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Paul Zeitz established the math-focused Proof School in San Francisco

A private San Francisco middle school and high school nurture a passion for numbers.

by Violet Baron

Remembering a distinctive Harvard Magazine voice

A distinctive Harvard Magazine voice remembered

Harvard Medical School names George Daley dean

Stem-cell scientist to lead school. 

by John S. Rosenberg

Cranberry Harvest Celebration in Wareham, Massachusetts

Learn how New England’s iconic berries are cultivated at this annual event.

by Nell Porter-Brown

George Bucknam Dorr

A brief life of a persistent conservationist and founder of Acadia National Park

by Steven Pavlos Holmes

Undergraduate admissions challenges, faculty diversity

Continuing challenges to undergraduate-admissions policies, and diversifying faculties

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Portrait: Michael Brenner

Applied mathematician Michael Brenner on not knowing anything

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

The Birthplace of the American Iron Industry

The Saugus Iron Works highlights early U.S. industrial history

by Nell Porter-Brown

Letters on Harvard and slavery, Seamus Heaney, final clubs, more

Readers comment on Harvard and slavery, scientists and sex, final clubs, Seamus Heaney, and more

Harvard alumna Sarah Alcorn reflects on her life as a private investigator

Boston-based private investigator Sarah Alcorn is “a bit of an oddball in this business.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Radcliffe alumna Judith Brodsky, on printmaking and risk-taking

From the beginning, artist and advocate Judith Brodsky felt “pulls in different directions.”

by Violet Baron

The case for charter schools and other choice options

Making the case for charter schools and other choice options to boost educational performance

by Paul E. Peterson