houghton
A new exhibit highlights how medieval monasticism’s “cult of the book” transmitted beauty and knowledge to the modern world.
by Lily Scherlis
Happy New (Academic) Year
Harvard bestirs itself for the fall term.
by John S. Rosenberg
The Human Side of Cancer Treatment
Although I respected my oncologists for the important role they played in my cancer treatment, I found the wide and varied “turf” that exceptional nurses cover astounding.
by Lisa Cox
Note to Readers
Welcoming an accomplished new editorial colleague
Kit Reed
A distinctive Harvard Magazine voice remembered
Yesterday’s News
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Cambridge 02138
Readers comment on Harvard and slavery, scientists and sex, final clubs, Seamus Heaney, and more
Sesquicentennial Soirée
The Harvard Advocate turns 150.
by Madeleine Schwartz
Thought, Feeling, and Purpose
President Faust on Harvard Divinity School's bicentennial
by Drew Gilpin Faust