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Nineteenth-century dancing lessons
A professor's passion reveals how one learned to dance in Jane Austen's day.
Roundup of recent Harvard news
Short takes on recent Harvard news
An excerpt from "Tocqueville's Discovery of America," by Leo Damrosch
An excerpt from Tocqueville's Discovery of America, by Leo Damrosch
Harvard Corporation senior fellow James R. Houghton to retire
James R. Houghton, senior fellow of Harvard’s senior governing board, will step down on June 30.
"Harvard Serves" is a public-service initiative
The Harvard Alumni Association sponsors a global public-service initiative.
Steven Crist publishes the Daily Racing Form
Steven Crist '78 is a newspaperman for the turf tribe.
Harvard reboots its planned expansion in Allston
With construction on its huge science facility in Allston halted, Harvard reconsiders its planned expansion there.
Restaurant review: Sofra Bakery and Café, in West Cambridge
Sofra Bakery and Café specializes in small items with an Eastern Mediterranean accent.
Hausmann and Hidalgo find wealthier economies are also more complex
The most prosperous countries have economies that produce a variety of goods.
Torturers think victims expressing pain are guilty
Inflicting pain changes the perceptions of torturers, not necessarily their knowledge.
A new book collects theater photographs by Angus McBean
Fredric Wilson’s book The Theatrical World of Angus McBean collects British midcentury theater images.
Boosting faculty-student ties
Boosting faculty-student ties