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Twyla Tharp’s “Minimalism and Me”

A retrospective show at Boston’s ICA 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Why systems biology?

Studies of the dynamic molecular interactions in metabolism point to a central role for mitochondria.

by Jonathan Shaw

Changes at Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press director George Andreou on the future of academic publishing

by Oset Babür

New community convening spaces straddle the Charles

Smith Campus Center, Klarman Hall debut.

by Oset Babür

Experiential Holiday Gifts

A roundup of creative gift ideas for this holiday season

by Kara Baskin

Jim Merriner, Alaskan school superintendent, is profiled

In rural Alaska, Jim Merriner runs a school district with a major educational footprint across the state.

by Shane Brodie

Robert Coles and Atul Gawande on William Carlos Williams

Two Harvard doctors on William Carlos Williams

Karen King, historian of the early Christian church

Karen King studies texts from Christianity’s first centuries to reinterpret the history of the early church.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Admissions litigation, sexual assault, humanities, endowment taxes

Admissions litigation, sexual assault, humanities losses, endowment taxes

by John S. Rosenberg

A. Sloan Devlin Seeks to Decrypt the Gut Microbiome

Altering one gene in a gut microbe transforms metabolism.

by John A. Griffin

Stevens-Coolidge Place winter activities

Winterlights and scavenger hunts at the historic Stevens-Coolidge Place

by Nell Porter-Brown