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He Operates on Eyes. And He Operates a Racecar.

Harvard graduate and NASCAR racer Patrick Staropoli on pedals, attention, and fearlessness.

by Matt Crossman

We’re Thinking About Darkness All Wrong

There’s a growing movement to curb light pollution. It starts on your front porch.

by Matt Crossman

A Slavery Database, New HMC Leadership, and Other Harvard Headlines

A roundup of University news from the spring of 2026

Which Harvard Architecture Stands the Test of Time?

In a sea of red brick, the Science Center and Peabody Terrace make their mark.

by Primus VI

Why Boston Loves Country Music

Singer Elisa Smith’s whiskey-soaked voice and subversive feminism is part of the genre’s urban shift.

by Claire Zulkey

Discoveries: Short Takes on Cutting-Edge Research

Growing liver implants, mapping the sense of smell, and journalism at risk

by Jonathan Shaw

Peek Inside the American Repertory Theater’s New Home

The planned opening of the Goel Center in Allston for performances will be in spring of 2027.

by Schuyler Velasco

The Harvard Doctor Who Made Kidney Transplants Possible

Nobel Prize recipient Joseph E. Murray dedicated much of his career to organ transplant surgery.

by Diane Speare Triant

The Year Harvard Scrapped Maid Service

Until the 1950s, professionals cleaned up after students in the dorms.

by Nell Porter-Brown

In Searing New Memoir, Emilee Hackney Struggles to Find Home

All That’s Unseen charts the Harvard graduate’s uneasy journey from Appalachia to Cambridge and back.  

by Nina Pasquini , Nell Porter-Brown

My Pet Rabbit Lost Her Companion. Then She Went Speed Dating.

An animal’s journey from grief to love shows how much humans need each other, too.

by Lydialyle Gibson