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Community
Outrunning the past
As a runner and a researcher, Alia Qatarneh seeks “to change things with intention.”
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Nation
Rising political tide of young adults, Gen Z
IOP’s John Della Volpe points to backlash after the expulsion of two Black Tennessee legislators in their 20s after a gun-control rally in the wake of the Nashville school shooting.
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Arts & Culture
3 student playwrights, 3 deeply personal Asian American stories
Inspired by the success of an all-Asian production of “Legally Blonde,” students wrote three new works exploring themes of identity and representation.
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Nation
‘Governor, I don’t know what’s going on, but there are body parts all over the street’
Ten years after the Boston Marathon bombing, former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and homeland security expert Juliette Kayyem talk about what we learned from that tragedy.
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Nation & World
Some intelligence leaks are better than others
Rep. Adam Schiff contrasts recent disclosure of U.S. documents, Russian invasion buildup in Kennedy School talk on foreign policy, future of democracy.
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Nation
Scars remain a decade later
Harvard runners and families vividly recall the chaos, shock, and horror of that day, and express gratitude for the response.
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Science & Tech
Desire to battle climate change rooted in childhood
Environmental science and engineering doctoral student grew up next door to family’s palm-oil refinery outside Bangkok.
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Science & Tech
Taking a lesson in evolutionary adaptation from octopus, squid
Two new studies describe path of divergent sensing capabilities, tracking lineage from common ancestral neurons.
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Health
Take it from the experts, a pet can change your life
The health benefits of animal companions have been supported by science but not society, with the disadvantaged facing similar barriers to pet ownership as they do in securing proper healthcare, experts said at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on Monday.
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Arts & Culture
Combining Earth science, Native knowledge in climate change battle
Combining Earth science, Native knowledge in climate change battle, Margaret Redsteer will draw on her research on tribal lands to discuss barriers and solutions to adaptation, resilience.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Digital Accessibility Policy revised, expanded
As part of its ongoing efforts to ensure the accessibility of its digital systems and communications, Harvard University is revising its Digital Accessibility Policy, which will go into effect June 1.
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Campus & Community
Kenneth C. Griffin makes gift of $300 million to FAS
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences named in honor of alum’s four decades of philanthropy, support for expanding opportunity, advancing excellence.
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Arts & Culture
Finding the truth in fiction
Somali-British novelist Nadifa Mohamed is a guest spearker at the Writers Speak series at the Mahindra Humanities Center and the History Seminar.
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Campus & Community
Mary Louise Kelly ’93 is featured speaker for Harvard Alumni Day
Award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and author Mary Louise Kelly ’93 will participate in the June event celebrating Harvard’s global alumni community.
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Campus & Community
Purifying body and mind, building community
Muslim chaplains, Dining Services join to create multicultural iftar dinners to mark end of day of fasting, reflection for Ramadan.
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Campus & Community
Date set for Claudine Gay’s inauguration
Inauguration events for Claudine Gay, Harvard’s 30th president, will take place on Sept. 29 in Tercentenary Theatre.
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Nation & World
Go for Tommy Orange lecture. Stay for surprise reading of new book.
Acclaimed Cheyenne and Arapaho writer offers first public sample of hotly awaited novel at Native American Program event.
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Campus & Community
Storied space for women athletes gets upgrade
“There is energy and spirit and tradition and history wrapped up in this boathouse. It has been filled over the years with amazing women.”
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Nation & World
It started the summer he first hunted Nazis
Eli Rosenbaum, who has spent four decades investigating and prosecuting Nazis and war crimes at the Department of Justice, talks about leading DOJ’s new team dedicated to prosecuting war crimes committed in Ukraine.
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Nation & World
Here’s a radical suggestion: Stop simplifying Black women
Sociologist, columnist, and University of North Carolina professor, Tressie McMillan Cottom explores complexities of race, class, politics (and problem with TikTok) at Radcliffe talk.
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Health
Elevated dementia risk even when pollution is below EPA standards
Exposure to fine particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) may increase the risk of developing dementia, according to a new meta-analysis from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Arts & Culture
Legend of rap hears kinship with Dickinson
During Harvard visit, Public Enemy rapper visits poetry class and donates one of his iconic clocks.
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Work & Economy
Cost of cleanups set to spiral with continued rise in CO2
By framing U.S. natural disaster cleanup in an economic light, Disaster Medicine Fellows from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center hope it will motivate change among policymakers.
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Campus & Community
Serving up science on Pi Day
Students from four Boston Public Schools spent March 14 at the Science and Engineering Complex doing hands-on engineering projects and interacting with undergraduate and graduate students studying STEM at Harvard.
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Campus & Community
The snappy book talk: ‘When does that happen in academia?’
Harvard scholars had seven minutes to explain their work to an audience. Some actually managed it.
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Campus & Community
How student led protests to open College dorms to Black freshmen
A tribute to Edwin Bush Jourdain Jr., who confronted President Lowell over a discriminatory policy in the 1920s, was unveiled in Winthrop House.
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Campus & Community
Bringing Legacy of Slavery report to life
Professors find ways to help students engage with findings in meaningful, often unexpected ways — sometimes in places they regularly pass by.
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Nation & World
Can prisons be abolished? Look at 1973 Walpole takeover
On the 50th anniversary of the takeover, former prisoners, activists recall when inmates ran prison without incident during guard strike.
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Nation
How did ‘the great outdoors’ get so exclusive?
Millions visit national parks each year. Most are white. Panelists explore why ‘America’s best idea’ isn’t winning over people of color.
