The Way of the Critic
NYT movie critic A.O. Scott profiled by Craig LambertA.O. Scott on watching and reviewing a lot of moviesCraig LambertNovember-December 2019 a-o-scott-profileIn 2012, New York Times film critic Anthony...
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Ali Sethi finds his voice in classical Pakistani musicSinger Ali Sethi finds his voice in classical Pakistani music.Lydialyle GibsonNovember-December 2019 ali-sethi-pakistani-music“The drums are...
View ArticleThe Miller-Hunn Award Winners
2019 Miller-Hunn Award recipientsHonoring outstanding alumni interviewers for the CollegeNovember-December 2019 miller-hunn-award-winnersThis year, the newly renamed Miller-Hunn Awards—the original...
View Article2019 HAA Award Recipients
2019 HAA Award RecipientsFor outstanding service to the UniversityNovember-December 2019 haa-award-recipientsSix alumni were recognized with HAA Awards, for their outstanding service to the University,...
View ArticleLife Lessons
Expansive CVs, and extracurricular insightsPrimus VINovember-December 2019 life-lessonsOne summer’s day, the (terrestrial) mail brought, unbidden, a package from East Middlebury, Vermont, containing...
View ArticleWilliam Monroe Trotter
VitaWilliam Monroe TrotterBrief life of a black radical: 1872-1934Kerri K. GreenidgeNovember-December 2019 william-monroe-trotterOn August 28, 1919, William Monroe Trotter, A.B. 1895, sat before the...
View ArticleComedy Is Magic
Profile of comedian-magician Harrison GreenbaumFor Harrison Greenbaum, it began with “Pick a card….”Lydialyle GibsonNovember-December 2019 harrison-greenbaum-magicHarrison Greenbaum was five when his...
View ArticleSeeking a Flag-Bearer!
Who has attended the most Harvard-Yale Games?Who’ll carry the traditionalists’ Little Red Flag?November-December 2019 seeking little red flag bearerHave you been to more than 59 Games? You may be...
View ArticleDebating Divestment in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Faculty Divestment DebateJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Divestment DebateThis afternoon, at its regularly scheduled faculty meeting—which happened to fall on the day...
View ArticleAn Overseers Challenge Slate—and More on Fossil-Fuel Divestment
Harvard Board of Overseers Divestment, Governance Challenge Harvard Board of Overseers Challenge SlateAs climate change generates news daily—Donald Trump formally initiates U.S. withdrawal from the...
View ArticleA First-Gen First
Harvard First-Generation Student Alumni StoriesJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard First-Generation Student Alumni StoriesIn high school, Andrea Esposito found herself “so bored and unhappy with the limited life...
View ArticleHow a Young Alumni Movement Wants to Change Harvard’s Investment Policies
How a Young Alumni Movement Wants to Change Harvard’s Investment PoliciesJohn S. Rosenberg How a Young Alumni Movement Wants to Change Harvard’s Investment PoliciesTwo members of the Harvard Forward...
View ArticleRenewing the News
Harvard alumni pioneer new journalism modelsSupporting journalism—and democracy—after the Internet eviscerated American newspapersMark TravisJanuary-February 2020 new-journalism-newspapersWalter...
View ArticleWinter Retreat
The Harvard Cabin on Mount WashingtonNell Porter BrownJanuary-February 2020 white-mountains-cabinIn 1962, a group of hard-working, eager Harvard Mountaineering Club members with limited construction...
View ArticleStaging the Women's Movement
The A.R.T.’s “Gloria: A Life“Nell Porter BrownJanuary-February 2020 gloria-steinem-playGloria: A Life, at the American Repertory Theater January 24-March 1, is not a biopic. Instead, playwright Emily...
View ArticleCreative Exposure
Performance artist and activist Lena ChenLena Chen transforms trauma into art and performance.Mathilde MontpetitJanuary-February 2020 lena-chen-sexual-assaultTension crackled through the audience,...
View ArticleThe Language of Movement
The Kuperman brothers on the moveThe brothers Kuperman—choreographers, directors, and storytellersLydialyle GibsonJanuary-February 2020 kuperman-brothersIn the finale of the Netflix series Living with...
View ArticleYour Tech Relationship Counselor
Technology columnist Geoffrey Fowler: a profileGeoffrey Fowler tackles the “great reckoning” with privacy.Jacob SweetJanuary-February 2020 geoffrey-fowler-techWhen the batteries of his three-year-old...
View ArticleFirst-Gen Frontlines
Harvard first-gen alumni storiesJohn S. RosenbergJanuary-February 2020 first-gen-alumniWhen Andrea Esposito’81 set out to leave Staten Island for college, she recalls, “my admission applications...
View ArticleA Radcliffe Return
Annette Samuels makes a return visit to HarvardJacob SweetJanuary-February 2020 radcliffe-returnAnnette Samuels arrives 15 minutes early for “Tech Ethics” and takes a seat in her favorite section:...
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