“Generational Pivot”
Arne Duncan at Harvard Institute of PoliticsDavid L. Tannenwald Arne Duncan at Harvard Institute of PoliticsAt Tuesday’s Kennedy School Forum event with former U.S. Secretary of EducationArne Duncan...
View ArticleNONapathetic
The Harvard class of 1957 offers recollections and reflectionsSeptember-October 2018 nonapatheticWhat do you do when the collision alarm of your nuclear sub goes off under the polar ice pack? What ails...
View ArticleA Lawyer for Art
Alexis Sandler, associate general counsel at MoMA: a profileSanya SagarSeptember-October 2018 lawyer-for-artIn her sophomore year, Alexis Sandler ’99 took an art-history class with professors Irene...
View ArticleDarkness Visible
Opera director Sarah Meyers, profiled by Jennifer GerstenOpera director Sarah Meyers doesn’t want you to notice everything.Jennifer GerstenNovember-December 2018 sarah-meyers-directorOn an August...
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The Devil and Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson biography by Mark Lamster reviewed by Spencer Lee LenfieldA “star-chitect”as P.T. BarnumSpencer Lee LenfieldNovember-December 2018 the-man-in-the-glass-house-mark-lamsterPhilip Johnson...
View ArticleHand-Crafted
Historic hod, Henry Kissinger, and morePrimus VINovember-December 2018 hand-craftedThis past summer, as Mass Hall was shrouded in scaffolding and protective netting, Primus was reminded of how...
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Please, Run!
Jill Vialet and PlayworksSocial entrepreneur Jill Vialet ’86 on “positive chaos” and fixing recessNell Porter BrownNovember-December 2018 jill-vialet-playworksOn a sunny day in Oakland, California,...
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Millicent Todd Bingham
VitaMillicent Todd BinghamBrief life of an unlikely Dickinson scholar: 1880-1968Julie DobrowNovember-December 2018 millicent-todd-binghamThe 1959 Radcliffe Quarterly article begins oddly: it was...
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Coming Apart Together
Shane McCrae: the poet and his workThe propulsive intensity of Shane McCrae’s poetryLydialyle GibsonNovember-December 2018 shane-mccrae-in-the-language-of-my-captorLike many writers, Shane McCrae, J.D....
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The Players
A melting pot: Harvard’s 1968 football teamHow the Crimson squad from the immortal ’68 Game revealed a transforming HarvardGeorge Howe ColtNovember-December 2018 harvard-1968-footballThis November 17...
View ArticleAlaskan Educator
Jim Merriner, Alaskan school superintendent, is profiledShane BrodieNovember-December 2018 alaskan-educatorAfter college, Jim Merriner ’93 returned home to Alaska and worked as a paralegal and private...
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Creative Gifts
Boston’s seasonal arts eventsGreater Boston’s thriving seasonal art marketsNell Porter BrownNovember-December 2018 creative-gift-guide-bostonEach year, organizers of the Harvard Ceramics Program...
View ArticleA Turning Point for WHRB
David Elliott leaves WHRB boardDavid McClintick david-elliott-whrbHarvard’s student radio station WHRB, an innovative voice in the Boston FM market for decades, is facing a difficult turning point....
View ArticleLadders, Squirrels, and Reproductive Rights
Ladders, Squirrels, and Reproductive Rights Olivia Munk squirrel plays abortion debateThere are many things about the “real world” that no one tells you upon graduating college, such as: you can take a...
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Slightly Supernatural
Laura van den Berg and “The Third Hotel”In Laura van den Berg’s fiction, the deeply strange is ordinary.Lydialyle GibsonSeptember-October 2018 slightly-supernaturalIt wasn’t until after she moved into...
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Painter, Anew
From academia to art: profile of Nell PainterAn historian embarks on her artistic career.Olivia SchwobSeptember-October 2018 nell-painter-artIn 2006, Nell Irvin Painter, recognized by seemingly every...
View Article“Building Strong Communities”
Harvard Alumni Association president Margaret WangNell Porter BrownSeptember-October 2018 margaret-wang-HAAMargaret M. Wang ’09, the new president of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), is the...
View ArticleChanging the World
ClassACT HR73, a group effort for changeClassACT HR73 tries organizing alumni in a new way.Nell Porter BrownSeptember-October 2018 changing-the-worldEmploying the mantra“It’s Not Too Late to Change the...
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True Lies
Casey Cep reviews “These Truths: A History of the United States,” by Jill LeporeJill Lepore excavates the history of America, down to its bedrock values.Casey N. CepSeptember-October 2018...
View ArticleRebel Lawyer
“Rebellious Lawyering” author Gerald López: a profileGerald Lopez's radical theory—and practiceLydialyle GibsonSeptember-October 2018 gerald-lopez-rebellious-lawyeringWith the sun finally fading on a...
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