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Nineteenth-century dancing lessons

A professor's passion reveals how one learned to dance in Jane Austen's day.

by Christopher Reed

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.

by Craig Lambert

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.

by Craig Lambert

Hausmann and Hidalgo find wealthier economies are also more complex

The most prosperous countries have economies that produce a variety of goods.

by Jonathan Shaw

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.

by Craig Lambert

Boosting faculty-student ties

Boosting faculty-student ties

by Melanie E. Long