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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

Sweet Science

Using chocolate as their medium, Harvard scientists illustrate principles of physics and chemistry for children and their parents at a free public lecture—samples included.

Where Decisionmaking Is Measured

A new interdisciplinary decision-science lab will host experiments from psychology, economics, and beyond.

Four Seniors Win Marshall Scholarships

The program affords students two years of graduate study at a U.K. university of their choosing.

2008-09 Rhodes Scholars Named

The winners include two Harvard seniors and one doctoral student at the Graduate School of Education.

Bittersweet Victory

The Obama win, and the changes in American society it portends, came too late for some. Roger Angell remembers one of those individuals.

Itinerant Scholar

The interests of Berkman Center fellow Lewis Hyde include Thoreau; writing poetry; and intellectual property in the digital age—and he manages to draw connections between them.

Good Work Goes Beyond a Paycheck

Education scholar Howard Gardner’s recipe for professional fulfillment

Barack Obama of Harvard Law School—and Beyond

During his student years at Harvard Law School, Barack Obama, J.D. ’91, now president-elect of the United States, also came to the attention of the wider University community.

Glaeser: Time to Rethink the Mortgage Interest Deduction

Current tax policy encourages taking on debt to buy a bigger house, says Glimp professor of economics Edward L. Glaeser.

Galbraith on Bush, Cheney, Paulson, Greenspan (and Galbraith)

Economist James K. Galbraith ’74 discusses the current crisis, Bush’s legacy, and his famous father.