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Harvard classicist Richard Thomas on Bob Dylan

In a new book, classicist Richard Thomas explores Bob Dylan’s literary ties to ancient Greece and Rome.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Nicco Mele of Harvard’s Shorenstine Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy

The director of the Shorenstein Center on how the Internet came to mean so much to him. 

by Oset Babür

International education centers in Greater Boston

Greater Boston’s cultural centers offer a lot more than language classes.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Letters from our readers

Readers comment on criminal injustices, alumni who died in Vietnam, political correctness, and more.

Utah activist Bill Hedden reflects on 40 years of conservation work

A Utah activist reflects on 40 years of land conservation—and what’s coming next.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Gary Bellow and the Legal Services Center at Harvard Law School

Gary Bellow and the work of the Law School’s Legal Services Center

by Lincoln Caplan

Harvard men's hockey goalie Merrick Madsen

Merrick Madsen was the brick wall in net for last season’s Frozen Four team.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard leaders stress community values at start of the academic year

Harvard’s leaders stress community values at the start of the academic year.

by Sophia Nguyen , Marina N. Bolotnikova

How climate change can change crop nutrition

How global warming can change crop nutrition

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Boosting Harvard museums, and novel architecture

Boosting museums, and novel architecture

by Primus VI

Harvard professor Stephanie Burt on becoming co-poetry editor at “The Nation”

Stephanie Burt ’94 is the kind of poetry critic who provokes anger in other poetry critics.

by Tara Wanda Merrigan

Brief life of Guy Davenport, a polymathic stylist

Brief life of a polymathic stylist: 1927-2005

by Eric Allen Been