Herbert C. Kelman and Everett I. Mendelsohn

Peacemakers

Two scholars’ extracurricular efforts in the Middle East

by Primus VI

Admissions, through the Ages

College admissions stalwart Dwight Miller retires.

by John S. Rosenberg

New Fellows

The Ledecky Fellows provide an undergraduate perspective on life at Harvard.

Throw Your Fastball

A life lesson from Willie Banks

by Chad M. Oldfather

Summer in the City

Turkeys, tourists, traditions, tranquility

by Primus VI

It’s a Small World

Ebenezer Storer’s pocket globe

by Jacob Sweet

It’s Baby Turkey Season in Cambridge

A hen turkey and her seven poults have settled near the eastern end of Harvard Yard. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

The “Great Asymmetry”

Country dance, saving homework from a burning car, and Stephen Jay Gould on 9/11

by Primus VI

How to Become Harvard’s Commencement Speaker

It helps to be a high official of a powerful European nation—and to have resonant things to say about your American allies.

by John S. Rosenberg