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Health
His family, his patients, and you
Physician shaped by frontline COVID work navigates personal and global anxieties in ‘Safer,’ yielding lessons for the next crisis
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Campus & Community
Helping vets, other public servants take next step in leadership
Inaugural class of American Service Fellowship, which offers aid to promising midcareer professionals, settles in at Kennedy School
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Health
Students bring their pain to class and leave feeling lighter
Course on grief isn’t just for counselors
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Science & Tech
Hello? How the telephone transformed human connection
Alum’s new history traces evolution of technology — from party lines to mobile devices — and how we’ve changed with it
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Health
Concerns raised over older heavy drinkers
Medical experts note elevated health risks, as study finds post-pandemic declines among younger adults
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Arts & Culture
New home for superheroes: Houghton Library
Donor of vast comics collection details Hollywood arc during Harvard visit
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Health
‘Unique opportunity’ in study of colorectal cancer
Dental medicine researchers will use statewide biobank to study link between microorganisms in mouth and disease
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Work & Economy
Time to bring remote workers back in?
Economists say proximity fosters creativity, teamwork. But there are good arguments for working from home, doesn’t have to be either/or.
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Science & Tech
Nice yellow ball in the sky? Not quite.
You might see the sun in a whole new light after taking this quiz based on astrophysicist’s new book
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Arts & Culture
Why Sofia Coppola gave Marie Antoinette sneakers
Director visits Harvard Film Archive for 20th anniversary of biopic, also the subject of a new documentary
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Health
Does it matter when you work out?
Yes, but it’s not the only factor to consider when establishing a routine, says cardiologist
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Science & Tech
When lonely hearts turn to AI
As social use of chatbots surges, experts discuss whether machines can satisfy our need for human connection
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Campus & Community
Aage Bøttger Sørensen, 59
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 3, 2026, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Aage Bøttger Sørensen was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty. Born: May 13, 1941 Died: April 18, 2001 Our colleague Aage B. Sørensen died on April 18, 2001,…
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Campus & Community
‘Voice of Logan’ finalist spent lots of time in Hahvahd Yahd
Meagan Lewis-Michelson ’10 could soon be the official voice of Boston — but she wasn’t always proud of her accent
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Arts & Culture
Elizabeth Strout, mystery writer
Pulitzer-winning novelist brings a keen sense of the unknown to Divinity School
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Health
About half of drinkers on GLP-1s say they imbibed less
Study sparked by reports of unexpected side effect amid skyrocketing popularity of drug for diabetes, weight loss
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Nation & World
Disillusion runs deep among young Americans
IOP leaders say that extends to health of nation’s democracy, and key is persuading young adults that involvement can yield change
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Science & Tech
Where better than universities?
The thorny ethical questions raised by AI demand exhaustive scrutiny, says Ifeoma Ajunwa — not to mention debate. She knows just the place.
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Nation & World
U.S. literacy crisis keeps getting worse
Education experts call decline in U.S. student scores a crisis with potential economic, political fallout. But, they say, it’s fixable.
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Nation & World
Bearing witness in war zones
Award-winning filmmaker, photographer recounts three decades of trying to produce images that bring about positive change
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Arts & Culture
Power sees much to admire in ‘Diplomat’ — except that deodorant thing
Former ambassador sits down with star, showrunner to separate fact, fiction in hit series about foreign service officers
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Nation & World
Far right’s breakthrough year in Germany
Panelists at the Center for European Studies weigh what AfD’s rise means for German politics
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Nation & World
Does the Alaska election lawsuit have a chance?
Scholar says DOJ’s Sullivan claim has ‘no legal basis,’ adding: ‘There can’t be a federal interest in ensuring that the right partisan candidate wins.’
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Arts & Culture
‘They cast no reflection, yet they are a mirror’
Monsters take many forms in our Halloween book recommendations — from vampires to demonic cats to ancient sea reptiles
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Nation & World
Why American electorate isn’t holding up its end on keeping informed
Kennedy School panel blames information overload, social media political bubbles, reduced transparency in government
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Arts & Culture
Hannah and the Janes
New A.R.T. rock opera looks backward to era before Roe v. Wade, finds resonance with today’s post-Roe world
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Campus & Community
Parting words from a scholar who stepped up
Tomiko Brown-Nagin reflects on work as Radcliffe dean and as leader of high-stakes University initiatives
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Health
Time to leave?
‘Case for Quitting’ author Lindsay Crouse on why you’re wrong when you answer ‘persevere’
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Science & Tech
‘The bulk of the benefit and the threat is actually humans.’
Isaac Kohane cautions against both doomer and utopian visions of AI: ‘We have agency here.’
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Arts & Culture
What Paul Farmer and Joan Kleinman taught Arthur Kleinman about wisdom
Physician and anthropologist says it all comes down caregiving in new collection written with colleagues, rooted in their course ‘Quests for Wisdom’
