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Probing Policing
Recent complaints about the Harvard University Police Department have prompted a special presidential review committee charged with improving the department’s relationship with the community.
Decoding Diabetes
Elizabeth Gudrais reports on how discoveries in genetics, cell metabolism, and the study of small molecules point the way to new therapies and perhaps a cure for diabetes.
Keeping It Green
Profiles of Maryann Thompson, who practices sustainable architecture; Sarah Beatty, who founded a green building-supplies company; and David Hamilton, who works to preserve farmland
Comings and Goings
Events at Harvard Clubs
Photos in Thread
Fabric artist Linda Liu Behar stitches embroideries atop her own photographs.
Seeing the Field
Francine Polet brings international experience and tactics to the Harvard field-hockey team.
by Paul Gleason
Creating Space to Contemplate Success
Harvard pushes undergraduates to ponder life’s big questions.
Labs, Size Large
The new Northwest Science Building at Harvard
Poems by Richard Wilbur
Hear Richard Wilbur read his poem "The Writer"
Oddments
Comments about swinging doors and energy conservation, David Roy Shackleton Bailey, brain aging and a defunct drinking fountain, and the love of learning and of one’s colleagues
Blindspot: A Novel
History professor Jill Lepore is the coauthor, with Jane Kamensky, of the historical novel Blindspot, set in colonial Boston.
The Force Was With Them
Kevin Rafferty has made a documentary film, Harvard Beats Yale 29-29, about the 1968 football game.