Jodie Foster at Radcliffe Day 2025

Actress and director discusses her film career and her transformative time at Yale.

by Lydialyle Gibson , Max J. Krupnick

News in Brief

New Arts and Sciences dean, chief financial officer, Allston construction, and more

Tracing the Enslaved to Modern Descendants

A new technique for connecting ancient DNA to living relatives may have implications for institutions with legacies of slavery.

by Jonathan Shaw

Not-So-Free Parking

New book discusses how free parking spoiled cities for walkers, drivers, and residents

by Max J. Krupnick

“Joyous Protest Posters”

The Royal Chicano Air Force’s activist art at Houghton Library

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

Tackling the Dental Care Desert

Harvard alumnae establish a college of dental medicine in rural Missouri.

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

Saving the News—and Democracy

Should government bolster the free press?

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

Post-COVID Learning Losses

Children face potentially permanent setbacks

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

Treating Boston’s “Rough Sleepers”

Tracy Kidder and physician Jim O’Connell discuss health care for the homeless.

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

Major League Dreams

Harvard pitcher Jay Driver hopes to be selected in the Major League Baseball draft.

by Max J. Krupnick

Harvard Students Protest Supreme Court Ruling

With a march and speeches, students vowed to fight back.

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen