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The Mystery of Smell

COVID-19 shines a spotlight on a once-obscure field of science.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Bruno Carvalho

An urbanist’s lifelong study of the “rhythm of cities,” from Rio to Cambridge 

by Nancy Walecki

Letters from our readers

Liberal arts, repatriation, sea level, palindromes

The Student Prince

A Springfield, Massachusetts, tradition lives on

by Nell Porter-Brown

Aloian Memorial Scholars

Enriching life at the Houses 

The Art of the Portrait Painter

Jason Bouldin makes the intangible tangible.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Brevia

Campus shuttle’s electric buses, planning chief, and other news

Optimizing Public-School Spending

Home prices are a bellwether of efficient spending in local schools

by Erin O’Donnell

The Places You’ll Go

Art, science, sports—and fanciful holiday lights—in the Connecticut River Valley 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Visual Music

The "blurred boundaries" of Sam Wu's compositions

by Nancy Walecki

Edgar James Banks

Brief life of an entrepreneurial archaeologist: 1866-1945

by Nancy Freudenthal

Elevating Climate Issues

Bacow names economist James Stock to a new position, Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability

by Jonathan Shaw