Arts & Culture

AI robot wearing a white doctor's coat in the hallway of a hospital emergency room

Health & Medicine |

AI is Making Medical Decisions — But For Whom?

Doctors warn that without an ethical framework, patients could be left behind.

by Olivia Farrar

The Inuit artist who created this dogsled from carved ivory, leather, and sealskin is unknown.

Treasure | January-February 2011

Good Dogs

For centuries, a simple technology permitted people to survive the Arctic.

by Christopher Reed

Chester M. Pierce, professor of education and psychiatry emeritus, lecturing in the Ether Dome at Massachusetts General Hospital. Apollo stands behind him.

The College Pump | January-February 2011

New Faces

Steven Coit's portraits diversify Harvard's walls, and the 1947 football team defies racism.

Avi Steinberg has faith in the power of books and writing to help transform lives.

Alumni | January-February 2011

Books behind Bars

Avi Steinberg's memoir of life as a prison librarian

by Nell Porter-Brown

Warm colors and innovative culinary combinations in Inman Square

New England Regional | January-February 2011

Nouveau Chinese

Cambridge restaurant East by Northeast offers multisensory delights.

by Nell Porter-Brown

David Berkeley

Montage | January-February 2011

Telegraph Avenue Troubadour

Singer David Berkeley's songs glow with a strange light.

Sassetta,<i>The Ectasy of Saint Francis,</i> 1437-44, Villa I Tatti, Settignano. From <i>Blessed and Beautiful,</i> by Robert Kiely.

Montage | January-February 2011

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Amos Doolittle cheekily depicted the passions over ratification in this 1787 engraving with watercolor, with “Federals” (business interests), left, and agrarian “Antifederals,” right, differing over currency and Connecticut’s debts: a mired wagon being pulled in opposite directions.

Montage | January-February 2011

American Ratification

The great experiment in constitution-making

by Jack Rakove

Montage | January-February 2011

A Story Curled Inside

"In Motion: The Experience of Travel," by Tony Hiss, makes the case for mindful attention to one's environs—even the most ordinary.

Four New York firefighters with John Weidman and <i>Sesame Street</i> character Elmo in 2001.

Montage | January-February 2011

Storytelling with Sondheim

Librettist John Weidman writes books for the best.

by Jesse Kornbluth

In <i>Black Swan</i>, Natalie Portman's character dances the role of the Swan Queen and her dark rival in <i>Swan Lake</i>. Here, Portman as the White Swan.

Montage | January-February 2011

Dark Beauty

A tense thriller, with ballerinas

by Craig Lambert