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Graduate Student Union Schedules Strike

The work stoppage will begin October 27, unless a final bargaining session next week yields an agreement.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Vacationing with a Purpose

New England “summer camps” for adults

by Nell Porter-Brown

AWOL from Academics

Behind students' increasing pull toward extracurriculars

by Aden Barton

Leading with Care

Michael Hill strikes the right balance.

by Max J. Krupnick

Strategic Planning

A chess player’s moves on AI safety

by Nina Pasquini

Spellbound on Stage

Actor and young adult novelist Aislinn Brophy

by Lydialyle Gibson

A Dogged Observer

Novelist and psychiatrist Daniel Mason takes the long view.

by Max J. Krupnick

Diagnosis by Fiction

The “Healing Quartet” probes medicine—and life.

by Craig Lambert

Making Space

The natural history of Junko Yamamoto’s art and architecture

by Nina Pasquini

How Birds Lost Flight

Scott Edwards discovers evolution’s master switches.

by Veronique Greenwood