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Judge Dismisses Case Demanding Harvard Admissions Data

The government failed to meet procedural requirements before suing the University.

by Jonathan Shaw

Why one summer intern wasn't annoyed to be asked to fetch coffee

Notes on a summer of newsprint, headlines—and coffee

by James McAuley

Random House wins literary standoff with Andrew Wylie's agency

Random House publishers has won a battle with literary agent Andrew Wylie over e-book rights.

Slide show: a reporter's notebook from travels in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya

A reporter's notebook from travels in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya

Thich Nhat Hanh and Lilian Cheung apply mindfulness techniques to eating

Applying ancient Buddhist mindfulness techniques to eating in the modern world

by Cara Feinberg

Video: Soulfège reinterprets the West African classic "Sweet Mother"

Shot in Ghana, a reinterpretation of the West African classic by a band including Derrick Ashong ’97 and Jonathan Gramling ’98

Michael Greenberg studies molecular-level memory formation and eRNA

Neurobiologist Michael Greenberg investigates how memories form at a molecular level, and discovers a new class of RNA.

Robert Pringle says termite-mound distribution reveals ecosystem productivity

Robert Pringle says the grid-like distribution of Kenyan termite mounds helps answer an old question about ecosystems.

by Samuel Bjork

David Scadden studies cellular environments, seeking the origins of cancer

David Scadden studies the environmental cues that can cause normal cells to become diseased.

by Jonathan Shaw

The music of Derrick Ashong and Soulfège fuses reggae, hip-hop, and funk

The band Soulfège has international sound and a positive message. With a music video.

by Craig Lambert

Prolific writer Francine Prose

Francine Prose writes fiction and nonfiction in many forms. With an audio clip of the author discussing her writing process.