Alumni | December 16, 2011

Class notes and obituaries January-February 2012

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Published in the January-February 2012 print issue under the headline “The Classes,” in the Alumni section.

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Sasha Stiles trained a chatbot on her manuscripts. Now, her poems rewrite themselves.

From coaching staffs to front offices, female leaders are bringing new strategies to men’s basketball.

Cherubic features benefit black male CEOs, but not other groups, underscoring the complexity of social disadvantage.

The science, art, and politics of teaching an essential skill

The current law professor also spoke about affirmative action, partisanship, and the limits of “bright-line rules.”

From wild greens spanakopita to rose petal panna cotta, forager and chef Ellen Zachos makes one-of-a-kind meals.

College students broke hearts and windows during their year in exile.

On con men, Mark Twain, and the powers of the Harvard name