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Harvard Square's Parsnip restaurant

Parsnip restaurant is a handsome replacement for Upstairs on the Square.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Why evolution favors sex

Sex preserves beneficial mutations, and allows harmful ones to be purged.

by Erin O’Donnell

Harvard Overseer and other election results for 2016

Candidates nominated by the Harvard Alumni Association drew the most votes.

Brief life of mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch

Brief life of a mathematician and businessman: 1773-1839

by Tamara Plakins ...

Headlines from Harvard history

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Harvard Commencement humor

Speakers making funny at the 365th Commencement

A South Shore Finnish sauna draws a diverse crowd

The benefits of sweating at a traditional Finnish sauna in Pembroke, Massachusetts

by Nell Porter-Brown

How Harvard might discuss liberal-arts education more fruitfully

How Harvard might discuss liberal-arts education more fruitfully

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Cambridge Scholarship winners of 2016

The four winners will begin study in the other Cambridge this fall.

Excerpt from Amy Tuteur's "Push Back: Guilt in the Age of Natural Parenting"

Strong words from a combatant in the childbirth wars

Harvard track athletes Ngozi Musa and Gabby Thomas

First-years Ngozi Musa and Gabby Thomas help set the pace for track and field.

by Lydialyle Gibson