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President Larry Bacow’s first Freshman Convocation 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon in the Spotlight

Fresh efforts to understand the writer’s history and craft

by Brandon J. Dixon

First-Gen Orientation

Harvard’s inaugural pre-orientation program for low-income freshmen

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Unequal Distribution of Incomes

The worrisome distribution of the fruits of American economic growth

by Richard B. Freeman

Visualizing the World at the Harvard Map Collection

Maps can be applied to straightforward ends; they can also be fanciful, surprising, or plain weird. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Is Arsenic a Key Ingredient in the Battle Against Cancer?

Despite its toxic reputation, arsenic may play a key role in the battle against cancer.

by Oset Babür

Harvard’s Global Health Delivery Intensive

A Harvard summer program provides a “lexicon” for healthcare professionals.

by Brandon J. Dixon

Why Are Women More Likely to Survive Heart Attacks When Treated by Female MDs?

The “glass ceiling” in the operating room

by Oset Babür

Laura van den Berg and “The Third Hotel”

In Laura van den Berg’s fiction, the deeply strange is ordinary.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Lives Glimpsed through Passports

Houghton exhibit documents “the dream of a globalized world.”

by Brandon J. Dixon

A printer's archive and Nam June Paik's video art, at the Harvard Art Museums

Recent acquisitions at the Harvard Art Museums train a fresh lens on photography and video art.

by Sophia Nguyen

Bacow Appoints Claudine Gay dean of FAS

President Bacow’s first major appointment

by John S. Rosenberg