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July-August 2010

  • After Our Bubble
    Prospects for American economic recovery—and cautionary lessons from Japan
  • Joanne Ricca at her lakeside home in rural Maine with husband Martin Bartlett.
    Dropouts
    Forty-some years ago, three Sixties types dropped out. We drop in on them.
  • Andrew Wylie
    Fifteen Percent of Immortality
    Andrew Wylie ’70 runs a powerful literary agency that mixes hardball business and highbrow tastes. With audio from an interview with Wylie.
  • Darden preparing river-cane splints for weaving, c. 1900.
    Clara Darden
    Brief life of an overlooked artist: c. 1829-1910. With images of Darden’s masterpieces of river-cane basketry.
  • Sir Luke Fildes, <i>The Doctor</i> (1891)
    Forum: On Caregiving
    A scholar experiences the moral acts that come before—and go beyond—modern medicine.

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Sustainability Made Simple

The newest addition to a Berkshires yoga retreat melds with the landscape. View an image gallery.
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Curating Murders

Alfred Alcorn ’64 sets his Harvard-flavored murder mysteries in one of his favorite places: a museum. With audio from an interview with Alcorn.
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Montage

Mystery writer Alfred Alcorn at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, where he’s never had to solve a homicide.

Curating Murders

Alfred Alcorn ’64 sets his Harvard-flavored murder mysteries in one of his favorite places: a museum. With audio from an interview with Alcorn.
This special edition of J.K. Rowling’s Commencement address, with wooden case and hand-embossed Braille (below), was crafted by Francie Randolph (left).

Inner Vision

Francie Randolph ’87 has combined Braille and J.K. Rowling’s 2008 Harvard address to create a limited-edition book.

Letters

Right Now

Sandra Bullock arrives at the 2010 Golden Globe Awards in a violet Bottega Veneta gown.

Real Fashion Police

Should U.S. fashion designers enjoy the same copyright protection as fellow creative artists—and their European counterparts?
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Map of the Milky Way

An interdisciplinary example of how simple models can enhance understanding of complex systems
The swirls in this hand-blown glass are a visual reminder of its latent fluidity.

The Solid Fluid

Physicists find a better way to visualize molecular behavior in glass as it cools.

New England Regional

The homes offer views of rural vistas from every room.

Greener Pastures

A New Hampshire cohousing community models sustainability. View an image gallery.

John Harvard's Journal

President Drew Faust

"Tend to public good"

In her speech to the alumni on Commencement afternoon, President Faust put the University’s interest in public service in context.
Alexandra Petri

Laugh Lines

The lighter side of Harvard’s Commencement
Nitin Nohria

An Innovator in Allston

Nitin Nohria, the new dean of Harvard Business School, on educating students with the competence and character to exercise business leadership

Brevia

Short takes on recent Harvard news
Nick Gates ’91, who founded Coaches Across Continents, works with coaches (above) and youths (at right) in Tanzania in 2009.

Soccer and Survival

Nick Gates ’91 has founded Coaches Across Continents to use soccer as an educational technique in Africa.

Sports Wrap

An update on men’s and women’s crew results

Alumni

The Results Are In

New members for the Board of Overseers, new directors for the Harvard Alumni Association

Cambridge Scholars

Four members of the class of 2010 have won special scholarships to study at Cambridge University.

The Senior Members

Rose Downes Arnold ’36 and George Barner ’29 led the alumni procession.

Treasure

The College Pump