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Emily L. Ding

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Juan Manuel Santos at IOP Forum
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Juan Manuel Santos at IOP Forum

Peabody Terrace Housing
Cambridge City Council

As Cambridge Residents Head to the Polls, Housing Remains Top Issue

As Cambridge voters prepare to go to the polls this Tuesday, there are few doubts about the most pressing issue on their minds: housing.

sec library
Around Town

sec library

The newest of Harvard’s libraries, the SEC library is home to a collection of books that spans numerous disciplines, depicts various histories of science and technology, and highlights STEM figures of different backgrounds.

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Around Town

robyn rosenberg

Robyn Rosenberg, the engineering librarian at the SEC library, curated the collection from scratch. “A lot of these books are written by non-white men, and we’re having a lot of international authors, women authors,” Rosenberg says.

Cambridge City Hall
Cambridge City Council

Cambridge Passes Long-Debated Affordable Housing Amendments, Opening Door to Taller Developments

The Cambridge City Council voted 6-3 to pass a set of hotly debated amendments to the city’s 100%-Affordable Housing Zoning Overlay in a meeting Monday evening, setting the stage for taller, denser affordable housing developments throughout the city.

Cambridge Mortgage Loan Denials

Cambridge Streets
Race

In Cambridge, Black and Latinx Borrowers Face Higher Mortgage Loan Denial Rates, June Report Reveals

Black and Latinx borrowers faced significantly higher mortgage lending denial rates in Cambridge and in Massachusetts broadly in 2021, according to a June 2023 report.

Councilors McGovern and Toner Confer at City Council Meeting
City Politics

Cambridge City Council Votes Against Changes to Affordable Housing Overlay Amendments

The Cambridge City Council voted against revising amendments to the Affordable Housing Overlay Monday evening, rejecting language that would have prioritized housing middle-income residents and altered the policy’s approach to building height.

Pearson IOP Forum
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Pearson IOP Forum

Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson, center, and March For Our Lives co-founder David M. Hogg ’23, right, discussed gun reform and state politics at a Wednesday Institute of Politics forum.

Green New Deal Rally Crowd
Cambridge

Cambridge Residents and Activists Rally at City Hall for Green New Deal Proposal

More than 70 Cambridge residents and activists gathered in front of Cambridge City Hall Wednesday afternoon in support of Cambridge Green New Deal policies that would mandate emissions reductions from large commercial buildings.

Green New Deal Rally Crowd
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Green New Deal Rally Crowd

Y2Y
Harvard Square

Harvard Students Developing App to Connect Boston’s Unhoused People with Essential Resources

Local undergraduates are developing an app to connect Greater Boston’s unhoused population to essential resources, with hopes to launch it in the coming weeks.

Cambridge City Hall
Cambridge City Council

Cambridge Human Rights Commission Discusses Rental Assistance Program, Housing Discrimination in Meeting

Cambridge’s Human Rights Commission discussed housing discrimination and ways to facilitate household participation in a Massachusetts rental assistance program to obtain housing in the city in a Thursday meeting.

Joshua Cohen Hillel Event
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Joshua Cohen Hillel Event

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joshua A. Cohen, right, discussed his novel "The Netanyahus" at a Harvard Hillel event.

Joshua Cohen Hillel Event
Books

Pulitzer-Winning Author Joshua Cohen Discusses Novel ‘The Netanyahus’ at Harvard Hillel Event

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joshua Cohen discussed his 2021 novel “The Netanyahus” at an event hosted by Harvard Hillel and the Harvard Book Store on Thursday.

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