Health New CDC guidelines a ‘corrective’ for opioid prescriptions, specialist says Welcomes shift from stance that may have fueled overdose crisis
Health Knowing what the doctor knows Physician supports giving patients greater access to records, pushing back on concerns about potential impact of a scary diagnosis
World How demagogues wield social media Cognitive scientist also details research on different ways Republicans, Democrats use Twitter
World Fighting for 9/11 families, first responders, vets Political comedian Jon Stewart talks to Kennedy School students about how he came to embrace activism
A singular poet Nobel laureate Louise Glück, delivering Doft Lecture, recalls Judaism of her youth, shares details from her writing life DateNovember 21, 2022November 21, 2022
What coin tells you about realm New classics professor Irene Soto Marín mines answers to question about ancient Egyptian life, economy from everyday artifacts DateNovember 16, 2022November 23, 2022
Book as tree, inside and out Arboretum displays Diane Samuels’ handmade scroll of transcribed Pulitzer-winning, epic conservation saga ‘The Overstory’ DateNovember 14, 2022November 14, 2022
The boy king’s throne On the 100th anniversary of discovering Tutankhamun’s tomb, an Egyptian jewel comes to Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East DateOctober 19, 2022October 19, 2022
Laverne Cox, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar among Du Bois winners Medal ceremony honors 7 for extraordinary commitment to social justice DateOctober 7, 2022October 11, 2022
Face to face with ancient Egyptians Realistic mummy portraits shed light on life, death in multicultural Roman era 2,000 years ago DateSeptember 26, 2022September 28, 2022
Buffeted by unending tides of grief Namwali Serpell’s novel explores reality, memory, and race, class of broken family after death of child DateSeptember 19, 2022
Rethinking Cuban art Cooper Gallery exhibition centers work of lesser-known artists of African descent to highlight various biases of canon DateSeptember 14, 2022September 15, 2022
African diaspora explored through performance art Harvard’s Committee on the Arts brings Atlantic Connections as its first commission for the year DateSeptember 13, 2022September 22, 2022
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 DateSeptember 9, 2022October 11, 2022
From Rodney King to George Floyd Anna Deavere Smith broadens, updates ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ in new revival at A.R.T. DateSeptember 6, 2022September 7, 2022
A page from the pros Harvard Library staffers give their recommendations for late-summer reads DateAugust 17, 2022
Feeling ‘Clueless’? Here’s why Jane Austen never seems to get old ‘Pride and Prejudice’ audiences, readers still smile at its razor-sharp observations on money, class, social types DateAugust 3, 2022August 4, 2022
Facing the challenges of chronic ills Meghan O’Rourke says those with maladies like long COVID, Lyme disease need to be ‘heard,’ taken seriously DateAugust 2, 2022August 2, 2022
Dreams of land deferred Tracy K. Smith’s new opera explores nation’s long history of systematic barriers to Black ownership DateAugust 1, 2022August 1, 2022
Maybe this book will change your life Harvard scholars share from experience stories and ideas of uncommon wisdom DateJuly 27, 2022July 27, 2022
Knowledge isn’t everything Scholar’s essays embrace everyday uncertainty DateJuly 27, 2022August 10, 2022
Some dads are super, some are stupid. Meet Mr. Neither. Keith Gessen on the anxiety, confusion, evolution behind memoir ‘Raising Raffi’ DateJuly 13, 2022July 15, 2022
Who is your favorite literary hero, villain? Some of Harvard’s best-known readers, writers weigh in DateJune 28, 2022July 7, 2022
Funny lady Emma Eun-joo Choi ’23 dishes on her NPR comedy podcast — and that guy with pay phone in his yard DateJune 27, 2022July 6, 2022
Elif Batuman returns to Harvard Author and alum borrowed from her own life, then and now, to pen ‘Either/Or’ DateJune 22, 2022June 22, 2022
Make it new (by making it old) Harvard Art Museums conservator Allison Jackson explains how she gilded, aged frame on 19th century painting on display DateJune 16, 2022June 21, 2022
Finding fresh perspectives in ‘1776’ History gives actors in cross-gendered, racially diverse revival a chance to mine complexities of race, slavery, humanity DateJune 2, 2022June 2, 2022
Bringing 17th-century Enlightenment tradition to Memorial Hall Undergraduate Salon aims to revive ‘age of conversation,’ particularly about bridges between sciences, humanities DateMay 11, 2022May 10, 2022
How she went from being academic to creating Netflix show about one Annie Julia Wyman says her suggestibility led to ‘The Chair’ DateApril 19, 2022
Like plunging over a waterfall Natalie Hodges ’19 details how she immersed herself in violin amid struggles with racism, family discord and how she got free DateApril 18, 2022October 25, 2022
In the key of Lakota: Rapper Frank Waln performs at ArtLab Award-winning hip-hop artist uses music as an outlet for healing and education DateApril 7, 2022April 8, 2022
‘Into the Woods,’ together Campus theater groups of color collaborate on diverse Sondheim show DateApril 7, 2022April 7, 2022
Turning spotlight on Broadway’s representation problem Class closely examines who is cast for what role, how cultural identity is portrayed DateApril 7, 2022April 13, 2022
Art with a conscience Prints from the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, at the Harvard Art Museums, address social issues DateApril 7, 2022April 8, 2022
