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Campus & Community
Tracing Harvard’s ties to slavery: Recovering names and histories
Researchers delve into probate records, tax lists, and estate inventories to identify enslaved people
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Health
Six cancers rising faster in younger adults than older ones
Large new global study fuels growing concern over trend of increases in several types
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Campus & Community
Ballot order set for Overseer and HAA director elections
Candidates finalized ahead of spring voting period
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Science & Tech
Can a chatbot be a co-author?
Physicists take souped-up ChatGPT out for a spin, return home with significant discovery
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Nation & World
How to end polarization? Schools may be best hope.
Journalist blends history, on-the-ground reporting, finds answer may be civic education that goes far beyond 3 branches of government
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Work & Economy
Did I say too much?
‘Revealing’ author explains difference between TMI and the kind of healthy ‘oversharing’ that deepens relationships
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Health
What’s next for GLP-1s?
Scientists eye new treatment targets for popular weight-loss drugs, from heart failure to addiction
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Campus & Community
Kicking back with Rose Byrne
Australian actress feted, roasted as Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
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Science & Tech
Preserving learning in the age of AI shortcuts
In podcast, teachers talk about how they’re using technology to supercharge critical thinking rather than replace it
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Nation & World
Crush your goals the Ohtani way
Baseball superstar’s method for acing ambitions can help anyone, says Business School professor
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Nation & World
How academia can help America heal
First step, says columnist David Brooks, is to understand its role in the problem
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Nation & World
Can Russia be denied?
Ex-POW joins discussion of four-year conflict ahead of another round of negotiations
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Work & Economy
Yes, China has embraced renewables – but don’t call it a transition, expert says
Kennedy School panelists ponder next chapter in a tale of two superpowers
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Health
Pricey blockbuster GLP-1s are costing users — and most of the rest of us, too
Health insurers are passing along cost for coverage in form of higher rates across the board, policy researcher says
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Campus & Community
What’s the greatest love song of all time?
Faculty and administrators tell you theirs
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Campus & Community
Of different faiths, but connected by belief
Community members gather to explore identity, spiritual experience at first ‘Across This Table’ interfaith dinner
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Nation & World
New factor in predicting who becomes criminal: when you were born.
Sociologist Robert J. Sampson investigates plunging arrest rates for youngest millennials
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Nation & World
What would the Founding Fathers think of TikTok?
Experts weigh national security concerns against free speech in discussion of video app’s future
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Science & Tech
A ‘cocktail’ recipe for brain cells
Stem cell biologists discover how to regenerate type damaged in ALS, spinal cord injuries
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Campus & Community
Batman returns — to accept his Pudding Pot
Michael Keaton feted as Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year, 30 years after first invite
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Campus & Community
Funding innovative approaches to belonging
Supported by grants from the Culture Lab, four projects aim to strengthen belonging through listening, discussion, art, and representation
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Campus & Community
Class of 2001 elects Alejandra Casillas as chief marshal of alumni
Physician and health equity leader to serve in time-honored role
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Nation & World
Worried about how AI may affect foreign policy? You should be.
Experts discuss vulnerabilities, need for oversight of tech development, regulation
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Health
Drinking 2-3 cups of coffee a day tied to lower dementia risk
Caffeinated tea also found to slow cognitive decline in study
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Science & Tech
When you do the math, humans still rule
Harvard’s Lauren Williams, a MacArthur ‘genius,’ joins international effort to challenge notions of AI supremacy
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Science & Tech
‘Imagination’
Less like a picture, more like a video game? Cognitive scientist explains how we ‘see’ what isn’t real.
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Science & Tech
Breaking chess’s rating stalemate
Ranking skill can be tricky when the best players draw more than they win, so a Harvard statistician invented a new method
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Nation & World
Border security isn’t really the problem
Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says current backlash is owing to cloudy mission, aggressive tactics
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Campus & Community
A second shot at Olympic glory
Battle-tested current, former students return to Winter Games
