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“An Academic Life” by Hanna Holborn Gray reviewed

The former University of Chicago president and Harvard Corporation fellow crafts a timely memoir.

by John S. Rosenberg

“Our Towns” highlights a positive force in American life

James ’70 and Deborah Fallows ’71 explore “what the hell is happening in America.”

by Lincoln Caplan

The Undergraduate shifts from physics to psychology

The Undergraduate chooses a concentration.

by Tawanda Mulalu

FAS dean to step down and more

FAS dean to step down, John Lewis to speak at Commencement, Hillary Clinton at Radcliffe, and more

New restaurants in Cambridge

Best new restaurants in and around Cambridge

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard president-elect Lawrence Bacow’s agenda

Ideas for the president-elect’s consideration, from costs and partnerships to Allston and admissions 

Chaucer for young ladies, Philip Kuhn, TR, and more

When teaching was gendered, Porsche populism, and Harvard’s presidential symbolism

by Primus VI

Claire Chase, flutist and Harvard professor, profiled by Lucy Caplan

How flutist Claire Chase signals a key change for Harvard’s music department

by Lucy Caplan

Using precision medicine, Harvard researchers target cancer

Using precision medicine, Harvard researchers target cancer.

by Jonathan Shaw

Advanced Standing reduced at Harvard

Course credit toward fast-tracking the A.B. is eliminated.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard researchers discuss Southern politics’ roots in slavery

A new book traces today’s politics back to chattel slavery.

by Sophia Nguyen

Riding Boston’s Neponset River Greenway

Cycling the Neponset River Greenway

by Nell Porter-Brown