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Prolific writer Francine Prose
Francine Prose writes fiction and nonfiction in many forms. With an audio clip of the author discussing her writing process.
Calendar of cultural events in and around Harvard Square
Early fall happenings at Harvard
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
Brief life of American textile industry entrepreneur Francis Cabot Lowell
Brief life of an American entrepreneur: 1775-1817
by Dan Yaeger
In photographs by Wang Di and Xing Danwen, Beijing as "urban utopia"
Two Beijing photographers interpret China's breakneck change from Communist revolution to market-based consumerism.
Excerpt from "Nurturing Children and Families," a tribute to T. Berry Brazelton
Pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton's breakthrough in understanding newborns as complex, capable beings
Headlines from Harvard history
Headlines from Harvard history
Innovative museums highlight New England's industrial past
Innovative museums highlight New England's industrial past.
Harvard moves to a tenure track for appointing professors
Revised promotion policies transform younger faculty members' lives—and promise sweeping changes in the professoriate as a whole.
Michael Greenberg studies molecular-level memory formation and eRNA
Neurobiologist Michael Greenberg investigates how memories form at a molecular level, and discovers a new class of RNA.
Mindfulness—the unconventional research of psychologist Ellen Langer
Psychologist Ellen Langer's unconventional research. Plus, read about applying mindfulness techniques to eating.