Nation Let’s not be strangers ‘Seeing Others’ author Michèle Lamont has an escape plan for people fed up with years of bitter division
World Did winning the Nobel change your life? Harvard laureates say it gave bully pulpit, brought invitations to speak (sometimes on subjects they know nothing about), meet kings (and play poker with Steve Martin)
Arts When ‘The Boss’ is your therapist New book by psychologist, sociologist surveys depth, complexity of Bruce Springsteen’s connection to his female fans
Arts ‘Living one’s life during and after the violation of one’s humanity’ Ruth Simmons’ memoir traces everyday natural beauty, mortal peril of growing up Black in 1940s rural Texas
Arts & Humanities The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being <h4>Princeton University Press, February 2010</h4><h5>Derek Bok</h5> DateApril 15, 2010 Share Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Trending How federal missteps opened door to COVID misinformation So what exactly makes Taylor Swift so great? Claudine Gay has big plans Gay sees in Harvard the courage to change the world Did winning the Nobel change your life? Government and happiness? Not so strange bedfellows, says Derek Bok, former president of Harvard and professor at Harvard Law School, who investigates how happiness research could affect policy.
Arts & Humanities A march toward the arts Arts & Humanities A march toward the arts (Cambridge, MA. Tuesday, March 3, 2009) A performance at Memorial Church at Harvard University looked at the place of the humanities in the struggle for human rights. It featured Toni Morrison, Yo-Yo Ma & the Silk Road Ensemble, Homi K. Bhabha, and a dance choreographed by Damian Woetzel. YoYo Ma warms up back stage. Photo by Rose Lincoln/Harvard University News Office File Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer
