Hiram Hunn Award Winners
2018 Hiram Hunn Award winnersSeptember-October 2018 Admissions-Office-Volunteers-HonoredEight alumni received Hiram S. Hunn Memorial Schools and Scholarships Awards from the College’s Office of...
View Article“Little Shards of Dissonance”
“The Black Clown” by Langston Hughes is set to musicAn oratorio adapted from Langston HughesSophia NguyenSeptember-October 2018 davone-tines-michael-schachterAt some point, while preparing for the...
View Article“For Exceptional Service…”
2018 Harvard Alumni Association Award winnersSeptember-October 2018 for-exceptional-serviceSix alumni were recognized with HAA Awards (during the Harvard Alumni Association board of directors’ fall...
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William Morris Davis
William Morris DavisBrief life of a pioneering geomorphologist: 1850-1934Philip S. KochSeptember-October 2018 william-morris-davis-cycle-of-erosionNaught looks the same for long…Waters rush on, make...
View Article“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...
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....
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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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...
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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...
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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 Article“Beyond Lobsters and Lighthouses”
A winter’s trip to Portland, MaineEnjoying Portland, Maine, in the “off-season”Nell Porter BrownJanuary-February 2019 portland-maine-getawayForget lounging on the beach, and suit up instead to explore...
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Grace Notes
Profile of winemaker Kelby RussellWhy the vineyards of New York called Kelby Russell homeErick TrickeyJanuary-February 2019 kelby-russellEvery September and October, Kelby James Russell ’09 spends...
View ArticleArtistic Capital
Profile of installation artist Liz GlynnIn Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of valueSamantha CulpJanuary-February 2019 liz-glynnFor some artists, MASS MoCA’s iconic...
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