Jonathan Shaw

Jonathan Shaw is Managing Editor.

The Arnold Arboretum’s 10-year plan for plant collecting

Collecting expeditions race the anthropocene extinction to sample wild botanical diversity.

Ephemeral events in the lives of plants

In weekly emails and posts to Facebook, director William (Ned) Friedman highlights fleeting botanical marvels at the Arnold Arboretum.

2016 Baccalaureate Addresses Class of Snapchat

Faust tells seniors in “the class of Snapchat” to keep re-telling their stories.

Summaries of early-spring news from Harvard

Action against sexual assault, the Law School drops its shield, “Faculty Deans” now lead the Houses, and more

Harvard scientist captures image of cancer's single-cell origin

Seeing when cancer begins helps Leonard Zon track down factors triggering the disease.

Gene drives promise unprecedented human control of the environment

A technique for pushing genetic alterations through entire species of plants and animals may herald a future in which humans manage ecosystems through molecular biology.

Stephen Owen translates the complete works of Chinese poet Du Fu into English

Conant University Professor Stephen Owen spent 10 years translating the poet’s 1,400 surviving poems.

Sexual Assault Report Calls For Harvard Campus Culture Change

The report urges annual prevention training for faculty and students, more funding, and changes in final clubs. 

Rhodes Scholarships Awarded to Six Harvard Seniors

Alacha, Huckins, Hyland, Lam, Pham, and Shahawy win two or three years of study at Oxford.

Harvard Law School Launches $305 Million Campaign for Third Century

In an increasingly global context, “advancing justice” is the theme for the school’s third century.