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Nation & World
How white supremacy became part of nation’s fabric
Historian Donald Yacovone chronicles racist values, historical falsehoods woven through textbooks in his new book.
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Work & Economy
No C-suite is an island
The “Reimagining the Role of Business in the Public Square” conference at HBS examines the role corporations that have adopted Environment, Social and Governance principles are playing in society.
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Campus & Community
A new era of work
Harvard’s HR leader explains how University plans to ensure flexibility and compete for top talent while maintaining a vibrant campus.
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Work & Economy
Fed needs to get tough on rates now, Summers says
With new report showing consumer prices rising, central bank needs to control inflation, soften blow of expected recession, the economist says.
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Nation & World
When pipe ritual helps more than talk therapy
Joseph Gone details research on integrating Native healing practices into clinical mental health services.
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Health
Why are young people so miserable?
A Harvard-led study examining measures of well-being showed younger adults had the lowest scores of any age group.
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Campus & Community
‘If you stay the same in everything you do as things around you are changing, eventually you’re going to hit a wall. You just have to adapt and evolve and change.’
Head football coach Tim Murphy has led the Crimson to nine Ivy League championships, three unbeaten seasons, and a 186-83 record.
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Health
Breast cancer findings ‘suggest a new set of criteria for avoiding radiation’
Emerging research suggests following surgery with medication may produce similar results for patients as young as 55.
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Campus & Community
Solemn stewardship
A report by the Steering Committee on Human Remains in University Museum Collections was released by President Larry Bacow on Thursday.
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Nation & World
As alarming as test scores are, reality for U.S. students is probably worse
Professor Andrew Ho discusses growing inequality and how to help students recover ground lost during the pandemic.
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Arts & Culture
Rethinking Cuban art
The new exhibition hopes to revolutionize how Cuban art is considered through the inclusion of artists of African descent who were usually excluded from shows.
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Campus & Community
Grappling with climate change through deeper learning, real-world action
Harvard committee calls for cross-School approach to climate change, increases in faculty, resources, internships, fellowships.
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Health
Restricted airways, scarred lung tissue found among vapers
Study is first to microscopically evaluate the pulmonary tissue of e-cigarette users for chronic disease.
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Arts & Culture
African diaspora explored through performance art
Atlantic Connections, a jazz performance created by Alicia Hall Moran and Yosvany Terry, takes place on September 15 and 16.
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Nation & World
Breyer offers advice on being on losing side
In his first Harvard event since retiring from the Supreme Court in June, former Associate Justice Stephen Breyer spoke to first-year students at Harvard Law School on Friday about his experiences on the bench and what he learned working for Sen. Ted Kennedy.
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Science & Tech
Randall Munroe and the power of ‘What If?’
Randall Munroe is asking “What If?” again. You might like the answer.
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Nation & World
Setting record straight on Queen Elizabeth II
The death of Queen Elizabeth II presents the perfect opportunity to set the record straight and perhaps embark on long-overdue changes, said Maya Jasanoff, X.D. and Nancy Yang Professor and Coolidge Professor of History.
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Science & Tech
Harvard partners with Amazon Web Services in quantum internet push
Harvard faculty leaders explain implications for the field — and the future.
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Nation & World
California dreaming? Nope.
California’s move to ban gas-powered car sales will have ripple effects visible along highways and in neighborhoods where people sleep, and cars charge.
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Arts & Culture
The lesson of an ashtray
Former Bioethics Fellow Jay Baruch ’02 recalls impatient patient who pulled her own breathing tube (and lived to tell about it) in new memoir
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Science & Tech
So you learned everything you know about sharks from a movie?
At a book talk, marine conservationist David Shiffman explained why he adores sharks and how we can help save them from extinction.
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Health
Dramatic rise in cancer in people under 50
Altered microbiome, lack of sleep seen as possible culprits in 30-year global increase among under-50 adults
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Campus & Community
A week of firsts, and the first of a last
Classrooms across Harvard College came back to life last week with the start of the new academic year.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Grid to help researchers make leap from lab to startup
The new initiative is designed to help speed up the translation of innovations from University labs into startups that bring to market products and services addressing climate change, alternative energy, sustainability, and other global challenges.
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Health
How to reduce health risks from a gas stove
If you have a gas stove taking a few steps can help protect your household.
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Health
Nurse practitioners fill care gaps amid surge in mental health demand
As demand for mental health care soars, nurse practitioners help offset drop in psychiatrists accepting insurance, study finds.
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Health
Psychological, not physical factors linked to long COVID
Depression, anxiety, worry, perceived stress, and loneliness measured before infection with COVID-19 were associated with up to 45 percent increased risk of developing long COVID.
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Nation & World
How ‘cult of grit’ masks myths about U.S. society
Emi Nietfeld ’15 talks about her memoir “Acceptance,” a powerful account of her journey from foster care and homelessness to Harvard.
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Arts & Culture
From Rodney King to George Floyd
Former Bunting Fellow Anna Deavere Smith develops revival of “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.”
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Campus & Community
Because past is not even past
Harvard Radcliffe Institute dean details importance of Legacy of Slavery project.
