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Campus & Community
Harvard advisers on Omicron surge, shifting protocols
Leading experts offer insights as case numbers surge to record highs nationwide and new in-person semester nears.
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Science & Tech
How a bubble gives birth to young stars
Scientists have shown how a chain of events led to the creation of the vast bubble that is responsible for the formation of all young stars within 500 light-years of the sun and Earth.
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Nation & World
We don’t need a civil war to be in serious trouble
Jay Ulfelder, a fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, says as bad as it looks, we’re not on the brink of civil war.
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Health
Study identifies potential test for cannabis impairment
Researchers have found a noninvasive brain imaging procedure to be an objective and reliable way to identify individuals whose performance has been impaired by THC.
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Campus & Community
John H. Shaw named vice provost for research
John H. Shaw, a prominent geologist and applied geophysicist, has been named the University’s next vice provost for research.
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Arts & Culture
The stars align for the Pudding Pot
Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman star in the return of the Hasty Pudding’s Man and Woman of the Year awards.
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Health
Healthy? Maybe. But are you flourishing?
Researchers at Harvard, Baylor launch groundbreaking Global Flourishing Study.
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Science & Tech
5 ways to learn new things in the new year
Adults can continue to learn new things if they follow a few simple rules.
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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.
