Latest News
Polishing off Plastic Pollution?
Engineering microbes to metabolize plastic waste
In Defense of Liberal Arts
A semester abroad clarifies the value of the curriculum back home.
Making Music Out of DNA Loops
Composer and biophysicist Amir Bitran ’16, Ph.D. ’23
The Return of History
Ukrainian scholar Serhii Plokhy on the war in his home country
Irene Soto Marín
Ancient history professor studies coins, ceramics, and Zelda.
Tracing the Enslaved to Modern Descendants
A new technique for connecting ancient DNA to living relatives may have implications for institutions with legacies of slavery.
Not-So-Free Parking
New book discusses how free parking spoiled cities for walkers, drivers, and residents
“Joyous Protest Posters”
The Royal Chicano Air Force’s activist art at Houghton Library
Tackling the Dental Care Desert
Harvard alumnae establish a college of dental medicine in rural Missouri.
Addressing Disability
The new Harvard student activism
Saving the News—and Democracy
Should government bolster the free press?
Post-COVID Learning Losses
Children face potentially permanent setbacks