Conversations
From West Point to Kirkland: The New Kirkland Deans
After former Kirkland faculty dean David J. Deming assumed his new role as College dean in July, Peter J. Huybers and Downing Lu were selected as the interim faculty deans of Kirkland House and moved into their new residence.
Pollen Price on Nature, Whimsy, and Art
The installment, “For the Love of Nature and Literature,” was curated by The Coop’s artist-in-residence, Pollen Price. She joins our Zoom call from her one-room cabin in an Oregon-based eco-village. Struck by the layers of patterned textiles in the background and Price’s own asymmetrical pink hairstyle, we feel her artistic energy emanating through the screen.
On the Origin of James Poolner
To students, however, Poolner is Harvard’s Program Coordinator for the Integrative Biology and Neuroscience Concentrations, a position he has officially held since 2000. Perhaps most famously, he is also the man behind Life Sciences Announcements, a weekly email blasted to around 500 people.
Fifteen Questions: Susan Glasser on Her Harvard Thesis, Trust, and Reporting on Trump’s Washington
The New Yorker politics writer sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss the current media ecosystem, cookbooks, and her time as The Crimson’s managing editor.
Fifteen Questions: Rosalie Abella on Justice, Literature, and Hope
The former justice of the Canadian Supreme Court sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss her role models, her time serving on the Family Court, and the role of tolerance in a polarized world.
Fifteen Questions: Mathias Risse on Indigenous Thought, Climate Change, and Being a Citizen of the World
The Kennedy School professor sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss AI, writing op-eds, and serendipity.
Hacking HUDS with Claire Saffitz
We can’t take full credit for the idea of asking Saffitz to zhuzh up some everyday fare.
Fifteen Questions: Benjamin L. de Bivort on Individuality, Forecasting, and the Politics of Science
The Organismic and Evolutionary Biology professor sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss fruit flies, puzzles, and LS50.
The Electronic Instrument Design Lab Says Goodbye to Jim MacArthur
Jim MacArthur manages Harvard’s Electronic Instrument Design Lab, fulfilling specific instrumentation requests across departments as what he calls a “short-order engineer.” After 25 years, he’s announced his retirement with a year’s notice, but he doesn’t know if a replacement will be hired.
What Matters to Adams House Scholar John Muresianu?
When I first talked with John M. Muresianu ’74 on the phone, he began by asking me questions about myself and where my family is from — Mainland China or Taiwan? Which part of China? — before singing a famous Chinese poem.
