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Campus & Community
Be mine
They recall their first dates, first kisses, first impressions, and reveal what makes their relationships last.
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Nation & World
Anita Hill on ending gender harassment and violence
At a Harvard Radcliffe Institute talk, Anita Hill discussed her new book, which is part memoir and part legal and cultural analysis.
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Nation & World
We haven’t just suffered during COVID. We’ve learned.
Resilience of young people, new treatment tools give Matt Nock hope amid challenges posed by social media, school and campus disruptions.
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Health
Study finds significant variations in care between physicians
Some physicians are far more likely to deliver appropriate care than others in the same geographic area or health care system, according to a new study.
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Health
Push for inclusive language in sciences as part of transgender rights fight
A recent letter addresses the importance of inclusive language in the sciences as part of the ongoing fight for transgender rights
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Campus & Community
For $800, name a College senior who is competing in iconic TV game show
Harvard senior Neha Seshadri is competing in the ‘Jeopardy! National College Championship.’
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Arts & Culture
Alison Bechdel needs to know what happens next
Author’s acclaimed works include “Fun Home,” “Are You My Mother?,” “The Secret to Superhuman Strength.”
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Work & Economy
When will hot housing market finally start to cool?
A real estate investment expert at Harvard Business School explains what’s happening and why.
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Nation & World
Is American democracy in peril?
Harvard political scientist and dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay discusses the future of democracy in the U.S.
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Science & Tech
Reminders from Hollywood on memory, amnesia, personality
Psychology, philosophy scholars mine psycho-thriller “Memento” for its lessons on function of recall, how it shapes who we are.
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Health
Is a mobile app as good as a therapist?
A closer look at the mental health apps that claim to treat depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses.
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Campus & Community
A place on the cutting edge
A photographer explores the space and meets the people working inside Harvard’s new complex in Allston.
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Nation & World
Is 80 the new 60?
A new demographic shift is driven by increases in life expectancy and “health span.”
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Health
The COVID treatment that missed its target
“Monoclonal antibodies should first go to patients at the highest risk of death from COVID-19, but the opposite happened …, ” says a Harvard Chan School researcher.
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Arts & Culture
Happy return for Hasty Pudding
After pandemic pause in 2021, Harvard troupe celebrates Man of the Year Jason Bateman and Woman of the Year Jennifer Garner.
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Arts & Culture
A world tour with David Damrosch
David Damrosch, chair of the Comparative Literature Department, revised pandemic-era essays into “Around the World in 80 Books.”
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Work & Economy
Summers says pandemic only partly to blame for record inflation
Inflation’s re-emergence leaves the guardians of the U.S. economy with a tricky balance to strike, cooling the economy with interest rate hikes while avoiding recession, Harvard’s Lawrence Summers said.
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Arts & Culture
But my mother’s in China…
Weike Wang tails Harvard-educated ICU doc through surprise visit after her dad’s death in witty look at family, culture, and COVID
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Nation & World
What’s Putin’s next move?
U.S. intelligence and defense analysts assesses the likelihood of a land invasion of Ukraine by Russia as the U.S and NATO forces send troops to the region.
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Nation & World
Historic gift an investment in pandemic-weary educators, dean says
Financial aid for Teaching and Teacher Leadership students comes as educators confront social, academic challenges exacerbated by pandemic.
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Nation & World
Fighting for human rights in riven land overseen by repressive regime
Ugandan Scholar at Risk and human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo describes how his early life shaped his future.
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Campus & Community
Meet Harvard’s 2022 Beijing Olympians
The University will be well-represented by six athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, beginning Friday in Beijing. Under the flags of Canada, Switzerland, and the United States, as…
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Nation & World
Biggest hurdle to U.S. energy policy revamp? Millions of displaced workers
MIT-Harvard project is sending teams to explore how to ease the effects of the coming energy transition in parts of the U.S. that most heavily depend on fossil fuel-related industries.
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Health
Is Omicron really ‘milder’? Not exactly.
The “milder” outcomes of Omicron are likely due to more population immunity rather than the virus’ properties, according to new research.
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Science & Tech
Should married couples live apart?
Separate takes from husband-and-wife psychiatrists on distance, drift, and how to stay connected
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Campus & Community
Alberto Francesco Alesina, 63
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on February 1, 2022, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Alberto Francesco Alesina, Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, was placed upon the records. Professor Alesina was one of the founders of modern political economy.
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Campus & Community
Live, from Harvard Square, it’s spring semester
The new semester brings a return to in-person School.
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Nation & World
Want to be a good person? Stop trying so hard.
Social scientist Dolly Chugh explained her approach to being a “goodish” person during a Friday talk hosted by the Program on Negotiation.
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Arts & Culture
Rocky path to publication for ‘most dangerous book’
Denounced as obscene, Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ exploded old ways of thinking about fiction — and the world itself.
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Health
Willing but unable to get COVID shot
Mistrust of vaccine is high among people of color in U.S. and U.K., but unequal access appears to be greater barrier in U.S., researchers say.
