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November-December 2009

 

Immersed in Africa

Students and service at a new frontier

Sidebar

Professor Video

Visual, audio, and interactive media are transforming the college classroom

From AIDS to Art

View video from an exhibition at the Harvard Art Museum that explores the visual legacy of ACT UP’s campaign to galvanize action against a new epidemic.

Ayn Rand

Brief life of an iconoclastic individualist

The Ph.D. Problem

On the professionalization of faculty life, doctoral training, and the academy’s self-renewal

Letters

Cambridge 02138

Letters from our readers

Right Now

Evolution by Fire

A Harvard anthropologist argues that cooking, a cultural practice, crucially shaped human evolution.

Learning by Degrees

With “spaced education,” a surgeon offers a better way to learn.

Taming Turbulence

Orchid bees in flight extend their hind legs for stability.

A New Twist on Nature/Nuture

Imprinted genes may affect the timing of pregnancy and nursing in humans.

New England Regional

Food and Mood

Eating well and feeling good through the holidays

Sidebar
Tips for Healthy Eating

Extracurriculars

Late fall events at and around Harvard

Sun, Wind, and Steel

An update on Harvard construction

Bistro on a Hill

A cozy Beacon Hill spot that’s a bit French

Montage

Theater As If It Matters

Diane Paulus, the new artistic director of the American Repertory Theater, has an ambitious populist vision.

The High-rise Ecotopia

An excerpt from Green Metropolis, by David Owen ’78

Again, A Dangerous Art

Adam Kirsch reviews Poems 1959-2009 by Frederick Seidel ’57

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

The Son Also Rises

David Wax’s trio La Tuza performs Mexican son music.

Sharks, Fiction, and Wall Street

Top Producer, by Norb Vonnegut ’80, is a thriller set on Wall Street. Listen to excerpts from an interview with its stockbroker author.

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

John Harvard's Journal

A Gallery Glows Again

The Great Mammal Hall in the Harvard Museum of Natural History is restored and reopened.

$11 Billion Less

A status report on the state of the endowment

John Mugane

Meet the director of Harvard’s African language program.

The "New Normal"

President Faust opens the academic year with a State of the University address.

Yesterday's News

Headlines from Harvard history

Pictures in the Square

A new book of photographs tells Harvard Square’s history since the 1950s. Test your own Square knowledge for a chance to win a copy of the book.

Training Leaders to Transform Education

The Graduate School of Education creates a new doctor of education leadership program.

FAS's Progress--and Prognosis

An early-semester financial talk by the dean

Brevia

Short takes on recent news

Critical Mass, and World-Class

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences develops a 10-year strategic plan.

The Undergraduate

Post Pre-Med

A senior assesses life at—and after—college without the pre-med track.

Sports

Sagittarian Students

Renaissance for the Archery Club

A Promising Start

Football kicks off against Holy Cross, Brown, and Lehigh

29-29, Forever

A new DVD and book capture the legendary 1968 Harvard-Yale game.

The Alumni

Vintage Vitality

Two Harvard-trained doctors launch a practice in the emerging field of age-management medicine.

Above and Beyond

The University’s Medal of Honor recipients are memorialized.

Well Done

The winners of the 2009 Harvard Alumni Association Award

Comings and Goings

A sampling of Harvard Clubs’ forthcoming events

Job Notices

Harvard offices seek jobs and mentors for undergraduates

The SIGnboard

News from Shared Interest Groups

Class Notes & Obituaries

News from alumni of the Colleges and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (accessible to registered users only)

The College Pump

Curious Colors

A class tradition refurbished, and “Harvard Yard” threads

Treasure

Masterpiece Pieces

Investigators construct a virtual Italian Renaissance altarpiece.

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