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“A Kind of Justice in the World”
Profile of novelist and TV doctor Ian K. SmithIan K. Smith’s turn toward detective fictionLydialyle GibsonSeptember-October 2020 montage-ian-k-smithThe first thriller Ian K. Smith ’91 fell in love with...
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A Science Is Born
Computer science at Harvard in the 1960s and 1970sThe “yeasty” times” when computer research grew at HarvardHarry R. LewisSeptember-October 2020 features-a-science-is-bornThirty veterans of Harvard’s...
View ArticleThe Watchdog
CARES Act watchdog Bharat Ramamurti ’03Bharat Ramamurti ’03 oversees CARES Act spending—and pursues corporate reformMarina N. BolotnikovaSeptember-October 2020 alumni-bharat-ramamurtiIn early April, as...
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Museums, Making Their Way
Getty, Harvard Art Museums in PandemicCaroline Engelmayer Getty, Harvard Art Museums in PandemicJames Cuno, Ph.D. ’85, president of the J. Paul Getty Trust in Los Angeles, was at the Museum of Diego...
View ArticleInsurgent Election
Harvard Divestment Advocates Win Overseer SeatsJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard Divestment Advocates Win Overseer SeatsThe most serene of American elections—the University’s annual balloting for members of...
View ArticleOff the Ice, Onto the Screen
Bill Keenan ’09 Releases Hockey MovieGary Santaniello Bill Keenan MovieTwo years out of Harvard, government concentrator Bill Keenan ’09 was in his second season playing minor-league hockey in Sweden,...
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At Home with Harvard: Remarkable Alumni
At Home with Harvard: Remarkable Alumni at-home-with-harvard-remarkable-alumniThis round-up is part of Harvard Magazine’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a guide to what to read, watch, listen to, and...
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At Home with Harvard: Sounds of Music
At Home with Harvard: Sounds of Music At Home with Harvard: Sounds of MusicThis round-up is part of Harvard Magazine’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a guide to what to read, watch, listen to, and do...
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Lorenzo Tañada
Lorenzo TañadaBrief life of a Philippine patriot: 1898-1992Christopher CapozzolaNovember-December 2020 features-vita-lorenzo-tanada“Have you known how it feels to be tear-gassed?” the 86-year-old...
View ArticleThe 2020 HAA Award Winners
2020 HAA Award winnersNovember-December 2020 alumni-haa-awards-2020Six alumni have received HAA Awards for their outstanding service to the University. J. Jacques Carter, M.P.H. ’83, of Brookline,...
View ArticleElection Results
Harvard Alumni Association 2020 elected directorsNovember-December 2020 alumni-election-results-2020Six new elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) were voted in earlier this year;...
View ArticleAlumni Interviewer Honors
Miller-Hunn Awards 2020November-December 2020 alumni-interviewer-honorsThis year’s Miller-Hunn Awards—the original award, which honored Hiram S. Hunn, A.B. 1921, now honors retired admissions officer...
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Likenesses
Civil War image, Empire State homage, and morePrimus VINovember-December 2020 college-pump-likenessesPeach state dispatch. W. Todd Groce, president and CEO of the Georgia Historical Society, writes:I...
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“To Break Our Own Rules”
Dan Chiasson's Poetry and CriticismPoet-critic Dan Chiasson and <i>The Math Campers</i>Lydialyle GibsonNovember-December 2020 montage-dan-chiassonFor years, Dan Chiasson, Ph.D. ’01, had...
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Controlling the Global Thermostat
Can solar geoengineering slow climate change?Coming to terms with climate change’s relentless, long-term falloutJonathan ShawNovember-December 2020 features-controlling-global-thermostatClimate change...
View ArticleThe Sports Critic
Profile of Louisa Thomas, “New Yorker” sports criticLouisa Thomas takes a different view.Jacob SweetNovember-December 2020 alumni-sports-criticLouisa Thomas’04 is at her best in transit. Her finest...
View ArticleIn a Farmer’s Long Beard
Open BookExcerpt from Mirim Udel’s book “Honey on the Page”November-December 2020 montage-farmers-long-beardScholars too infrequently tell lay readers the human passions, as opposed to the intellectual...
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Finding Other Streets
Photographer Mark Erickson’s street scenes of 1990s VietnamPhotographer Mark Erickson on the Vietnam he never knewDan KellyNovember-December 2020 montage-finding-other-streetsMark Erickson ’94 has...
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The Conservative
Ross Douthat’s conservative conservatism, a profile by Lydialyle Gibson<i>New York Times</i> columnist Ross Douthat’s journey through American decadence and upheavalLydialyle...
View ArticleMaking the Call
Making the 2020 election callJacob Sweet Calling the 2020 electionMichael Fabiano, A.L.M. ’16, was never happy sticking to one field. After graduating from the Stevens Institute of Technology with a...
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