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Kendall Square’s restaurants

Restaurants proliferate in Cambridge’s “hi-tech” Kendall Square neighborhood.

by Nell Porter-Brown

A Harvard presidential portrait rediscovered, and an art gallery of a cemetery

A president who tippled, and an eternally faithful dog

Hopkinson Smith’s new recordings of Bach aim for “perfect union”

A lutenist pursues what he calls his “lifelong task.”

by Lara Pellegrinelli

Headlines from Harvard history

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Gundalow rides promote appreciation of history and the environment

Public boat tours with The Gundalow Company, in Portsmouth, N.H.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Political theorist Danielle Allen is profiled by Spencer Lenfield

Danielle Allen’s mission to return equality to the heart of American democracy

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Harvard endocrinologist David Ludwig says all calories are not created equal

Avoid refined sugars and processed carbohydrates, says endocrinologist David Ludwig.

by Laura Levis

Gene drives promise unprecedented human control of the environment

A technique for pushing genetic alterations through entire species of plants and animals may herald a future in which humans manage ecosystems through molecular biology.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard economist Richard Freeman on the risks of robotization of the economy

Most people’s jobs are at risk of becoming robotized, argues labor economist Richard Freeman.

by Richard B. Freeman

Harvard economist Claudia Goldin examines the gender wage gap

Economist Claudia Goldin investigates what causes the gender wage gap, and what doesn't.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Through the Toilet Bowl, and What I Found There

An alumna reflects on her experience in Dorm Crew.

by Breeanna Elliott