Students & Alumni
Veteran MIT Administrator Named University Secretary
Suzanne Glassburn will manage the work of the Corporation and Board of Overseers.
by Jonathan Shaw
Basketball Largess
NBA player (and alumnus) Jeremy Lin gives $1 million for financial aid and Lavietes renovation.
by John S. Rosenberg
John Adams at Harvard
What he learned and what he made of it
by Richard Alan Ryerson
Global Health at Home
Harvesting innovations from around the world to improve American medical care
by Howard Hiatt , Charles Kenney , Mark Rosenberg
Alan Seeger
Brief live of a premonitory poet: 1888-1916
by Dick Friedman
Death Throes
Sibling scholars Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker seek to change how America thinks about capital punishment.
by Lincoln Caplan
World Music 2.0
In Uproot, Jace Clayton ’97 explores technological trends in music around the globe.
by Lara Pellegrinelli
Electing Overseers
Plans to overhaul the Board of Overseers’ election procedures
by John S. Rosenberg
Hiram S. Hunn Awards
Seven alumni are honored for volunteer College admissions work.
Honors for Harvardians
Last week, three Harvard affiliates were awarded the National Humanities Medal and eight were long-listed for the National Book Awards.
by Sophia Nguyen
Harvard Reforms Overseer Elections
Moves to online voting—but raises threshold to petition for a place on the ballot.
by John S. Rosenberg