Featured series 
All articles
-
Health
The COVID treatment that missed its target
“Monoclonal antibodies should first go to patients at the highest risk of death from COVID-19, but the opposite happened …, ” says a Harvard Chan School researcher.
-
Arts & Culture
Happy return for Hasty Pudding
After pandemic pause in 2021, Harvard troupe celebrates Man of the Year Jason Bateman and Woman of the Year Jennifer Garner.
-
Arts & Culture
A world tour with David Damrosch
David Damrosch, chair of the Comparative Literature Department, revised pandemic-era essays into “Around the World in 80 Books.”
-
Work & Economy
Summers says pandemic only partly to blame for record inflation
Inflation’s re-emergence leaves the guardians of the U.S. economy with a tricky balance to strike, cooling the economy with interest rate hikes while avoiding recession, Harvard’s Lawrence Summers said.
-
Arts & Culture
But my mother’s in China…
Weike Wang tails Harvard-educated ICU doc through surprise visit after her dad’s death in witty look at family, culture, and COVID
-
Nation & World
What’s Putin’s next move?
U.S. intelligence and defense analysts assesses the likelihood of a land invasion of Ukraine by Russia as the U.S and NATO forces send troops to the region.
-
Nation & World
Historic gift an investment in pandemic-weary educators, dean says
Financial aid for Teaching and Teacher Leadership students comes as educators confront social, academic challenges exacerbated by pandemic.
-
Nation & World
Fighting for human rights in riven land overseen by repressive regime
Ugandan Scholar at Risk and human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo describes how his early life shaped his future.
-
Campus & Community
Meet Harvard’s 2022 Beijing Olympians
The University will be well-represented by six athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, beginning Friday in Beijing. Under the flags of Canada, Switzerland, and the United States, as…
-
Nation & World
Biggest hurdle to U.S. energy policy revamp? Millions of displaced workers
MIT-Harvard project is sending teams to explore how to ease the effects of the coming energy transition in parts of the U.S. that most heavily depend on fossil fuel-related industries.
-
Health
Is Omicron really ‘milder’? Not exactly.
The “milder” outcomes of Omicron are likely due to more population immunity rather than the virus’ properties, according to new research.
-
Science & Tech
Should married couples live apart?
Separate takes from husband-and-wife psychiatrists on distance, drift, and how to stay connected
-
Campus & Community
Alberto Francesco Alesina, 63
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on February 1, 2022, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Alberto Francesco Alesina, Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, was placed upon the records. Professor Alesina was one of the founders of modern political economy.
-
Campus & Community
Live, from Harvard Square, it’s spring semester
The new semester brings a return to in-person School.
-
Nation & World
Want to be a good person? Stop trying so hard.
Social scientist Dolly Chugh explained her approach to being a “goodish” person during a Friday talk hosted by the Program on Negotiation.
-
Arts & Culture
Rocky path to publication for ‘most dangerous book’
Denounced as obscene, Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ exploded old ways of thinking about fiction — and the world itself.
-
Health
Willing but unable to get COVID shot
Mistrust of vaccine is high among people of color in U.S. and U.K., but unequal access appears to be greater barrier in U.S., researchers say.
-
Nation & World
Celebrating the founder of Black History Month
Carter G. Woodson, a groundbreaking historian and Harvard alum, is known as the father of Black history.
-
Campus & Community
Charting the path of a ‘Civil Rights Queen’
In her new book, Radcliffe Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin explores the life of Civil Rights leader Constance Baker Motley.
-
Science & Tech
Logic or emotion: Which is more valuable?
Neither thinking nor feeling is superior, according to Leonard Mlodinow’s new book, which argues that the two are inextricably linked.
-
Science & Tech
Back in days of great floods
Harvard researcher explains how overflowing rivers billions of years ago helped shape what Mars looks like today.
-
Work & Economy
Helping trapped low-wage workers, employers struggling to fill spots
New HBS report finds high-turnover industries such as retail and food service can fix hiring challenges by helping their workers add skills and advance.
-
Health
Research suggests role for anthrax in fighting pain
In search for alternatives to opioids, Medical School researchers have hit on an unlikely candidate.
-
Campus & Community
Harvard Housing establishes new rents for 2022-23
Harvard University Housing (HUH) manages approximately 3,000 apartments, offering a broad choice of locations, unit types, amenities, and sizes to meet the individual budgets and housing needs of eligible Harvard…
-
Nation & World
Students call ensuring diversity on campus vital
Reaction follows Supreme Court decision to rule on University’s policy of considering race as one factor among many in admissions.
-
Nation & World
Higher ed, civil rights leaders decry high court decision to hear admissions case
Experts from higher education and beyond react to the Supreme Court’s decision to hear the admissions case.
-
Health
Vitamin D supplements lower risk of autoimmune disease, researchers say
A new study finds vitamin D supplements with or without omega-3s decreased the risk of autoimmune diseases by 22 percent compared to placebo.
-
Health
Hanage and other scientists keep close watch on Omicron subvariant
As Omicron rapidly recedes, some countries are seeing a new version of the variant, dubbed BA.2
-
Campus & Community
Two years in, still coping with pandemic stress
Mental Health Services leaders detail continuing challenges and resources.
-
Health
Race still a factor in air pollution exposure
A new Harvard study has found that racial, ethnic minorities, and low-income groups in U.S. are exposed to higher levels of air pollution.
