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Dance Freedom in Cambridge draws a crowd for its free-style, barefoot boogies.

Dance as personal expression: New England area opportunities

New England offers numerous forms of dance for body, mind, and soul.

by Nell Porter-Brown

A miniature portrait of Craigie in his prime, this watercolor on ivory, painted around 1800, is attributed to Archibald Robertson.

Profile of Revolutionary patriot and scoundrel Andrew Craigie

Brief life of a patriot and scoundrel: 1754-1819

by Anthony J. Connors

One of the earliest American football posters, done for <i>Harper’s</i> in 1894 by Edward Penfield. This example, in B+ condition, sold at a Swann Galleries auction August 3 in New York City for $1,320, including buyer’s premium. In 1894 Yale beat Harvard 12-4.

Robert Kiely on gay rights at Adams House, plus the Harvard M.B.A. Indicator

Robert J. Kiely on gay rights at Adams House, plus the Harvard M.B.A. Indicator

Ginkgo specimens in their ancestral setting: Shan Jiang village, Guizhou Province, in the People’s Republic of China

Peter Del Tredici of the Arnold Arboretum searches for the wild ginkgo

Peter Del Tredici’s search for the wild ginkgo and the secret of its uniquely long survival

by Jill Jonnes

A scene from Meredith James’s video <i>Day Shift </i>, starring James herself

Meredith James '04 creates videos and sculptures that challenge perceptions

Meredith James '04 creates surrealist videos and sculptures that challenge perceptions.

by Jesse Kornbluth

Spinach Mushroom salad “with Seared Diver Scallops”

Salad restaurateur Erin Wade ’03 shares photos and two recipes

Erin Wade's special dressing recipes are sure to whet your appetite.

The <i>Invention of Book Printing</i> comes from <i>Nova Reperta</i> (New inventions and discoveries of modern times), by Stradanus (Jan van der Straet), the first such illustrated compendium of postclassical innovations (ca. 1599- 1603). The ability to print many copies of such works revolutionized communication of ideas in the sixteenth century.

Sackler exhibition reveals artistic discovery in Renaissance Europe

An exhibition at the Sackler reveals the connections among Renaissance art, invention, and the evolution of science.

by Jennifer Carling , Jonathan Shaw

Illustration by Robert Neubecker

Private colleges maintain value, say educators Richard Chait and Zachary First

Two scholars of higher education buck the negative tide.

by Zachary First

Peter Del Tredici weighs in on ginkgo and memory

Ginkgo products have become a hot commodity in the twenty-first century, but do they actually boost memory?

by Jill Jonnes

"When in Rome": Local Customs and Cultural Experiences

Photo (c) www.hmnh.harvard.edu, by Patrick Rogers

New England Forests

Friends of Harvard Magazine gathered on October 19, 2011 for a special event: New England Forests gallery talk at the Harvard Museum of Natural History with Professor David Foster.