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Nation & World
A big election amid pandemic in a riven land
Harvard faculty consider the logistical and political challenges as states prepare to try to safely run a presidential election in the middle of a global pandemic.
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Campus & Community
It’s back to the stacks
100 library staff return to Harvard’s campus as physical collection access resumes.
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Arts & Culture
Snow White and the darkness within us
Harvard Professor Maria Tatar collected versions of the tale of Snow White from around the world and explains how they give us a way to think about what we prefer not to.
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Campus & Community
Same old labs but not
Across Harvard’s campuses, non-COVID-19 work is resuming, labs are reopening, and scientists are settling into life in the “new normal.”
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Health
Study suggests undetected cases help speed COVID-19 spread
Modeling study offers fresh insights into stealthy nature of coronavirus and how easily it jumps from person to person.
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Arts & Culture
Fighting bigotry with art
The Wave started as a pan-Asian literary and arts magazine, but its mission changed with the rise of racism and xenophobia after pandemic.
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Campus & Community
Investing in a sustainable future
Harvard awards $1 million in grants to projects that aim to accelerate progress toward a healthier, more sustainable world.
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Nation & World
U.S. abruptly drops new visa rules for international students
Facing widespread opposition led by Harvard and MIT, the government abandoned a policy requiring international students to take classes in person during the pandemic.
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Work & Economy
What’s next for the world’s largest economies?
Edward Cunningham and Philip Jordan examine China’s post COVID-19 economic recovery in an effort to better understand what’s next for America’s own attempts to rebuild.
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Nation & World
Taking action to help others in tough times
Alumni tackle issues worsened by the COVID-19 crisis, including domestic violence, clinical trial recruitment, and food insecurity.
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Nation & World
Making American schools less segregated
Graduate School of Education researchers co-wrote a report that examines parents’ support for school integration and their challenges to walk the talk.
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Science & Tech
Better vaccines are in our blood
New platform technology uses red blood cells to generate targeted immune responses in mice
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Health
Checking up on the nation
The first study to examine life expectancy across more than 65,000 census tracts in the U.S. showed significant disparities within counties and states.
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Arts & Culture
‘Two Poets and a River’: Worlds of love in the Wakhan Valley
Ethnomusicologist Richard Wolf has been contemplating the rupture between two countries in his a film about poet-singers in Tajikistan and in Afghanistan.
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Nation & World
Nathan Pusey’s battle with Joseph McCarthy
An excerpt from the new book “Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy” by Larry Tye.
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Campus & Community
A room of one’s own
Excerpt from “The Equivalents: A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960s” by Maggie Doherty.
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Health
3 takes on dealing with uncertainty
In these volatile times, three Harvard professors share insights from their fields on how to handle uncertainty.
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Campus & Community
Recognition for some risky research
The Star-Friedman Challenge is helping Harvard scientists during a time of great global uncertainty by boosting high-risk, high-impact research.
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Campus & Community
Another disappointment for MOOCs
A new study looking at the efficacy of behavioral interventions for student involvement in online courses offers some suggestions on the road forward.
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Campus & Community
Why they protest
Harvard students talk about why they have demonstrated, their experience at protests, and their take on the moment.
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Nation & World
Taking China’s pulse
Ash Center research team unveils findings from long-term public opinion survey.
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Nation & World
Higher ed leaders back Harvard-MIT fight against ICE rules
Harvard and MIT file suit against a federal order requiring international students to attend classes in person this fall or risk deportation, visa denial.
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Campus & Community
‘I was in Harvard but not of it’
The W.E.B. Du Bois Graduate Society is a student organization of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences that aims to foster community and kinship among minority doctoral students.
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Health
Among older adults, statin use tied to decreased risk of death
In a retrospective analysis of U.S. veterans 75 years or older, Harvard researchers found those who were prescribed statins had a 25 percent lower risk of death than their counterparts.
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Health
Health and care
HMS alum and Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program founder Dr. Jim O’Connell has dedicated his life to helping the city’s most vulnerable citizens.
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Nation & World
For the character
Colonel Everett Spain is training the next generation of leaders to go through life with character and a code.
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Health
Saving lives, together
With unlikely partners by her side, Morissa Sobelson Henn is working to battle the suicide rate in Utah, a state where the tragedy is far too common.
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Nation & World
Waves of progress
A. R. Siders is a social scientist and a lawyer, advocating for audacious climate adaptation that’s fair for everyone.
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Nation & World
Risks and Rewards
Kenneth Tucceri has followed his passions and travelled the globe, all in pursuit of inspiring others and being a positive force in the world.
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Nation & World
Police reform in the spotlight
A panel of experts explores the history of policing in the U.S., and meaningful reform.
