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Headlines from Harvard’s history

A Channel first, a voluntary U.S. history exam, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Ricardo Hausmann and colleagues develop a predictive tool for urban leaders

The combination of certain factors can determine whether a city is plagued with disease, or is a hub for innovation. 

by Oset Babür

Malka Older’s global sci-fi

Sci-fi meets the political thriller.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard field-hockey’s driving coach

Under coach Tjerk van Herwaarden, Harvard field hockey ascends.

by Erick Trickey

Derek Bok on reforming higher ed

Derek Bok and other scholars weigh in on improving universities and colleges—and why that’s hard to do.

by John S. Rosenberg

Pivoting to focus on faculty and research

Making the faculty and research a high priority for the presidential search

Branch Line, in an historic Watertown setting, is worth the trip

Branch Line serves brasserie-style fare in an historic Watertown setting

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard alumnus James Coe is a Hudson Valley painter and bird artist

Landscape and bird artist James Coe reflects the Hudson Valley

by Nell Porter-Brown

Songwriter and Semisonic frontman Dan Wilson reclaims his hits on "Re-Covered"

The Grammy Award-winning songwriter Dan Wilson reclaims his catalog.

by Max Suechting

New University Press director, new University Professor, and more

New University Press director, new University Professor, changing Harvard Square, and more

Harvard President Faust to step down

President Faust’s exit timetable, and the search for her successor

by John S. Rosenberg