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Health
How to manage stress during an apocalypse
Psychologist says scrutinizing risk factors, embracing community, adventure are key in age of angst over climate, AI, pandemics
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Health
Team hits milestone toward prion disease treatment. For them, it’s personal.
Patient-scientist, husband among researchers who developed promising gene-editing therapy for rare, fatal condition
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Science & Tech
‘Chromosomal Jell-O’ could be key to treating genetic diseases linked to X chromosome
After decades of research, potential therapies for Fragile X and Rett syndromes come into view
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Campus & Community
Richard P. Lifton to join Harvard Corporation
Scientist to start with governing board on July 1, succeeding Shirley Tilghman
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Science & Tech
Lower canopies show struggle for tropical forests
NASA technology guides scientists as they track health of ‘Earth’s lungs’
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Health
3 Harvard scientists awarded Breakthrough Prizes
‘Oscars of Science’ recognize major advances in gene editing and against MS and obesity
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Arts & Culture
‘Everybody feels like two people’
Alum who co-produces ‘Severance’ says show speaks to real-life mysteries
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Nation & World
Former Greek PM outlines strategies to strengthen EU
Encourages European autonomy while retaining trans-Atlantic dialogue
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Campus & Community
A ride on the Marrakesh Express
‘Postcard from Morocco’ brings opera back to Lowell House
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Health
How to take yourself less seriously
Clinical psychologist draws line between self-deprecating humor (with its health, social benefits) and self-flagellation
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Health
Researchers ID 17 risk factors shared by age-related brain disease
Study finds that modifying one factor can reduce risk of stroke, dementia, and late-life depression
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Arts & Culture
Patricia Lockwood wants you to admit the internet is real life
In Harvard talk, author riffs on ‘cloistered’ upbringing, crafting characters through dialogue, working in bed vs. on couch
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Nation & World
Envisioning a country with no Dept. of Education
Panelists weigh potential consequences of Trump plan to eliminate agency, transfer authority to states
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Arts & Culture
For 100 years, a top stop for the world’s medievalists
800 academics convened in Harvard Yard for workshops, presentations, and discussion
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Nation & World
Lesson No. 1: It pays to be nice to your allies
Nicholas Burns on being U.S. envoy to China, returning to Harvard, lessons from long career in diplomacy
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Science & Tech
AC use to surge as world gets hotter. Harvard startup has a solution.
Novel system works like a coffee filter to dry, cool air more efficiently
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Health
Mortality rates between Black, white Americans narrow — except in case of infants
70-year study finds widening gap despite longer life expectancy for both racial groups
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Campus & Community
Healthy Minds Survey asks students about mental health
University will use results to tailor resources and support to students’ needs
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Work & Economy
You, too, can never, ever relax
In ‘Make Your Own Job,’ Erik Baker explores how entrepreneurialism has altered Americans’ relationship with work
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Campus & Community
Aramont Fellowships champion research at the forefront of innovation
Winning projects selected for potential to fuel scientific progress
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Campus & Community
Civil discourse that exceeds 150 characters
New Ethics Center events mull real-life conflicts, with first focusing on improving campus discourse on hard topics in social media age
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Health
More evidence for power of exercise in study of colon cancer survival
Post-treatment physical activity narrows gap between patients and general population
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Science & Tech
When a stove’s virtues amount to more than just hot air
Science historian examines how Benjamin Franklin’s invention sparked new thinking on weather, technology
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Health
Is your shirt making you sick?
ChemFORWARD, winner of Belfer Center award, explains how its database of industrial chemicals can help protect human, environmental health
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Arts & Culture
We used to read more, scream less
How has the internet changed fiction? 8 writers weigh in.
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Arts & Culture
An architect-detective’s medieval mystery
Exhibit traces scholar’s quest to reconstruct abbey destroyed after French Revolution
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Campus & Community
Rakesh Khurana shares lessons learned at helm — and as an influencer, off- and online
Danoff Dean of Harvard College to step down at end of academic year after 11-year tenure of advances, innovation, and challenges (including pandemic)
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Campus & Community
Nonie Lesaux named HGSE dean
Scholar in literacy development and early learning has served as interim dean since July 2024
