Students & Alumni
FAS Dean Outlines Preparations for Loss of Federal Funding
“To preserve our mission, we must act now,” Hoekstra says at faculty meeting
by Jonathan Shaw
The HAA’s “Diverse Alumni Family”
Harvard’s new alumni leader touts its global reach.
by Nell Porter-Brown
A Better Way to Amputate
Improved surgical techniques enhance prosthetic function.
by Erin O'Donnell
Social Club Ban?
A Harvard committee proposes eliminating unsanctioned student social organizations.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Portraitist
Elsa Dorfman, BI ’73, looks back on her photography.
by Sophia Nguyen
Carl Thorne-Thomsen
Brief life of a man of principle: 1946-1967
by Bonnie Docherty
“Practicing My Purpose”
The Grammy Award-winning songwriter Dan Wilson reclaims his catalog.
by Max Suechting
Bards of America
Historical plays for a nation “stuck in the middle”
by Lydialyle Gibson
“Patchwork Futures”
Sci-fi meets the political thriller.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
With Friends Like These
The real tragedy underlying Friends from College stems from the indignities of the post-recession economy.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Tracy K. Smith ’94 Named U.S. Poet Laureate
The announcement comes at a busy time for the writer, who is at work on two operas and will soon publish her fifth verse collection, Wade in the Water.
by Sophia Nguyen