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How Animals Communicate

PhD student Ciara Sypherd unravels the mysteries of animal communication and cognition, bringing us closer to understanding the intricate languages of our non-human counterparts. 

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Performing Latinx

During the nineteenth century, Latinx performers and groups often traveled from Latin America to the United States and Europe. Christofer Rodelo, PhD '22, tells the story of one Salvadoran duo that became "a fantastical representation of a lost Indigenous people." 

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Inscription on the back of a daguerreotype showing "Aztec Children" performing duo, written by Charles Baker Adams.
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Running with Scissors

Physics student Noah Toyonaga envisions new applications for the geometric shape of shears in the shelters we build and even the clothes we wear. 

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Harvard Horizons Scholar Noah Toyonaga surrounded by some of the structures he's created in his exploration of the scissors motif
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Notes From a Writer's Desk: Finding Focus

Spring is in the air. The birds are chirping, the sun is out longer, and we’re getting more and more days of 50+ degree weather. For academics in the Northeast, this can be rejuvenating, but it can also be distracting.

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More Is More

In her new book, All Things Are Too Small, Harvard PhD candidate and Washington Post book critic Becca Rothfeld pushes back on what she sees as our culture’s embrace of minimalism and argues that it leaves us creatively and spiritually impoverished.

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Washington Post's Becca Rothfeld receives the 2023 National Book Critics Award
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