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Work & Economy
‘Shark Tank’s’ Kevin O’Leary talks startups and setbacks
The celebrity entrepreneur explained what it takes for a founder to develop a product or service, raise capital from investors, and grow from a small business into a larger enterprise.
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Science & Tech
How to prepare for a trip to space
Astronauts spend years training for missions. How do commercial travelers get ready?
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Campus & Community
Hearth and home — in Stone Age
Motivating Professor Amy Elizabeth Clark’s interest is what she calls a “feminist approach” to studying human history.
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Science & Tech
Cellular atlas guides new understanding of brain
New technology gives voice to pathologic changes in neurodegenerative illnesses like Alzheimer’s and epilepsy.
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Health
How being stigmatized can harm health
Professor of Psychology Mark L. Hatzenbuehler’s course, “Stigma, Discrimination, and Health,” examines the wide-ranging problem that touches on sexuality, body weight, immigration, and poverty.
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Science & Tech
Who will fight for the frogs?
Indian herpetologists bring their life’s work to Harvard just as study shows a world hostile to the fate of amphibians.
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Health
Hot yoga potent antidepressant in study
In a randomized controlled clinical trial, heated yoga sessions led to reduced depressive symptoms in adults with moderate-to-severe depression.
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Health
Erasing reminders of stigmatizing, traumatic past
Harvard Medical School-Mass General dermatologists use lasers to remove gang, trafficking tattoos, stigmatizing and often traumatic reminders of the past.
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Campus & Community
Using math as bridge within disciplines
Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications welcomes new director, a Harvard alum who will explore “beautiful, deep” interactions between mathematics and science.
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Health
Worries about depressed men and IVF are unfounded
New study reveals no correlation between anxiety, regardless of antidepressant use, and IVF outcomes or live birth rate.
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Arts & Culture
At 60, Carpenter Center takes a rare look back
Four shows inspired by building’s iconic architecture are re-staged to mark anniversary.
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Campus & Community
Funny thing happened on way to med school
Years at College proved formative for the new women’s ice hockey coach. Now she hopes to help her players find their paths.
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Campus & Community
Harvard reports strong financial position, yet urges caution
University expenses outpace revenue for fiscal year 2023.
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Nation & World
Chetty, Sandel on what’s crushing American Dream
Big data shows that being rich matters a lot more than how hard someone works. Raj Chetty and Michael Sandel offer insights as part of the Reimagining the Economy series.
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Nation & World
Even war has rules, so why none for espionage?
Berkman Klein Center affiliate points up the need for a legal framework to govern peacetime intelligence operations.
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Nation
The rise of ‘incels’
Psychologist examines genesis of online groups of sexually embittered men, roots in evolutionary behavior, why some turn violent.
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Science & Tech
When future weather outside is frightful — hot, that is
At the “Future of Cities” event, panelists explained how rising temperatures will impact different economic levels in various parts of world.
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Work & Economy
Gender pay gap? Culprit is ‘greedy work’
In “Career and Family” Claudia Goldin tracks evolution through 20th-century gains to era of earning inequality that forces harsh life choices.
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Campus & Community
What a difference a year makes
Students who described themselves in three words last fall get a chance to change their answers.
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Science & Tech
A DEEPer (squared) dive into AI
Machine learning techniques give scientists faster returns of high-quality organ images.
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Nation
Murthy says social media hurting kids, time for government, tech firms to help
Surgeon general calls mental health risks “pivotal issue in public health.”
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Arts & Culture
You’re writing it wrong
The Gazette spoke with Todd Rogers about his new book, “Writing for Busy Readers: Communicate More Effectively in the Real World.”
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Science & Tech
More solar energy needed, but clearing forests for panels may not be way to do it
Harvard-led analysis suggests incentives to save carbon-absorbing trees, siting projects on rooftops, developed areas.
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Arts & Culture
Call it ‘old money aesthetic’ or ‘coastal grandma’ — it all comes back to preppy
Fashion podcaster traces quintessential American look from campuses to catwalks.
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Health
Study finds link between breastfeeding, rise in adult colorectal cancer risk
Mothers should not halt practice of breastfeeding, which offers many benefits to infants, as much more research is still needed, scientists say.
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Nation
Does right to bear arms override restraining orders against domestic abusers?
Harvard’s Caroline Light, an expert on history of firearms restrictions examines upcoming landmark Supreme Court case.
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Nation
A tech warning: AI is coming fast and it’s going to be rough ride
Former Google chairman Eric Schmidt details disruptions, dangers technology will bring to economy, national security, other aspects of American life.
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Campus & Community
Extending financial aid beyond the Yard
Students with zero parent contribution — those whose annual family income is $85,000 or less — will now receive a $2,000 “launch grant” in the fall of their junior year.
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Science & Tech
Self-correcting quantum computers within reach?
Harvard team’s method of reducing errors tackles a major barrier to scaling up technology.
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Campus & Community
Andrea Baccarelli named next dean of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Andrea Baccarelli, noted scientist, educator, and leader, will begin his new role on Jan. 1
