Recent Posts
New Study Finds Long-Lasting Influence of Early Education
July 30, 2010
Kindergarten teachers and class sizes can affect adult outcomes, researchers discover.
It Runs in the Family
July 30, 2010
All four members of the Jasanoff family—Jay, Sheila, Maya, and Alan—graduated from Harvard, and now three are professors here.
Will Warren be Chosen to Head New Consumer Finance Agency?
July 28, 2010
Elizabeth Warren is a leading contender for the new agency whose creation she espoused, but no nomination has yet been made.
Innovator David Edwards's New Book on "Artscience" Labs
July 27, 2010
The Lab: Creativity and Culture sets forth a vision of multidisciplinary innovation.
Andrew Wylie Announces E-book Venture
July 26, 2010
The literary agent’s plan to produce e-books and sell them via amazon.com causes a stir in the publishing world.
"Hot Time in the Old Town": New York City's Deadly Heat Wave of 1896
July 26, 2010
Edward Kohn ’90, a historian at Bilkent University, shows how the crisis influenced the political careers of Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan.
1 Harvard Hoops Star Turns Pro
July 22, 2010
Harvard basketball star Jeremy Lin ’10 has signed with the NBA’s Golden State Warriors.
In Russia, Economic and Political Effects of the Holocaust Linger
July 22, 2010
The Russian regions that lost the most Jews have shown slower economic growth and resistance to political reform, a new study finds.
Jack Lew ’78, Former Clinton Budget Director, Nominated by Obama to Same Post
July 22, 2010
If confirmed, the current deputy secretary of state will face a $1.6 trillion deficit.
In the Footsteps of William James
July 21, 2010
An unusual symposium at Harvard and at James’s summer residence this August will remember the life of the psychologist-philosopher.
5 Harvard Medical School Revises Conflicts-of-Interest Policies
July 21, 2010
A comprehensive review of practices at the interface of academia and industry
1 Congratulations to the Winner of Our Photo Sweepstakes!
July 20, 2010
Betty Breck ’60, whose fiftieth Harvard reunion was also her first, was randomly selected to win an iPod Touch.
Sidewalk Superintendent: Fogg Renovation
July 16, 2010
See a slide show documenting the remaking of Harvard’s central art museum.
