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Campus & Community
Federal funding freeze leaves grad students, postdocs scrambling for labs, support
Pipeline of up-and-coming researchers an integral part of nation’s innovation ecosystem
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Campus & Community
Frustrated fighting wildfires in L.A., he resolved to build better tools
Rupen Dajee launches tech startup to aid emergency responders, leveraging lessons learned firsthand as EMT, firefighter
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Campus & Community
12 alumni elected to Harvard leadership boards
New Overseers and HAA directors to begin terms in May, July
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Campus & Community
Upholding the mission in a year of turmoil
Garber greets Commencement with high hopes for students and a strong affirmation of University’s contributions to U.S. growth, health
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Nation & World
Let’s not send low-income students back to the ’80s
Financial aid red tape nearly derailed Susan Dynarski’s undergrad dreams. Now she sees decades of progress under threat.
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Campus & Community
After flying Apaches, she needed a new challenge
Lindsey Chrismon sets sights high from West Point to Harvard Business School
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Campus & Community
Marine vet’s future was a puzzle. Then he found archaeology.
Shane Rice credits Gen Ed class — and professor’s wall of declassified intelligence photos — with illuminating career path
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Campus & Community
University sues Trump administration over move to bar international students, scholars
Judge grants University’s motion for temporary restraining order, blocking government’s action
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Health
Miracle drugs don’t come out of nowhere
Healthcare, innovation experts say funding cuts to university labs will slow or stop basic research on which breakthroughs are built
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Health
Vitamin D supplements may slow biological aging
Trial shows protection against telomere shortening, which heightens disease risk
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Science & Tech
Chance to branch off in new directions
Seven novel research projects awarded grants by Star-Friedman Challenge
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Campus & Community
Searching for answers to life’s big questions
Kelsey Hanson Woodruff served as a Presbyterian minister before love of religious studies led her to Harvard
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Science & Tech
‘We have a way of steering a fly like you would a car’
Geneticists find method to turn tiny bugs into living robots
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Health
We know exercise is good for you. Why? He‘s working on it.
Expanding on decades of research, a new study seeks to pinpoint movement’s molecular benefits
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Nation & World
Things money can’t buy — like happiness and better health
That’s according to the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which over its 87-year run has generated data that benefits work on other issues
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Campus & Community
‘There are secrets to unlock’
Harvard’s practice of preservation plays key role in future research
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Science & Tech
How do extremists get that way? Probably quite naturally.
In new book, neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod traces connections between brain biology, political beliefs
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Science & Tech
Experts see a ‘low information’ reversal of U.S. climate leadership
Salata panelists warn that damage from executive orders and cuts to research funding won’t be easily overcome
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Campus & Community
Ready to listen
Incoming board president Will Makris hopes alumni will share experiences and learn from one another
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Science & Tech
‘I can just copy-paste things, so do I really need to learn?’
Panelists in University-wide symposium explore promise, peril of AI in academia
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Arts & Culture
Talking about music doesn’t have to be difficult
Yeats poem inspires 3 songs and deep listening, discussion at Mahindra event
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Campus & Community
Bringing startup energy to whatever he does
Michael Oved builds community around passions for entrepreneurship, Republican politics
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Nation & World
Closer look at ‘coolest dictator in the world’
Sociologist traces rise, career of Salvadoran leader some view as savior, others as authoritarian
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Health
Do ultra-processed foods increase Parkinson’s risk?
New study finds people who consume higher servings are more likely to show early signs of the disease
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Health
‘Smoldering’ cardiovascular crisis
Downward trend in deaths appears stalled due to lack of urgency among doctors, patients, along with healthcare barriers
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Science & Tech
Strange galactic facts
Test the limits of your cosmic IQ by taking our quiz based on Harvard astronomy research
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Health
New AI tool predicts biological age by looking at a face
Deep-learning algorithm FaceAge uses snapshots, can help oncologists tailor treatments
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Health
Why the Achilles is such a danger zone
With Jayson Tatum facing long road to recovery, surgeon explains force behind injury, how it’s repaired
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Health
Tips for staying alive, decades in the making
JoAnn Manson has spent her career researching – and highlighting – how everyday choices influence health
