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Arts & Culture
Finding joy in the everyday
Artists digitally remix the everyday sights and sounds of Allston-Brighton in “Frequencies,” showing nightly at Harvard’s Ed Portal through February.
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Nation & World
Supreme Court to hear Harvard admissions challenge
The Supreme Court decision could upend four decades of legal precedent and alter higher education in the U.S.
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Health
Exploring why some remain sharp even as decades roll by
Harvard researchers study “super-aging” minds for clues to possible interventions for the rest of us.
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Health
Comparison of male, female classroom behavior reveals assertiveness gap
A new study finds that women and men physicians participate differently in academic settings, potentially contributing to gender biases that disadvantage female students.
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Science & Tech
A different kind of queen’s gambit
The n-queens challenge dates back to 1869. After working on the problem for about 5 years, mathematician Michael Simkin has an almost definitive solution.
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Health
How the pandemic may affect baby’s brain
For babies born during this pandemic, a study published in JAMA Pediatrics suggests their brains may not fully develop.
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Arts & Culture
Film full of sound and fury in dark pandemic season
Filmmaker Joel Coen brings a trimmed-down, sparse theatrical version of the Shakespeare play to the screen, says Jeffrey Wilson.
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Health
Omicron optimism and shift from pandemic to endemic
With Omicron on the decline in some states, pandemic experts permit themselves hope, at least for the near term.
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Health
Why do more men die of COVID? It’s likely not what you think
Sex differences in COVID death rates vary by state and across time, suggesting social factors play a role.
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Nation & World
Is Putin going to invade Ukraine?
Harvard Lecturer Alexandra Vacroux discusses Russia’s massive military buildup on Ukraine’s border.
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Campus & Community
Raising awareness about disability amid pandemic
First-year Melissa Shang fears that the challenges of disabled people have yet to be brought fully into focus. To counter this, she helped form a campus group that raises their profile.
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Health
Delta danger in pregnancy scrutinized
Researchers detect the COVID-19 variant in the blood and placentas of women who had stillbirths and pregnancy complications.
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Health
Add olive oil to cut risk of early death, study suggests
Harvard Chan School researchers see impact in cardiovascular and respiratory conditions, cancer, and neurodegenerative disease.
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Health
Epstein-Barr virus may be leading cause of MS
Multiple sclerosis is likely caused by infection with the Epstein-Barr virus, according to a study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers.
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Nation & World
Rescuing MLK and his Children’s Crusade
A book by Radcliffe Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin traces Martin Luther King’s desperation and the savvy legal tactics of Constance Baker Motley.
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Campus & Community
Harvard advisers on Omicron surge, shifting protocols
Leading experts offer insights as case numbers surge to record highs nationwide and new in-person semester nears.
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Science & Tech
How a bubble gives birth to young stars
Scientists have shown how a chain of events led to the creation of the vast bubble that is responsible for the formation of all young stars within 500 light-years of the sun and Earth.
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Nation & World
We don’t need a civil war to be in serious trouble
Jay Ulfelder, a fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, says as bad as it looks, we’re not on the brink of civil war.
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Health
Study identifies potential test for cannabis impairment
Researchers have found a noninvasive brain imaging procedure to be an objective and reliable way to identify individuals whose performance has been impaired by THC.
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Campus & Community
John H. Shaw named vice provost for research
John H. Shaw, a prominent geologist and applied geophysicist, has been named the University’s next vice provost for research.
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Arts & Culture
The stars align for the Pudding Pot
Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman star in the return of the Hasty Pudding’s Man and Woman of the Year awards.
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Health
Healthy? Maybe. But are you flourishing?
Researchers at Harvard, Baylor launch groundbreaking Global Flourishing Study.
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Science & Tech
5 ways to learn new things in the new year
Adults can continue to learn new things if they follow a few simple rules.
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Nation & World
Why disability bias is a particularly stubborn problem
Tessa Charlesworth, a Department of Psychology postdoc, says social reckoning is needed to deal with implicit disability bias.
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Campus & Community
Alumni committee nominates candidates for Overseers, HAA elected directors
Elections for Harvard Overseers, alumni directors will begin April 1, with completed ballots due 5 p.m. (EDT) May 17.
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Health
No Omicron immunity without booster, study finds
Traditional dosing regimens of COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States do not produce antibodies capable of recognizing and neutralizing the Omicron variant, reports a new study.
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Campus & Community
Making the cosmos accessible
Harvard lab invests in accessibility resources, technology, aims to ensure all who wish to study astronomy have access.
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Science & Tech
Seeing squid more clearly
Harvard researchers shed new light on squid eye development and convergent evolution.
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Health
‘Schools should not close’
Harm to kids and families outweighs COVID risks, says Harvard Chan School expert Joe Allen.
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Campus & Community
A trailblazing biologist — and beloved mentor and friend
Friends and colleagues remember E.O. Wilson as shy but down to earth, passionate about his work but generous with his time.
