Nation & World
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Judge sides with Harvard on international students
Extends order blocking government’s attempt to revoke participation in Student and Exchange Visitor Program
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Let’s not send low-income students back to the ’80s
Financial aid red tape nearly derailed Susan Dynarski’s undergrad dreams. Now she sees decades of progress under threat.
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Things money can’t buy — like happiness and better health
That’s according to the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which over its 87-year run has generated data that benefits work on other issues
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Closer look at ‘coolest dictator in the world’
Sociologist traces rise, career of Salvadoran leader some view as savior, others as authoritarian
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Pompeo warns against U.S. pulling back from global leadership role
Former secretary of state offers insider accounts of efforts on Middle East, Iran, China, view of Ukraine war
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When foreign governments took aim at universities
Scholars look to historical examples for insights amid current U.S. tensions
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How hot is too hot?
Teaming up with grassroots organizers in India, Harvard researchers are collecting data to help workers adapt to dangerous spikes in heat
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New, bigger humanitarian crisis in Darfur. But this time, no global outcry.
Regional specialists sound alarm, say displacement, starvation affect many more than two decades ago.
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Freezing funding halts medical, engineering, and scientific research
Projects focus on issues from TB and chemotherapy to prolonged space travel, pandemic preparedness
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‘If you’re boring, you’re not going to educate.’
Randall Kennedy has blazed a path as an open-minded, nuanced, and independent thinker
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What we still need to learn from pandemic
School closures, shutdowns caused lasting damage, and debate was shut down in favor of groupthink, public policy experts say
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Leveraging social capital to defend worthy causes, people in need of representation
Legal scholar and Law School grad returns for student panel
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EPA plans target climate change initiatives
Environmental law experts say rollbacks will reverse advances in recent decades
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No quick end to Russia-Ukraine war, analysts say
Former national security official Fiona Hill says that much will depend on whether other European nations step up
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Separated by a border, but with fates entwined
Mayors from U.S., Mexican cities flanking divide compare notes on immigration, national leadership, tariffs
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When arguing cases before Supreme Court is your job
Former solicitors general recall what it’s like representing U.S. government amid shifts on bench
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Meacham sees a stark choice for America
Pulitzer-winning historian speaks to country’s past and future in conversation with Faust
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Former Greek PM outlines strategies to strengthen EU
Encourages European autonomy while retaining trans-Atlantic dialogue
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Envisioning a country with no Dept. of Education
Panelists weigh potential consequences of Trump plan to eliminate agency, transfer authority to states
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Lesson No. 1: It pays to be nice to your allies
Nicholas Burns on being U.S. envoy to China, returning to Harvard, lessons from long career in diplomacy
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Declassified JFK files provide ‘enhanced clarity’ on CIA actions, historian says
Fredrik Logevall, Pulitzer winner writing three-volume Kennedy bio, on what surprised him and what he’d still like to know
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What happens to your data if 23andMe collapses?
Health law policy expert says biotech firm’s uncertain future shows need for protections of personal, genetic information
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How World War I veterans shaped the Civil Rights Movement
Study traces surge in activism among Black men who faced discrimination while defending country
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Can Europe defend itself against a nuclear-armed Russia?
National security expert details what’s being done, what can be done as U.S. appears to rethink decadeslong support
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At India Climate Conference, Harvard’s South Asia ties take center stage
At India Climate Conference, Harvard’s South Asia ties take center stage
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Want a less divisive America? Just a matter of trust.
Robert Putnam traces nation’s plummeting social connection and rocketing discord, offers way to start thinking of solution
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Number of those burdened by rental affordability hits record high
Public policy expert discusses possible ways to cut costs amid national housing crunch
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Johnny can read. Jane can read. But they may not fully comprehend.
Ed School panel looks at how to reverse declining scores on recent ‘Nation’s Report Card’
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NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns
Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development
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How planned major U.S. foreign aid cuts expected to shake out abroad — and at home
Former diplomats see unnecessary deaths, lost opportunities for American corporations, workers, and diminished geopolitical influence
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Americans used to move around a lot, chasing opportunity. No more.
Yoni Appelbaum argues legal, political hurdles over past 50 years have had troubling economic, social consequences
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Finding insights in history for war in Ukraine
Scholars say that Russia may appear to be gaining upper hand currently, but challenges lie ahead
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What exactly is a republic anyway?
Government professor looks at long history, evolution of form of governance in class that’s drawing high interest in current moment
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Did the TikTok ban go too far?
Law School debate examines potential national security threat, 75-day extension issued by Trump
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We’re already forgetting what 2020 was like
5 years later, sociologist urges us to confront lessons from pandemic
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Think top 1% benefit most from U.S. inequity? Maybe not.
Book by Musa al-Gharbi argues left-leaning knowledge workers in education, law, media voice support of social justice but have conflicts of interest