Alexander Heffner and Governor Maura Healey

Breaking Bread

Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.

by Jack R. Trapanick

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

university building

Tackling the Dental Care Desert

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

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

Addressing Disability

The new Harvard student activism

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

Words with No Freedom

A Houghton Library exhibit explores writing in prison.

by Rodrigo del Río

Treating Boston’s “Rough Sleepers”

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

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

Harvard’s NBA Champion

Denver Nuggets assistant general manager Tommy Balcetis ’10 

by David L. Tannenwald

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

Pictured left to right, top to bottom: Oge Ogbogu, Nicole Austen, Aarya Kaushik, Michael Evans

Meet Harvard’s Undergraduate Authors

Dystopia, sickle cell, jazz, and wolves: four Harvard students chronicle their paths to publication.

A Tribute to Melvin Miller

Celebrating The Bay State Banner’s founder

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen