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Joanne Chang’s Flour bakery chain expands, plus a new cookbook

Baker Joanne Chang ’91 has a new cookbook out, with recipes from her Flour Bakery + Café.

Harvard arts and sciences looks ahead

Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean Michael D. Smith looks beyond financial constraints to academic priorities, from better teaching to renovated undergraduate Houses.

For Asian-American alumni, a milestone: their first-ever University-wide summit

Their first-ever University-wide summit highlights progress and challenges at Harvard.

by Sarah Zhang

Readers discuss their experiences with stereotypes and snap judgments

Have you had stereotypes applied to you? Do you notice your own snap judgments? Join our reader discussion.

Elizabeth Whittaker’s inventive architecture

Elizabeth Whittaker’s beautiful buildings look expensive, but aren’t.

by Craig Lambert

The Harvard Alumni Association Award winners of 2010

Six alumni are honored for their outstanding service to the University through alumni activities.

Rommel chef Bruno Fricker and master chef Ferran Adrià at Harvard

Delicacies from Rommel's chef at Stillman Infirmary, plus gastronomical lectures from Ferran Adrià and peers

President Drew Faust on Harvard issues

Early in the fall term, Drew Faust reviews Harvard’s improved finances, University governance, scientific misconduct, and other issues.

Profile of community organizer-turned-teacher Marshall Ganz

The community organizer, who once worked with César Chávez, now teaches at the Kennedy School.

Illuminated, artificial-turf Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium opens at Harvard

The new Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium hosts its first games.

Letters from readers

Mill girls, mushroom mirth, folklore myths

Raj Chetty: Good kindergarten teachers boost pupils' lifetime earnings

An economist finds that good kindergarten teachers boost pupils' earnings later in life.

by Erin O’Donnell