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The New Little Magazines

Keeping literature and long-form journalism alive

by Nancy Walecki

Getting His Reps in

Anwar Floyd-Pruitt’s wildly profuse art

by Lydialyle Gibson

News in Brief

New Arts and Sciences dean, chief financial officer, Allston construction, and more

Polishing off Plastic Pollution?

Engineering microbes to metabolize plastic waste

by Colleen Walsh

In Defense of Liberal Arts

A semester abroad clarifies the value of the curriculum back home.

by Sofia Andrade

Making Music Out of DNA Loops

Composer and biophysicist Amir Bitran ’16, Ph.D. ’23

by Nancy Walecki

The Return of History

Ukrainian scholar Serhii Plokhy on the war in his home country

by Lydialyle Gibson

Irene Soto Marín

Ancient history professor studies coins, ceramics, and Zelda.

by Max J. Krupnick

Cambridge 02138

Affirmative action, climate change, undergraduate options

Staff Pick: RISD Craft Fair

Artists showcase their work in Providence, Rhode Island. In the foreground are pieces by Dwo Wen Chen/Three Wheel Studio. 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Dialed In

“The Dial,” reborn

by Nancy Walecki

State-Sponsored Discrimination

The role of zoing law and housing in making America more unequal—and what to do about it