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Nation & World
Nudging donors toward more effective giving
A study by Harvard psychologists finds that preserving personal charity preferences and offering targeted matching funds help.
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Health
Why did so many buy COVID misinformation? It works like magic.
Panelists at a Harvard Law talk examined the surprising parallels between magic and misinformation.
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Health
The best thing about the Mediterranean diet? It doesn’t taste like a diet.
Olive oil – maybe not your mom’s – is a good place to start, says Chan School’s Walter Willett. But don’t be afraid to experiment.
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Campus & Community
Bob Odenkirk named Hasty’s Man of the Year
The actor, comedian, and filmmaker will receive his Pudding Pot at a celebratory roast on February 2.
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Arts & Culture
Life seeking answers at Giza, Nubia
Egyptologist George Reisner transformed the field, and a biography by Peter Der Manuelian explores not just his career, but his life during what some consider the golden age of Egyptian archaeology.
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Campus & Community
No stranger to improvisation
Bass player, composer, vocalist Devon Gates merges anthropology, music in Harvard-Berklee program.
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Health
Study finds ‘startling’ inequities in end-of-life opioid treatment
Investigators at Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute reported Black and Hispanic patients who had poor-prognosis cancer were less likely than white patients to receive opioid medications.
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Health
Vitamin D benefits linked to body weight
Researchers have found a correlation between vitamin D’s positive health outcomes and a person’s body mass index (BMI).
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Science & Tech
Fresh insights into inflammation, aging brains
Harvard scientists’ research on mice suggests chain reaction may be involved in the brain’s aging process.
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Campus & Community
3 Harvard seniors named Marshall Scholars
Three Harvard College seniors were among the 40 winners of the 2023 Marshall Scholarship.
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Campus & Community
Alumni committee nominates Overseer, HAA elected director candidates
Elections for new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association will begin March 31.
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Science & Tech
Exxon disputed climate findings for years. Its scientists knew better.
In the study, scientists showed how the multinational energy giant worked to cloud the issue.
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Arts & Culture
Seeing ourselves in different light
Giuliana Bruno’s new book, “Atmospheres of Projection: Environmentality in Art and Screen Media,” reclaims concepts of “projection” as positive force connecting us to one another, affirming possibility of change.
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Campus & Community
Women take the lead
A Harvard Division of Continuing Education program addresses the challenges faced by women leaders and their senior managers.
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Health
Cars blaring? Boss nagging? Take a deep breath. Now another.
Daniel Goleman, Tsoknyi Rinpoche walk us through science, practice of why we should meditate
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Health
Measuring the power of vaccines
Scientists have designed a mathematical model that can predict COVID-19 vaccines’ effectiveness over the long term in healthy individuals and those who have cancer or suppressed immune responses.
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Science & Tech
‘The code word … is interoperability’
The International Image Interoperability Framework makes online access as good as, or better than, physical interaction with library collections.
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Health
Weekend ‘catch-up sleep’ might offer a lifeline
Experts offer some tips on how to do better with getting enough rest, the first being admitting there’s a problem
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Arts & Culture
War-scarred land
Makeda Best on images she chose for award-winning “Devour the Land,” which depicts environmental toll of militarism in U.S.
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Arts & Culture
Taking fresh shot, once again, to debunk myth of Jewish conspiracy plot
Dasha Bough ’23 created an animated documentary challenging one of the world’s oldest and most dangerous and persistent conspiracy theories.
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Health
Killing cancer with cancer
Scientists at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a cancer vaccine to simultaneously kill and prevent brain cancer in advanced mouse models.
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Arts & Culture
New translation of Mishnah looks to make ‘unyielding’ text accessible
Hebrew literature and philosophy professor’s project aims to make ‘unyielding’ text of ancient Jewish accessible.
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Health
With an eye on climate, a helping hand for health care’s front lines
A new toolkit for community-based health centers offers advice to clinicians, patients, and administrators on how to prepare for and handle climate-related emergencies.
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Nation & World
Will Trump be charged after House panel’s Jan. 6 report?
Harvard Law School’s W. Neil Eggleston, a veteran of Congressional investigations and the White House Counsel’s office, discusses the Jan. 6 committee’s work.
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Science & Tech
What we learned
Highlights from another year of discovery at Harvard, where inquiring minds are the norm.
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Health
It’s heart attack season
Circumstances differ person to person, specialist says, but likely culprits include medication lapses and stress.
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Campus & Community
A bit of chemistry, a bit of rock ’n’ roll
Nobel laureate Carolyn Bertozzi ’88 demonstrated talent for science, creativity even as a Harvard undergrad.
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Science & Tech
Doomed exoplanet spiraling toward obliteration
For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet whose orbit is decaying around an evolved, or older, host star.
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Campus & Community
Our favorite pictures of 2022 have a theme: Zoom, out
Harvard photographers document the vibrant return to campus life after two years of pandemic restrictions.
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Health
Send cash, not goods, and other suggestions for giving
There is no shortage of global suffering and need, says the director of Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, but you can still help.
