Jonathan Shaw
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.
John Harvard's Journal | May-June 2016
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.
John Harvard's Journal | January-February 2016
Capital campaign update: Harvard Law kicks off
Updates on The Harvard Campaign
John Harvard's Journal | January-February 2016
Engineering the future of Harvard’s SEAS
SEAS dean Frank Doyle shares insights.
Students |
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.