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Nation & World
Snatching a culture back from state-sanctioned violence
Binalakshmi Nepram, a Harvard Library Fellow through Harvard’s Scholars at Risk Program, has spent the past 15 years fighting the oppression of the nearly 50 million Indigenous people in Manipur, India.
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Campus & Community
Service comes first
Tyler Patrick, J.D.’22, is pursuing a joint program and will earn a J.D. at Harvard Law and M.P.A. at Princeton this year. He was commissioned as a Marine Corps officer in June of last year.
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Nation & World
Moves by Russia, China, North Korea rekindle nuclear concerns
In Kennedy School talk, global security experts scrutinize weapon deployment threats in Ukraine, accelerated missile tests, silo construction.
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Nation & World
An end and a beginning
Peabody returns sacred scrolls, pipe tomahawk to White Earth tribe in repatriation ceremony
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Science & Tech
‘The dawn of a new era in astronomy’
Harvard scientists discuss what the quest to image black holes could tell us about our universe.
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Campus & Community
Lapp to step down as executive VP
Katie Lapp, who has served as Harvard’s executive vice president since 2009, will step down from the role this summer.
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Science & Tech
First image of black hole at the heart of Milky Way
Pioneering Harvard-led global collaborative unveils latest portrait, bolstering understanding of relativity, gravity.
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Campus & Community
Three Medical School faculty elected to NAS
Three Harvard Medical School scientists are among the 150 individuals recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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Work & Economy
Things may look shaky, but recession isn’t certainty
Harvard Kennedy School economist Jason Furman discusses stock market volatility and inflation.
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Nation & World
That feeling you get when listening to sad music? It’s humanity.
Writer and Harvard Law School graduate Susan Cain ’93 has written the book “Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Can Make Us Whole.”
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Science & Tech
A tour of the brain’s life span, complete with upside-down vision
A new book illustrates how one cell develops into the complex operational centers that not only make us human, but also individuals.
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Health
U.S. heart attack death rate among highest
Across the six high-income countries reviewed, the U.S. heart attack death rate was among the highest, even with adherence to recommended treatments and faring well on other measures.
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Arts & Culture
Bringing 17th-century Enlightenment tradition to Memorial Hall
The Harvard Undergraduate Salon for the Sciences and Humanities aims to revive the “age of conversation,” particularly about bridges between the two topics.
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Health
Grandma’s workouts may have made you healthier
Researchers found that grandmothers’ exercise habits likely impact their grandchildren’s health.
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Health
Sorry, fries are no match for almonds
A Harvard expert challenges a new study that suggests there is little difference between eating a 300-calorie serving of french fries and a 300-calorie serving of almonds every day for a month, in terms of weight gain or other markers for diabetes risk.
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Science & Tech
Lessons on diplomacy, sustainability of International Space Station
Soyeon Yi, the first Korean astronaut, details her experiences with Americans and Russians while on a mission on the International Space Station.
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Nation & World
When abortion wasn’t a legal issue
Historian Jane Kamensky discusses the legal considerations of women during the early history of the nation.
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Campus & Community
New faculty: Norman Yao
Physics Professor Norman Yao describes his journey in quantum physics.
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Science & Tech
Zircons (and the secrets they hold) are forever
Harvard-led researchers detect some of the earliest evidence for modern-like plate motion.
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Campus & Community
Two named to lead Board of Overseers
Paul Choi ’86, J.D. ’89, has been elected president of Harvard University’s Board of Overseers for the 2022–23 academic year. Leslie Tolbert ’73, Ph.D. ’78, will serve as vice chair of the board’s executive committee.
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Science & Tech
They’re less terrifying than you think — but still, those teeth
Bellono Lab gets new addition, piranhas. Now it’s time to study their eating habits.
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Campus & Community
President’s Innovation Challenge awards $510,000 across 14 ventures
The President’s Innovation Challenge Awards Ceremony showcased solutions for some of the world’s most pressing problems. Winning ventures received a share of $510,000 in Bertarelli Foundation prizes.
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Campus & Community
When pothole is equity issue
New Medford City Councilor and Harvard senior Justin Tseng understands that many national issues are rooted in local problems.
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Campus & Community
Three faculty named Harvard College Professors
Khaled El-Rouayheb, Ju Yon Kim, and James Mickens have been named Harvard College Professors. The professorships provide support for professional development.
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Campus & Community
Continuing Ed forges ahead
The Division of Continuing Education celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Professional Development Programs with the grand opening of its expanded space at One Brattle Square.
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Health
How a bioethicist and doctor sees abortion
Director of Medical School’s Center for Bioethics discusses ethical dimensions of abortion and how a ruling against Roe might affect providers.
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Nation & World
Remote learning likely widened racial, economic achievement gap
A new study found that students in high-poverty schools that offered remote instruction for most of 2020-2021 experienced huge learning losses.
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Health
Women can reduce risk of colon cancer
Researchers found a lower risk of colorectal cancer in women who started endoscopy screenings at age 45 compared to those who had not undergone screening at all.
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Campus & Community
Steven Edgar Ozment, 80
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 3, 2022, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Steven Edgar Ozment was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.
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Campus & Community
Albert Morton Craig, 93
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 3, 2022, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Albert Morton Craig was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.