Cartier’s Chief Executive Charts a Steady Course
For Louis Ferla, taking the helm of Cartier in September 2024 must have felt like going from piloting a superyacht...
From Ancient Coins Come Modern Jewelry
You might be surprised to know that “Modern Uses of Old Coins” — a New York Times article about what...
Design Now Drives a Brazilian Jewelry Brand
For more than a quarter of its 80-year history, the Brazilian jeweler HStern has reached for the stars. Repeatedly. A...
The Head of a Century-Old Jewelry House Has His Eye on the Future
Buccellati, the century-old jeweler famed for its Renaissance-infused aesthetics, entered a new chapter last year when Nicolas Luchsinger, a former...
A Jewelry Dealer Profits From Her Love of Research
Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos’s 1985 doctoral thesis on Russian, Chinese and American road building across South and Central Asia in the...
These Hospitals Figured Out How to Slash C-Section Rates
When Dr. Elizabeth Bostock took over the obstetrics department at Rochester General Hospital in New York in 2019, she was...
Spin It. Twist It. Now, Don’t You Feel Better?
Fidget jewelry, the movable pieces that behavioral experts say can help control nail-biting and other anxious habits, don’t have to...
The Best Baseball Team Behind Bars
The paper fliers went up early one morning in April, an advertisement of hope in the cell blocks of California’s...
Living, Breathing, Seeing and Teaching Theater
As dean of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University and artistic director of Yale Repertory Theater, James...
Tender Moments in Japan Transcend a Game’s Violence
Tender music, a sprawling Japanese world and a devastated family moved me within an hour of starting Ghost of Yotei,...
Before Berlin’s Cowboys Are Booted Off Their Land, One Final Hoedown
On a recent windy November evening, the town’s sheriff and a handful of his deputies, clad in duster coats and...
America’s Children Are Unwell. Are Schools Part of the Problem?
One of the more bewildering aspects of the already high-stress endeavor of 21st-century American parenting is that at some point...
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
The ultrawealthy have long lorded their money and might over university presidents, pelting them with ideas and demands, promises and...
He Saw the Best of America and Then Fought for Russia in Ukraine
He believed that a good leader should experience the worst of war alongside his soldiers. So, at the age of...
How ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Brought My Mother and Me Closer
The episode of “Everybody Loves Raymond” I remember most is “No Fat,” from the third season. Marie (Doris Roberts) wants...
