Asher J. Montgomery
Latest Articles
AI Wrote A Harvard Physicist’s Most Recent Paper. No One Knows What It Means for Science.
As LLM calculation skills advance, theoretical fields of science are reckoning with the possibility that they could be replaced. And maybe they want to be?
Free Range Kids, Grown Up
The children of Old Seminole Heights were frequently picked up from school together, often spending evenings and late nights together as a neighborhood family of sorts. We spent time eating buttered rice, black beans, or packages of oreos, but mostly playing Kick the Can.
Neko Case Concert Review: Bone-Shaking Vocals Blow Away Boston
Neko Case’s expansive and breathless voice filled The Wilbur Theatre in downtown Boston on Oct. 23 in a blazing homage to authenticity.
Wet Leg Concert Review: On Being in Love (Again)
The band members still don’t take themselves too seriously, despite having every right to.
How HUPD, City Police Departments Worked Together to Monitor Pro-Palestine Protests
More than 300 pages of emails obtained by The Crimson via a public records request show how the Harvard University and Cambridge Police Departments alerted each other to protest activity in the months following Oct. 7.
Person Found Dead in Allston Apartment After Hours-Long Barricade
BOSTON — Boston Police Department officers discovered a man dead in the Allston Continuum apartment complex early Thursday morning after a nearly 12-hour long standoff between the man and law enforcement officers.
Progressive Cambridge Policing Approach Tested By Homeless Encampment
Despite the removal of an encampment under the Boston University Bridge by police last year, the tents have since returned — testing the Cambridge Police Department’s attempt to balance their lawful responsibility and effort to respect the choice to live outdoors.
Police Investigating After Lil Xan Kicks Harvard Student at Royale Pregame
Nicholas Diego Leanos, a rapper known as “Lil Xan,” repeatedly struck and kicked a Harvard College sophomore in the face during the Harvard-Yale pregame at the Royale nightclub on Nov. 23, prompting the Boston Police Department to investigate an alleged aggravated assault.
Faro Cafe Faces Disciplinary Action From City for Exceeding Capacity
Faro Cafe is facing disciplinary action from the Cambridge Licensing Committee for allegedly operating over their licensed capacity and providing entertainment without a license.
Cambridge Police Respond to Three Armed Robberies Over Holiday Weekend
Cambridge Police arrested and charged two individuals under the age of 18 for an armed robbery on Sunday night, the third in a string of armed robberies that took place in Cambridge over the holiday weekend.
Latest Media
Policing IOP Forum
A Harvard IOP forum on Monday night featured a conversation about policing and racial justice with Cornell William Brooks, a Harvard Kennedy School professor, Yanilda María González, assistant professor of public policy at HKS, and Sandra Susan Smith, a professor of criminal justice at the school.
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Modest Mouse performing at Boston's Roadrunner on Dec. 16.
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Patrick Radden Keefe during his talk at the Boston Book Festival.