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Health
How HIV research has reshaped modern medicine
Decades of scientific work turned the tide on a fatal disease and yielded insights into immunity, vaccines, and more
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Campus & Community
Not so much the form, but the function
Brutalist, iconic Gund Hall undergoes 1st major renovation since opening in ’72. Now, hopefully, the roof will stop leaking.
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Science & Tech
Ever wonder why your dog does this?
Study decodes neural mechanism that causes hairy mammals to shake their fur when wet
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Arts & Culture
Polaroid gave her a shot. She helped revolutionize photography.
Meroë Morse — focus of Baker Library exhibition — led company’s researchers during innovative era
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Campus & Community
Updating their 3-word bios
Juniors who talked to us when they first arrived here — and again as sophomores — reflect on how they’ve changed
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Campus & Community
Rhodes scholars share their Oxford ambitions
8 students to pursue social, political, computational sciences
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Nation & World
What Trump got right
Kellyanne Conway, president-elect’s 2016 campaign manager and former senior adviser, discusses election, what comes next
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Health
Use of new diet drugs likely to mushroom
Study estimates over half of Americans eligible to take them based on conditions, underscoring need to ensure equity of access.
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Campus & Community
He didn’t come all this way to lose to Yale
Dream job and a winning season for Aurich, but one big test remains: The Game.
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Campus & Community
Ketanji Brown Jackson? Present!
Supreme Court justice revisits Michael Sandel’s class, which left her with lessons that lasted long beyond her time in it as first-year
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Campus & Community
Harvard, MIT, Mass General form renewable energy collaboration
Group will include higher education, healthcare, and cultural institutions, seek to leverage buying power to advance cost-effective, green production projects
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Health
Rapid relief for the severely depressed? There’s a catch.
Ketamine carries risks, say researchers. Yet for some patients, it’s ‘the only thing that works.’
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Campus & Community
Culture Lab Innovation Fund grants awarded to 12 projects
Grant recipients foster a culture of innovation and belonging on Harvard campus
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Health
New frontiers in cancer care
In podcast, experts discuss breakthroughs in treatment, from genomic sequencing to AI, and how close we are to personalized vaccines
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Science & Tech
Kempner AI cluster named one of world’s fastest ‘green’ supercomputers
Computational power can be used to train and run artificial neural networks, creates key advances in understanding basis of intelligence in natural and artificial systems
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Work & Economy
How free-market policymakers got it all wrong for decades
Conservative economist says singular focus on deregulation, unfettered trade failed to deliver for American households
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Science & Tech
How humans evolved to be ‘energetically unique’
Metabolic rates outpaced ‘couch potato’ primates thanks to sweat, says new study
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Nation & World
Seeing schools as ‘laboratories of democracy’
Encounters with different perspectives are a key part of the learning experience, panelists say
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Health
Too much sitting hurts the heart
Even with exercise, sedentary behavior can increase risk of heart failure by up to 60%, according to study
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Campus & Community
8 Harvard students named Rhodes Scholars
5 in U.S. class, most for any institution, joined by 3 international recipients
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Nation & World
Summers says Trump’s plans could damage economy
Professor and former Treasury secretary discusses why Democrats lost election, need for more patriotism
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Nation & World
What’s ahead for U.S. foreign policy in ‘Trump 2.0’?
Peter Baker and Susan Glasser predict push to end Ukraine war on Russia’s terms, instability for NATO, possible global realignment
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Arts & Culture
The very model of a modern major initiative
A.R.T. and Lavine Learning Lab aim to create a space for intergenerational dialogue, deepen student engagement with theater
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Nation & World
Many in Native communities applaud U.S. apology over boarding schools
Deloria, Gone say action over decadeslong initiative to forcibly assimilate children overdue, necessary
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Nation & World
Buttigieg urges focus on local, state projects that can win wide support
Transportation secretary discusses aviation, roadway challenges during his time in office, administration’s frustrations, issues awaiting new president
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Arts & Culture
12 centuries of Ukrainian literature in 12 weeks?
Bohdan Tokarskyi, new assistant professor, says he’s up to the challenge
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Science & Tech
‘Harnessing evolution’
New tool allows researchers to study gene mutation directly within living human cells
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Science & Tech
How mammals got their stride
Revealing twists, turns of evolution from sprawling to upright posture
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Arts & Culture
‘Art and Identity’ in a changing Germany
Filmmaker’s documentaries bring complex history to Busch-Reisinger
