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Nation & World
Immigration roars back in headlines. Time finally come for reforms?
Migration law scholar looks at history, prospects for breaking gridlock in election year
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Arts & Culture
‘It was like the music came from nowhere and revealed itself to us’
Harvard Professor Vijay Iyer reflects on his Grammy-nominated trio’s ‘mystical’ start
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Arts & Culture
Harvard announces Black Film Project, prize with Smithsonian
Henry Louis Gates Jr. to serve as founding director and Jacqueline Glover named executive director
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Health
How much drinking is too much?
‘Harvard Thinking’ explores the health effects of moderate alcohol consumption
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Nation & World
For students still feeling pandemic shock, clock is ticking
New report shows some progress but persistent achievement gaps; co-author Kane urges action before federal aid expires
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Arts & Culture
It’s a man’s world? Definitely not this year.
Artists such as Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and others dominated pop music. But it may not mark a watershed in heavily male-dominated business.
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Nation & World
Examining issues around possible solutions to Israel-Hamas War
Experts across disciplines offer various perspectives in Weatherhead series
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Health
Resolve to get healthier, lose weight? Setting BMI goal might not be best way
Physicians, researchers point to limits of centuries-old metric, urge more holistic approach
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Campus & Community
Being her own hero — with a hand up
Junior basketball captain Harmoni Turner details childhood abuse, adoptive mom who taught her to believe in herself
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Campus & Community
Want better democracy? Let’s talk
Kennedy School panel wrestles with how to repair divides by creating culture of candid, constructive conversation, commitment to system
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Science & Tech
A fast pivot into the unknown
AI’s rapid rise prompts Harvard/MIT Symposium exploring excitement, potential challenges to STEM education, research
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Work & Economy
Studying ‘why women are interesting, and men are boring’
Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin recounts pioneering career spent tracing major part of U.S. workforce, economy hidden in plain sight
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Nation & World
Will tech change what it means to be human? And does it matter?
Michael Sandel pokes, prods with provocative — and thought-provoking — questions in Harvard Dialogues event
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Health
Gene-therapy breakthrough allows congenitally deaf children to hear
Harvard scientist co-leads research, which targeted specific condition, may yield other treatments for more of the 30 million kids with genetic hearing loss
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Campus & Community
Harvard Thinking: Where the life of the mind meets everyday life
A new podcast with an interdisciplinary focus on today’s big issues
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Arts & Culture
What’s it like to watch ‘Maestro’ as Leonard Bernstein’s daughter? ‘Surreal.’
Alum recalls dad’s love of Harvard, learning as biopic draws Oscar noms
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Nation & World
Why it’s so hard to end homelessness in America
Experts cite complexity of problem, which is rooted in poverty, lack of affordable housing but includes medical, psychiatric, substance-use issues
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Health
Why regulators may toss cold water on buzz over psychedelics
Drugs show promise as new treatment option for some psychiatric maladies, but experts see possible state, federal legal clash
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Campus & Community
Mitt Romney on what really matters
Utah senator, former governor, and successful business leader reflects on global policy, personal values amid challenging times
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Science & Tech
An evolutionary clue, curled up and long unstudied, in a Harvard museum
Trilobites’ soft undersides show mechanics of early ‘enrollment’ defense
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Science & Tech
Bird’s-eye view of energy conservation
Physics of V-shaped flight formations offer insights into how to improve efficiency of groups of drones, underwater vehicles
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Campus & Community
Opening conversation on more, better discourse
Summit, hosted by College, PEN America, gathers speakers, workshops as part of Harvard Dialogues initiative
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Campus & Community
The ‘ideal candidate’ who didn’t get away
Friends, colleagues share fond memories of D. Ronald Daniel, former Harvard treasurer, McKinsey managing partner
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Health
Drug overdose deaths remain high. Fentanyl test strips may help
Massachusetts, other states make moves to legalize indicators of contamination by potent, deadly synthetic opioid
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Campus & Community
Harvard University Housing establishes rents for 2024–2025
Increases will range from 0 to 8 percent
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Science & Tech
Why do some kids learn to talk earlier than others?
Global study by new faculty Elika Bergelson finds three key predictors of language development. They may surprise you.
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Health
Harvard researchers see genetic link between anorexia, early rising
Eating disorder may also play a role in insomnia
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Campus & Community
‘Harvard Dialogues’ taps power of respectful debate
A week of programming anchors an initiative that will help students, faculty, and others engage in candid conversations on tough topics
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Campus & Community
Long to step down as Ed School dean
Economist will return to teaching and research
