A Composed Response
Hope and despair, harmony and discord: Jonathan Bailey Holland, profiledJonathan Bailey Holland’s meditations through musicJennifer McFarland FlintJanuary-February 2018 jonathan-bailey-hollandOne...
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Open BookExcerpt from "Slow Medicine: The Way to Healing," by Victoria Sweet, M.D.January-February 2018 robotic-healthcare-victoria-sweetA former physician, now associate clinical professor of medicine...
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Prodigies’ Progress
Excerpt from “Off the Charts,” by Ann HulbertParents and superkids, then and nowAnn HulbertJanuary-February 2018 child-prodigies-as-adultsEditor’s note: In her new book, Ann Hulbert ’77 explores the...
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The Low End Theory
Critic and poet Fred Moten, profiled by Jesse McCarthyFred Moten’s subversive black-studies scholarshipJesse McCarthyJanuary-February 2018 fred-moten-black-and-blurIn 2013, a manifesto entitled The...
View ArticleSketch Artist
Sketch artist: profile of SNL veteran Colin JostColin Jost writes jokes for page, stage, and camera.Oset BabürJanuary-February 2018 colin-jost-snlA writer’s style isn’t always neatly captured in a...
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A Novel Take on Eternal Life
Dara Horn, author of "Eternal Life," profiledDara Horn breathes life into classical Jewish sources.Marina N. BolotnikovaJanuary-February 2018 dara-horn-eternal-lifeDara Horn’99, Ph.D. ’06, would never...
View ArticleFrom Here to Timbuktu
Father Columba Stewart of Hill Museum & Manuscript Library is profiledA globe-trotting monk with the Benedictine “survival gene” seeks out treasured manuscriptsNell Porter BrownJanuary-February...
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Stories for Change
Children's-book author Nancy Churnin is profiledSanya SagarJanuary-February 2018 stories-nancy-churninWhen Nancy Churnin ’78 was a child, she had a notebook that went everywhere with her; in it, she...
View ArticleA Wintry Jaunt to Newport, Rhode Island
Newport’s winter activitiesNell Porter BrownJanuary-February 2018 newport-rhode-island-winter-activitiesAs winds whip off the Atlantic Ocean and waves crash along Newport’s famous Cliff Walk outside,...
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Henry Chapman Mercer
VitaBrief life of Henry Chapman Mercer, innovative ceramicistBrief life of an innovative ceramicist: 1856-1930Nancy FreudenthalJanuary-February 2018 henry-chapman-mercerOn a june night in 1910, fire...
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Bryan Stevenson on the Shadow of White Supremacy
Bryan Stevenson on the Evolution of White SupremacyLydialyle Gibson Bryan Stevenson Tanner Lecture white supremacy slaveryThe audience could sense where the story was going almost as soon as Bryan...
View ArticleBenjamin Franklin’s Retirement and Reinvention
Benjamin Franklin’s Retirement and ReinventionWilliam N. Thorndike Jr. Benjamin Franklin’s Retirement and ReinventionTwo hundred and seventy years ago this month, aged 42 and weeks from the midpoint of...
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Art and Activism
Alain Locke as activist aestheteRediscovering Alain Locke and the project of black self-realizationAdam KirschMarch-April 2018 alain-locke-the-new-negroIn the autumn of 1924, Alain Locke was enjoying...
View Article“Gorey’s World”
“Gorey’s World” at the Wadsworth AtheneumEdward Gorey’s own art collection at the Wadsworth AtheneumNell Porter BrownMarch-April 2018 edward-gorey-wadsworth“Gorey’s Worlds,” at the Wadsworth Atheneum...
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Broadsheet Coffee Roasters
Broadsheet Coffee Roasters in Cambridge—the brainchild of Aaron MacDougallAn antidote to Starbucksification?Nell Porter BrownMarch-April 2018 broadsheet-coffee-roasters-cambridge-maFiguring...
View ArticleMakeda Best
Harvard PortraitProfile of photography curator Makeda BestSophia NguyenMarch-April 2018 makeda-bestAt 13, Makeda Best bought her first photo-book: Brian Lanker’s I Dream a World: Portraits of Black...
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University People
Development leader departs, undergraduate ed dean steps down, and moreMarch-April 2018 university-peopleDecanal DeparturesWhen the new freshmen arrive, they will find a new dean of undergraduate...
View ArticleBrew’s Clues
Brew’s clues: profile of Theresa McCulla, the Smithsonian's "beer historian"A historian investigates America’s beer boomBailey TrelaMarch-April 2018 theresa-mcculla-beerNearly eight years ago, Theresa...
View ArticleTuning In to Urban Noise
Harvard researcher Erica Walker combats urban noiseErica Walker enlists citizen scientists to combat cities’ din.Nell Porter BrownMarch-April 2018 erica-walkerPigeons coo. Bells ring at St. Paul...
View ArticleHAA Honors Alumni Clubs and SIGs
HAA Honors Alumni Clubs and SIGs for 2018March-April 2018 HAA-honors-alumni-clubs-and-SIGs-2018The honors, awarded at the Harvard Alumni Association’s winter meeting in February, celebrate both alumni...
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