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For This Poet, AI is a Writing Partner

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

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Ph.D. appointed Williams College president

Adam F. Falk brings a young new presence to the President's House in Williamstown.

Time to reform the M.B.A.?

An economics columnist thinks M.B.A. students need more context in their curriculum.

Harvard Alum Named to Kennedy's Seat on Interim Basis

Kirk fills the seat left by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ’54, LL.D. ’08.

alumnus returns Iwo Jima mementos to Japanese soldier’s daughters

After 64 years, World War II veteran Franklin Hobbs ’46 was able to return chance-found battlefield keepsakes to a Japanese family.

Professor John Mugane directs Harvard’s African language program

Meet the director of Harvard’s African language program.

Great Mammal Hall at Harvard Museum of Natural History reopens

The Great Mammal Hall in the Harvard Museum of Natural History is restored and reopened.

English and the humanities in decline?

A new lament about the status of English critiques the Harvard department's new curriculum.

Harvard alumnus R.J. Cutler's new movie explores Anna Wintour's Vogue

A new documentary by R. J. Cutler '83 takes viewers behind the glamour of a fashion powerhouse.

James Watson and Edward O. Wilson: An Intellectual Entente

James D. Watson and Edward O. Wilson, two major exponents of modern biology, reflect on the convergence of the evolutionary and molecular approaches in their field.

Wind Powering China

China could produce seven times its current electricity needs using wind alone.