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  • Nation & World

    Tumbling dice

    Frank Fahrenkopf, the former head of the American Gaming Association and now an Institute of Politics fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the state of the industry as Massachusetts voters prepare to decide the fate of casino gambling.

  • Nation & World

    Classroom to courtroom

    Harvard Law School’s immigration and refugee counseling program helps the often powerless while educating students.

  • Science & Tech

    SLIPS inspires second generation

    In a study reported in Nature Biotechnology, a team of Harvard scientists and engineers has developed a new surface coating for medical devices using materials already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The researchers noted that the coating repelled blood from more than 20 medically relevant substrates (glass, plastic, and metal) and also…

  • Health

    ‘Bubble boy’ gene therapy raises hope

    A new form of gene therapy for boys with the life-threatening condition known as “bubble boy” disease appears to be both effective and safe, according to an international clinical trial run by a team from Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, and other institutions.

  • Campus & Community

    Financial Aid Office renamed in honor of Ken Griffin

    The dedication of the Griffin Financial Aid Office was held Thursday. The new name of the office honors Ken Griffin ’89, who in February made a gift of $150 million to the University, principally supporting need-based financial aid for undergraduates.

  • Nation & World

    Summering (with work) in Mexico

    Harvard students discuss their summer of research in Mexico, where they gained new insights, developed fresh confidence, and realized they wanted to return.

  • Campus & Community

    A student call to service

    Ten Harvard Presidential Public Service Fellows who spent the summer scattered across the country working to help others. In an annual luncheon with President Drew Faust, the fellows shared their experiences.

  • Science & Tech

    Plan to toughen emissions rules faces tough fight

    Professors Jody Freeman and Richard Lazarus came together to discuss the legal future of the nation’s most ambitious action on climate change to date.

  • Campus & Community

    Q&A with departing Dean Ellwood

    In a question-and-answer session, Harvard Kennedy School Dean David T. Ellwood, whose 11 years in that position will conclude next spring, discusses how the School changed during his tenure, how it is evolving, and what comes next for him.

  • Campus & Community

    From Hogwarts to Harvard

    In the deathly hallows of the MAC Quad, the Harvard Quidditch team practices in the rain — tumbling through the mud while riding atop PVC broomsticks. Quidditch, the only coed…

  • Health

    Giant leap against diabetes

    Harvard stem cell researchers announced a giant leap forward in the quest to find a truly effective treatment for type 1 diabetes, a disease that affects an estimated 3 million Americans.

  • Nation & World

    Answers from Walters

    Barbara Walters reflected on her 50-year career in journalism with David Gergen at Harvard Kennedy School Tuesday evening.

  • Arts & Culture

    Stages of conflict

    “From the Alps to the Ocean: Maps of the Western Front,” at Pusey Library through Nov. 11, captures the magnitude and destructive momentum of World War I.

  • Nation & World

    A watershed on weddings

    In a question-and-answer session, Harvard Overseer and legal scholar Kenji Yoshino ’91 said he was surprised by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to let stand appeals court rulings that in effect allow same-sex marriage in five states.

  • Nation & World

    A wellspring of hope

    Students in the Harvard University chapter of Engineers Without Borders have been rehabilitating and improving a potable water system in the rural town of Pinalito in the Dominican Republic.

  • Health

    Java in the genes

    Research led by Harvard investigators has found six new genes underlying coffee-drinking behavior.

  • Health

    Reduced residents’ hours a healthy move

    A Harvard study finds that reduced resident work hours mandated by 2003 national reforms have not led to lower-quality physicians completing residency, as measured by hospital length of stay and inpatient mortality.

  • Campus & Community

    ‘Hillbilly at Harvard’

    For decades, WHRB’s radio show “Hillbilly at Harvard” has tracked old-time and country-flavored music, developing a deep and loyal following.

  • Science & Tech

    Material gain

    A team of scientists from Harvard University and MIT has developed a theoretical model of a material that could one day anchor the development of highly efficient solar panels.

  • Nation & World

    All politics is personal

    Vice President Joseph Biden outlined U.S. foreign policy goals and challenges during a visit Thursday to the Kennedy School.

  • Nation & World

    Harvard’s Mexican connections

    Harvard’s relationship to Mexico is deep, diverse, and longstanding. Here’s an overview of those connections.

  • Campus & Community

    U.S. honors Cherry Murray

    Cherry A. Murray, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, White House

  • Health

    Study of lizards shows trade as a force in biodiversity

    New research shows that trade is one of the major drivers of biodiversity among lizard species in the Caribbean islands.

  • Health

    A wake-up call on Ebola

    The Dallas Ebola case was a black eye for emergency room workers who sent a Liberian man home even though they were told he had just arrived from the epidemic zone. But the case could act as a wake-up call for emergency workers around the country, panelists say.

  • Campus & Community

    Access, America

    Harvard College students hit the open road this summer to help pave the way for wheelchair travelers.

  • Nation & World

    The rising in Hong Kong

    Harvard Kennedy School’s Anthony Saich explains the uprising sparked by a pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.

  • Science & Tech

    Ghosts in the machines

    Best-selling author Walter Isaacson ’74 talks about the history of the computer and the Internet.

  • Campus & Community

    Heenan to step down in February

    Vice President for Public Affairs and Communications Christine Heenan, who pushed Harvard communications fully into the digital age and led government and community affairs through federal budget cutbacks, the reboot of Harvard’s Allston relations, and other challenges, will step down as vice president in February, the University announced.

  • Science & Tech

    A read on seawater sulfate

    A tool developed by Professor David Johnston and colleagues might help shed light on biogeochemical cycling in oxygen minimum zones.

  • Campus & Community

    Powerful voices

    The W.E.B. Du Bois Medal was awarded to seven recipients, who were recognized for their outstanding contributions to African-American culture. The special ceremony concluded with a ribbon-cutting for the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.