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Arts & Culture
Keeping up with the Joneses 2.0
Author and Harvard alum W. David Marx digs into how social aspirations underlie all our choices.
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Campus & Community
‘I love this place’
New President-elect Claudine Gay is introduced to Harvard community.
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Campus & Community
On campus and beyond, rise of ‘natural leader’ cause for celebration
Claudine Gay’s election as Harvard’s next president was greeted with joy and praise by scholars on Thursday.
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Campus & Community
College accepts 722 under early action program
A pool of 9,553 students applied under the early action program with 722 accepted.
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Campus & Community
Harvard names Claudine Gay 30th president
Social scientist and dean of largest University faculty excited to seize ‘moment of possibility’
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Campus & Community
Harvard creates first University-wide conference center
David Rubenstein Treehouse to serve as convening, innovation hub, “front door” to Enterprise Research Campus in Allston.
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Health
When pollinator populations are in peril
New Harvard study finds pollination loss removes healthy foods from global diets, increases chronic diseases causing an estimated 427,000 excess deaths annually.
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Work & Economy
New inflation report offers hope, but expert says we’re not out of woods yet
Harvard economist breaks down what latest inflation report may mean for the year ahead.
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Science & Tech
Why nuclear fusion is so exciting
Harvard scientist Adam Cohen breaks down breakthrough that might prove major turning point in clean energy efforts — but not any time soon.
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Arts & Culture
Finding herself in chapter, verse
Far from her native Indianapolis, Alyssa Gaines steeps herself in life on Harvard’s campus.
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Campus & Community
International Rhodes, Mitchell scholars announced
Two Harvard seniors headed to England, one to Ireland to take deeper dives into concentration disciplines.
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Work & Economy
A more expansive view of the best deal for you
A Kennedy School seminar examines how gender and sexuality influence negotiations, assignments, and expectations.
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Health
Eating more during the holidays? Don’t mistake Oreo calories for olive calories.
David Ludwig discusses the drivers of the country’s obesity crisis and how more people can maintain a healthy weight.
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Nation & World
What is case for prison abolition?
Professor Tommie Shelby hopes his book helps others who are trying to decide whether they support prison abolition over criminal justice reform.
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Health
N.Y. plan to involuntarily treat mentally ill homeless? Not entirely outrageous.
Katherine Koh, a street psychiatrist at Mass. General Hospital, explains the complicating factors behind New York City’s proposal to involuntarily treat mentally ill homeless people.
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Campus & Community
Behind the data, a teacher who left his students transformed
Harvard sociologist Chris Winship’s last class is a cause for celebration and reflection.
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Science & Tech
Looking to retain most potent regenerative stem cells
Early on human bodies are full of pluripotent stem cells, capable of generating any other type of cell. The problem is we lose them at birth.
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Campus & Community
Cornelius Searle Hurlbut Jr., 99
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Dec. 6, 2022, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Cornelius Searle Hurlbut, Jr., was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.
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Campus & Community
Guido Guidotti, 87
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Dec. 6, 2022, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Guido Guidotti was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty
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Campus & Community
Jene Andrew Golovchenko, 72
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Dec. 6, 2022, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Jene Andrew Golovchenko was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.
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Health
Severe COVID-19 linked with brain aging
Researchers have linked the molecular signatures underlying brain aging with the cognitive decline observed in patients with severe COVID-19.
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Campus & Community
Sean Caron named vice president for campus services
Former managing director of Harvard Real Estate to begin new post Jan. 3.
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Arts & Culture
Scene-stealing puppets of ‘Pi’
Nick Barnes talks about animal puppets he co-designed for stage version of best-selling novel, now playing at Harvard’s A.R.T.
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Science & Tech
You believe in climate change but drive a gas-guzzler, don’t recycle. Why?
You believe in climate change but drive a gas-guzzler, don’t recycle. Why? Neuroscientist explores in new book.
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Nation & World
Striving for impassioned, but reasoned, post-Roe conversation on abortion
Participants representing complex set of views engage at Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics discussion.
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Nation & World
Amendments should start with states
U.S. needs to smooth process without lowering high bar for constitutional change, says Stephen Sachs
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Science & Tech
‘Croco-salamander’ bones offer clues to how early animals emerged from water
A study overturns the long-held belief that ancient species grew at slow, steady pace, and offers insights into human maturation.
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Campus & Community
Princess makes most of Harvard visit
On Friday, the Princess of Wales visited Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child as part of a visit to the U.S.
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Science & Tech
Why elephants have bigger bones
During a virtual Harvard Science Book Talk, Raghuveer Parthasarathy examines the mysteries covered in his new book, “So Simple a Beginning: How Four Physical Principles Shape Our Living World.”
