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College makes regular-admission offers to 1,220, as University changes family-income threshold for second year
Larry Brilliant, doctor who helped vanquish smallpox, assesses COVID response and warns of rising threats, including lack of trust
Retired federal judge Nancy Gertner says lack of transparency, recent incidents involving justices, spouses, activists have tarnished public standing
World
Why Soviet playbook isn’t working in Ukraine
Pulitzer-winning journalist says Russians misjudged resistance, their troops lack sense of mission, leading to ‘nihilism’ of wider, more random destruction
Health
New approach to slowing aggressive leukemia
Compounds that degrade proteins, block cell growth developed by Harvard researchers hold promise as treatment for more types of cancer
Health
Doctors not the only ones feeling burned out
COVID survey finds more than half of healthcare workers stressed, overworked, and ready to leave
Arts
Gold, clay, and universal forms
With ‘Origen’ at Harvard Art Museums, Bosco Sodi explores the Earth’s elements
Health
How Lucy, Betsey, and Anarcha became foremothers of gynecology
Hutchins exhibit centers lives of three enslaved women who underwent unspeakable experiments without anesthesia for J. Marion Sims
Science
Buck Trible and the case of the mutant ants
Spontaneous mutation offers new theory about how ants evolve into social parasites, how human bodies grow
News
Medical School neurobiologist wins prestigious Brain Prize
Michael Greenberg recognized for his pivotal insights into brain plasticity
News
Harvard further expands financial aid to ease access
College makes regular-admission offers to 1,220, as University changes family-income threshold for second year
Science
Racing to catalog, study deep-sea biodiversity
Researchers find 5 new species of hard-to-access creatures amid shortage of knowledge, concerns growing commercial interest may cause extinctions
Health
Good genes are nice, but joy is better
Harvard study, almost 80 years old, has proved that embracing community helps us live longer, and be happier
Health
Researchers find key to healing muscle injuries in elderly
Controlling inflammation enables injured aged muscle recovery, offering promise for the future of mechanotherapies
Health
New FDA rules may help with prevention, detection of breast cancer
But, diagnostic radiologist says, one of most important aspects of ensuring patients are notified of tissue density is what it adds to doctor-patient dialogue
Business & Economy
Ken Rogoff says Fed is caught between rock, hard place: To lower inflation it must raise rates but that may trigger banking crisis. No easy answers.
Naomi Oreskes traces decadeslong campaign to get Americans to put their faith in free market as force for positive change over government
But Larry Summers says regulators have significant tools at their disposal, need to be vigilant of specific vulnerabilities
Arts & Humanities
With ‘Origen’ at Harvard Art Museums, Bosco Sodi explores the Earth’s elements
In Harvard visit, Pulitzer-winning playwright reflects on roots, writing (and rewriting), empathy in a darkened theater
Star, creator of hit show ‘Insecure’ Issa Rae honored as Artist of Year at annual Cultural Rhythms festival
Science & Technology
Spontaneous mutation offers new theory about how ants evolve into social parasites, how human bodies grow
MethaneSAT satellite will spot global sources of methane emissions, which in many cases can be halted with relatively simple fixes
Researchers find 5 new species of hard-to-access creatures amid shortage of knowledge, concerns growing commercial interest may cause extinctions