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Harvard football wrap-up 2018

A resilient, crowd-pleasing football season, with talented sophomores surfacing

by Dick Friedman

Headlines from Harvard’s history

When the Law School made thin ice…and other headlines from Harvard’s history

How physical appearance influences authority

Cherubic features benefit black male CEOs, but not other groups, underscoring the complexity of social disadvantage.

by Erin O’Donnell

Bed furnishings in early America

A Wadsworth Atheneum and Museum exhibit reveals how we once slept.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Playwright Bess Wohl: a profile

Bess Wohl writes plays from an actor’s perspective.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Language as a litmus test for AI

And the problem of bias

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard police and students, Title IX and more

Policing and students, Title IX changes, and public opinion toward higher education

by John S. Rosenberg

Ruth Okediji, intellectual property law expert

A Nigerian-born professor who brings unusual perspective to intellectual-property law

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

The View from Mass Hall

President Larry Bacow on Truth

by Lawrence S. Bacow

Harvard degree-program affiliates in the 116th Congress

Degree-program affiliates now number 53, with 15 in the Senate and 38 in the House.

Tale of Genji Illustrated

A magnificent set of images, published—and exhibited

Profile of Daniela Lamas, a critical-care physician

Daniela Lamas and the practice of post-ICU care

by Lydialyle Gibson