Features

During commencement week, the messages can be humorous or serious

Few newspapers review books these days. So who does?

Professor Douglas Massey *78 says that most of what we think about Mexican immigration is wrong

Jodi Picoult ’87 writes best-­sellers by asking ­questions about the things that worry us all

Unexpected ­Discoveries in Firestone Library

An undergrad’s search for the book of her generation

A grad student from Syria plays a role in his country’s uprising – and worries about those left behind

If you think a scientist can’t be a humanist, meet Erez Lieberman Aiden ’02

Jeff Kreisler ’95 visited another New York library

Most experts think an asteroid killed the dinosaurs. Not Gerta Keller

Internet, be damned: Nicholas Potter ’73 sells books the old-fashioned way

As the new head of the New York Public Library — gem of the city — Anthony Marx *86 *90 must navigate budget cuts, e-books, and tradition