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Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow's summer reading list

Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow discusses what's on her reading list, as well as the line between professional and pleasure reading, and her family's literary history.

Melanie Thernstrom's "The Pain Chronicles" explores chronic pain

A new book by Melanie Thernstrom ’87 explores chronic pain, in the author's own life, across societies, and through history.

A new history of Design Research, written by Jane Thompson

A new history of Design Research remembers how the store brought modern design to Harvard Square and the United States.

Marc Hauser comments on scientific misconduct in his psychology lab

The latest coverage on misconduct in the psychology professor's lab also includes an assertion by a scientific journal editor that he can only conclude that data for one retracted paper were fabricated.

Random House wins literary standoff with Andrew Wylie's agency

Random House publishers has won a battle with literary agent Andrew Wylie over e-book rights.

Slide show: a reporter's notebook from travels in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya

A reporter's notebook from travels in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya

September-October 2010 Class Notes and Obituaries

Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries published in the print edition of this magazine.

FAS dean details Hauser scientific misconduct

The dean reports eight incidents of misconduct, and explains the faculty's procedures for dealing with them

Thich Nhat Hanh and Lilian Cheung apply mindfulness techniques to eating

Applying ancient Buddhist mindfulness techniques to eating in the modern world

by Cara Feinberg

Newspaper offers details of Marc Hauser lab investigation

The Chronicle of Higher Education quotes an internal Harvard report it obtained from a former research assistant to psychology professor Marc Hauser.

Harvard Medical School revises conflicts-of-interest policies

As corporate relationships with researchers and doctors come under more scrutiny, Harvard Medical School updates its policies.

Robert Pringle says termite-mound distribution reveals ecosystem productivity

Robert Pringle says the grid-like distribution of Kenyan termite mounds helps answer an old question about ecosystems.

by Samuel Bjork