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Border Crossing
Author Rudy Ruiz carries on his Mexican-American family’s storytelling tradition.
Adamantios Korais
Brief life of a leader of the Greek Enlightenment: 1748-1833
The Faculty Faces Its Future
Better results than expected during the pandemic, and a sweeping effort to plan for academic improvements
On Readers’ Behalf
Recognizing writers and artists for distinguished work during 2021
Celebrating Alumni, Anew
Changes afoot for Harvard’s annual alumni meeting
Professor Steven Pinker on Thinking Straight
An excerpt from the preface of Pinker’s 2022 book Rationality
Culinary Postcards
Food has always been a contentious topic among undergraduates.
by Swathi Kella
Your Brain on Exercise
The hormone irisin, promising as a therapeutic against Alzheimer’s and dementia, is responsible for the cognitive benefits of exercise.
A Post-Plague Outpost
Candice Lin’s otherworldly refuge
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Reporting, with an M.B.A.
Charles Duhigg unpacks how individuals and organizations work at war, on Wall Street, and in Silicon Valley
News Briefs
Legacies challenged, campus sustainability, affirmative-action litigation, and honored scientists