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Alumni donations to Harvard

A record-breaking fiftieth-reunion total is one among many contributions.

E.O. Wilson is coauthor of two new ant books

In two new books, E.O. Wilson and his coauthors introduce pioneer myrmecologist José Celestino Mutis, and the ants that are "the most complex socially of all animals, except for humans."

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Recent appointments and honors for Harvard affiliates

Arrivals, appointments, awards

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Brief life of Renaissance scholar Mary Costelloe Berenson

Brief life of a Renaissance scholar: 1864-1945

by Diane E. Booton

Chef’s knives and cardiologists: teaching doctors to cook healthily

Healthier doctors, healthier patients?

by Craig Lambert

The case for electrification to help solve energy and climate concerns

Reducing our dependence on imported oil—while addressing the threat of climate change

Photographer David Arnold and others document coral reefs in decline

The world's most fragile marine ecosystems are in decline.

by Jonathan Shaw

Restaurant eating is rising: the pros and the cons

Dining out is surging—yet there are reservations.

by Craig Lambert

Will new technologies and new academic models upend elite selective schools?

Will new technologies and new academic models upend elite selective schools?

by Clayton M. Chri... , Michael B. Horn

Conductor Sarah Hicks moves easily between pops and classics

Conductor Sarah Hicks spans Prokofiev and the Police.

by David Menconi