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Yellow Wolf's Silence: The Untold Nez Perce War Story

Brief life of a Native American witness to history: c. 1855-1935

by Daniel J. Sharfstein

Harvard people in the news

Dunster departure, graduate-school deans, faculty writing-prize winners, and more

Harvard Commencement Director Stephan Magro, profiled

A miracle-working Commencement director

by Sophia Nguyen

Harvard Square’s cafes and bakeries

Harvard Square’s caffeine and calories—galore!

by Nell Porter-Brown

Letters from our readers

Readers comment on Houghton Library, coddled campuses, labor law, and more.

Nominees for Harvard Overseers and HAA directors

Overseers and HAA director candidates

“Sink into it": ballet choreographer Claudia Schreier, profiled

A choreographer's career, taking shape

by Sophia Nguyen

Harvard basketball teams’ seesaw seasons

Seesaw seasons for the basketball teams

by David L. Tannenwald

Online learning evolves at Harvard and elsewhere

Online learning, evolving at Harvard and beyond, attracts critical analysis.

by John S. Rosenberg

Epigenetic inheritance explained by in-utero exposures

Patterns of gene expression that appear to be inherited from one generation to the next are instead explained by in-utero exposures.

by Jonathan Shaw

Springtime at Mount Auburn Cemetery

Springtime at Mount Auburn Cemetery

by Nell Porter-Brown

Review of Daniel Ziblatt, “Conservative Political Parties”

Scholarly lessons from Europe prove pertinent today.

by Daniel J. Solomon