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Nation & World
Why disability bias is a particularly stubborn problem
Tessa Charlesworth, a Department of Psychology postdoc, says social reckoning is needed to deal with implicit disability bias.
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Campus & Community
Alumni committee nominates candidates for Overseers, HAA elected directors
Elections for Harvard Overseers, alumni directors will begin April 1, with completed ballots due 5 p.m. (EDT) May 17.
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Health
No Omicron immunity without booster, study finds
Traditional dosing regimens of COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States do not produce antibodies capable of recognizing and neutralizing the Omicron variant, reports a new study.
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Campus & Community
Making the cosmos accessible
Harvard lab invests in accessibility resources, technology, aims to ensure all who wish to study astronomy have access.
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Science & Tech
Seeing squid more clearly
Harvard researchers shed new light on squid eye development and convergent evolution.
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Health
‘Schools should not close’
Harm to kids and families outweighs COVID risks, says Harvard Chan School expert Joe Allen.
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Campus & Community
A trailblazing biologist — and beloved mentor and friend
Friends and colleagues remember E.O. Wilson as shy but down to earth, passionate about his work but generous with his time.
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Health
Omicron could peak in U.S. fairly soon. Maybe.
Experts say fast-spreading, less severe profile of Omicron is emerging as cases drop in South Africa but warn of challenging weeks ahead.
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Nation & World
Seething populist anger and lessons for U.S. in German elections
Michael Sandel’s views of the myth of meritocracy influenced Germany’s new chancellor and may offer ideas for the way forward for the U.S.
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Science & Tech
Turns out smarter kids are made, not born
A study co-authored by experts at the Graduate School of Education found that mothers with positive mindsets can mitigate the negative effects of maternal stress on mother-child interactions and help promote children’s healthy development.
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Arts & Culture
Overture of an opera life
James Joyce will be star of final act of Benjamin Wenzelberg’s undergrad career.
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Health
Study holds warning on pandemic drinking
A one-year increase in alcohol consumption in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic is estimated to cause 8,000 additional deaths from alcohol-related liver disease by 2040.
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Science & Tech
Gut-brain connection in autism
Researchers have identified a possible mechanism linking autism and intestinal inflammation in mouse models.
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Nation & World
Dark lessons of Jan. 6 Capitol assault
One year later, Harvard Kennedy School historian Alexander Keyssar reflects on the January 6 insurrection.
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Science & Tech
Geneticists’ new research on ancient Britain contains insights on language, ancestry, kinship, milk
Two new studies highlight technological advances in large-scale genomics and open windows into the lives of ancient people.
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Science & Tech
Twin gene-editing system gives twice the efficiency
A new gene-editing technique that enables larger edits than earlier ones could create new ways to study and treat genetic diseases, such as hemophilia or Hunter syndrome.
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Campus & Community
College accepts 740 under early action program
Harvard College accepted 740 students to the Class of 2026 from a pool of 9,406 who applied under the early action program.
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Science & Tech
Telescope to help tell the story of the universe
Harvard astrophysicist details the most ambitious space probe NASA ever built.
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Arts & Culture
Belle of Amherst 2.0 (feat. Emily D)
Production archive materials donated by the Apple+ TV series “Dickinson” arrived at Harvard’s Houghton Library.
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Campus & Community
Maggie Chen ’22, a budding scientist, named Marshall Scholar
Maggie Chen, a dual concentrator in human developmental and regenerative biology and history of science, will study bioengineering at Imperial College London.
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Campus & Community
Season of cheer
Photographer captures festive traditions that light way from fall to winter.
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Work & Economy
Will fraud jury believe Elizabeth Holmes?
As the four-month fraud trial of Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes wraps up, Harvard Business School Professor Eugene Soltes, who studies corporate executives and white-collar crime, discusses the case.
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Nation & World
In a country shadowed by death, God gets a pass. Why?
Philosopher David Lamberth responds to Pew findings that most Americans don’t hold God responsible for the world’s suffering.
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Arts & Culture
Civil War opera starring Walt Whitman? Really?
In excerpt from his new book, Matthew Aucoin details why he chose Whitman as main character in his debut opera “Crossing” at American Repertory Theater.
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Campus & Community
We’re all almost home
Harvard Kuumba singers promote the Black spirit through song.
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Health
Your best, worst traits: Was it something mom did while pregnant?
Sarah Richardson traces history of debate over lasting effects of maternal behaviors, experiences on gestating offspring.
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Health
Cancer clues in a drop of blood
A new study provides proof-of-concept for the ability of a drop of blood to reveal lung cancer in asymptomatic patients.
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Science & Tech
Touching the sun
An instrument made by scientists and engineers at the Center for Astrophysics has helped verify that — for the first time in history — a spacecraft has entered the corona of the sun.
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Health
Remdesivir-resistant COVID case sets off few alarms
Harvard Med specialist says cases of remdesivir-resistant disease seem rare, may not become big issue.
