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Pioneered, along with two others from MIT, use of field experiments to determine effectiveness of world poverty programs
Leah Plunkett shares some tips from her new book, ‘Sharenthood’
Veterans of past battles offer insiders’ looks into the politics, procedure, and strategy of investigators and lawmakers
Health
Learning not to fear
Mindfulness meditation training alters how we process fearful memories
World
Level of campus sexual violence largely unchanged, survey says
In Q&A, Harvard co-chairs discuss findings at University, 32 other institutions
Health
Stigma of opioids a hurdle to solving crisis
Conference finds that it keeps users from seeking help, taints views of medical professionals
Science
A reliable clock for your microbiome
Genetic oscillator records changes in microbiome growth patterns in vivo
News
Michael Kremer wins Nobel in economics
Pioneered, along with two others from MIT, use of field experiments to determine effectiveness of world poverty programs
Health
Harvard to launch center for autism research
Created with $20M gift from K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan, initiative aims to unravel the basic biology of autism and related disorders
World
Choosing racial literacy
Sophomore Winona Guo co-wrote two textbooks, co-founded a nonprofit, and gave two TED Talks — most of it before she even graduated high school
![Obasi Shaw '17 submitted Harvard's first rap thesis, "Liminal Minds," which combines elements of Middle English poetry with issues of racial identity in America. “[African-Americans are] free, but the effects of slavery still exist," says Shaw. "Each song is an exploration of that state between slavery and freedom.”](https://news.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/032917_shaw_obasi_0161_605.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1)
Campus
Making rhyme and reason speak for him
Obasi Shaw’s thesis is an exploration of rap’s meaning
World
A living witness to nuclear dystopia
Hiroshima survivor recalls the bombing, the devastation that followed, and her life as a disarmament advocate
News
The magic of the unexpected
Nobel winner began with a destination in mind but found something important along the way
Arts & Humanities
Harvard archive shines an academic light on the social, poetic, and musical complexities of hip-hop
New music professor composes pieces to immerse audiences in narrative
A selection of photos by Nobel laureate Martin Karplus taken in post-war Europe on display
Health & Medicine
Mindfulness meditation training alters how we process fearful memories
Conference finds that it keeps users from seeking help, taints views of medical professionals
Campus & Community
Centennial celebration of the storied group queued up for this weekend
Culture Lab offers University-wide grants for tech projects promoting diversity
Celebration at Sanders marks the show’s 50th anniversary and its long collaboration with the College