Features

An illustration of generations of computers, from large machines to smartphones and the cloud

Features | July-August 2024

Mechanical Intelligence and Counterfeit Humanity

Reflections on six decades of relations with computers

by Harry R. Lewis

Portrait of Jeannie Suk Gersen, an elegantly dressed Korean American woman leaning against a stone archway.

Features | March-April 2021

Due Process

Jeannie Suk Gersen on the law, trauma, and “the rhetoric of believing”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Photograph of a stout middle-aged woman seated at her desk, writing

Features | March-April 2021

Elizabeth Bangs Bryant

Brief life of an underappreciated arachnologist

by Reed Gochberg

Purple spruce cones

Features | March-April 2021

Seeing Life

Re-engaging with nature alongside the director of the Arnold Arboretum

by William Friedman

Drawing of a distant solitary figure walking alone toward the horizon along a narrowing path of light edged on both sides by darkness

Features | January-February 2021

The Loneliness Pandemic

As the country isolates, are we all alone?

by Jacob Sweet

Philanthropist Edwin Binney with Helen Willard, curator of the Harvard Theatre Collection

Features | January-February 2021

Edwin Binney, 3rd

Brief life of a philanthropic art collector: 1925-1986

by Madison U. Sowell

An illustration by James Steinberg shows a heavenly hand extending down to the U.S. Capitol and attempting to influence members of Congress

Features | January-February 2021

The American Exception

How faith shapes economic and social policy

Formal portrait of the Board of Editors for volume 70 of the “Harvard Law Review” (1956-1957), photographed on the steps of Austin Hall. The author, only the third woman admitted to Review membership, stands in the fourth row, at upper left.

Features | January-February 2021

The Education of a Harvard Lawyer

An alumna looks back.

by Nancy Boxley Tepper

An illustration showing a teacher sitting on an enormous open book with students on screens hovering around her, some raising their hands to ask questions

Features | November-December 2020

School Goes Remote

Students, faculty, and staff adjust to a changed landscape.

by Jacob Sweet

Ross Douthat standing in a wooded park

Features | November-December 2020

The Conservative

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat’s journey through American decadence and upheaval

by Lydialyle Gibson

Portrait photograph of a middle-aged Lorenzo Tañada as a Philippine senator

Features | November-December 2020

Lorenzo Tañada

Brief life of a Philippine patriot: 1898-1992

by Christopher Capozzola