Conversations
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.
Fifteen Questions: David J. Deming on Diversity Office Closures, ChatGPT, and the Biggest Challenges Facing Harvard
The new Dean of Harvard College sat down with Fifteen Minutes to talk about Harvard football, his favorite memories on campus, and his Substack. At the end, he even volleys a question back.
Fifteen Questions: Alfredo Gutierrez Ortiz Mena on Constitutional Backsliding, Counter-Majoritarian Courts, and Tenoch
The former justice of the Mexican Supreme Court sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss his return to Harvard Law School, recent changes in the Mexican judicial system, and his favorite historical court opinions.
Fifteen Questions: Spencer Lee-Lenfield on Translation, Keats’s Odes, and HUDS Dumplings
The Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss the art of translation, returning to Harvard, and HUM 10.
Fifteen Questions: Curtis T. McMullen on Shared Truths, Unsolved Problems, and How to Illustrate Infinity
The Cabot Professor of Mathematics sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss life lessons from mathematics, the challenges of formulating good questions, and his work visualizing curved space.
