Health What makes us human? It’s all in the hips New study shows how pelvis evolved for walking upright, allowing birth of offspring with larger brains
Health Parents are so wrong about teenage sleep and health Study upends common myths around melatonin, weekends, school start times
World How to save democracy Events examine what can be done to address grinding problem of race, internet’s power to exploit political, cultural schisms to destructive ends
World ‘Be unstoppable, be true to yourself, but be just’ Zelensky talks Russia strategy, nuclear threat, Ukrainian unity, leadership lessons during Kennedy School talk
How to save democracy Events examine what can be done to address grinding problem of race, internet’s power to exploit political, cultural schisms to destructive ends DateSeptember 29, 2022September 30, 2022
‘Be unstoppable, be true to yourself, but be just’ Zelensky talks Russia strategy, nuclear threat, Ukrainian unity, leadership lessons during Kennedy School talk DateSeptember 27, 2022September 27, 2022
Does the world need COVID novels? Too soon or an artistic imperative? Fiction writers reflect on the history, power, challenges of stories in which real life is a dominant character. DateSeptember 26, 2022
Was 6,000 B.C. a good vintage? Maybe in Georgia Event on history, politics of wine in region part of inaugural events of new Davis Center program DateSeptember 23, 2022September 26, 2022
Surveying global damage rippling off Ukraine war Croatian prime minister details spread of economic, political, humanitarian crises, continuing authoritarian threats DateSeptember 22, 2022September 23, 2022
Is war in Ukraine at turning point? Much depends on whether Russian losing streak continues; even then negotiations will be tricky, fraught, Putin expert says DateSeptember 21, 2022September 22, 2022
No, Jason Bourne is not the real CIA Ex-directors, officers, scholars mark agency's 75th anniversary with discussion of truth, lies — especially of Hollywood kind DateSeptember 19, 2022September 20, 2022
How white supremacy became part of nation’s fabric Historian Donald Yacovone's new book chronicles racist values, historical falsehoods woven through generations of school textbooks DateSeptember 19, 2022September 19, 2022
When pipe ritual helps more than talk therapy Anthropologist, Native American health expert details value of traditional practices in treating Indigenous mental health issues DateSeptember 16, 2022September 19, 2022
As alarming as test scores are, reality for U.S. students is probably worse Dramatic decline ‘just the tip of the iceberg,’ says expert worried about broken connections with classmates, teachers and deepening inequality DateSeptember 14, 2022September 15, 2022
Breyer offers advice on being on losing side Retired justice says just part of job, details lessons from Ted Kennedy, explains free-range questions DateSeptember 12, 2022September 26, 2022
Setting record straight on Queen Elizabeth II Her death presents opportunity to clear nostalgic haze surrounding monarchy, British brutality around end of empire DateSeptember 12, 2022September 13, 2022
California dreaming? Nope. Expert welcomes aggressive move toward electric vehicles, but sees one ‘huge mistake’ policymakers need to avoid and a surefire way to anger drivers DateSeptember 9, 2022
How ‘cult of grit’ masks myths about U.S. society Emi Nietfeld argues in her new memoir it places all blame for not succeeding on individual, ignores bias, inequities DateSeptember 6, 2022September 7, 2022
How did Biden go from zero to hero in public arena so quickly? Thomas Patterson says press had adopted narrative of ineffectual White House, recent achievements sparked abrupt rethink DateSeptember 2, 2022September 3, 2022
Has the T hit bottom? As transit leaders implement unprecedented shutdown, Kennedy School analyst offers some advice: Stop fussing around the margins and think big DateAugust 23, 2022August 23, 2022
Neighborhoods as engines for social, economic mobility Ed School, Harlem Children’s Zone work with nonprofits on business plans to help level playing field, foster student success DateAugust 2, 2022August 4, 2022
How to liberate African art Scholar urges fuller reckoning with colonial legacies DateJuly 19, 2022July 22, 2022
‘Life of the mother’ is suddenly vulnerable Law School experts on how we define pregnancy threat amid emerging state-federal conflict in post-Roe U.S. DateJuly 19, 2022July 20, 2022
Were Jan. 6 attackers extremists? Protesters? Patriots? Survey finds most view group negatively but much depends on how you feel about Black Lives Matter, gun ownership DateJuly 12, 2022July 13, 2022
Should Trump be charged in Capitol attack? Government scholar says new disclosures make clear that refraining from action carries greatest risks to future of republic DateJune 29, 2022June 30, 2022
‘Shadow pandemic’ of domestic violence Law School’s Marianna Yang examines rise in factors, hurdles in courts for victims DateJune 29, 2022
How Roe got to be Roe Schlesinger Library holdings document long, pitched dispute over abortion in archival documents, photos, letters, voices of women DateJune 28, 2022June 28, 2022
Clarence Thomas isn’t kidding Legal scholar Mary Ziegler sees ‘selective’ history in SCOTUS ruling overturning Roe and signs that other landmark protections are in jeopardy DateJune 27, 2022June 27, 2022
Memories of air-raid sirens, bombed-out tanks near Kyiv Two Ukraine natives, Harvard-affiliated doctors assessed needs, are creating materials to help train physicians on treating war injuries DateJune 23, 2022
How Title IX transformed colleges, universities over past 50 years Upended intercollegiate sports but also touched many corners of campus, forcing shifts in hiring, promotion, admissions, reckoning on sexual harassment, assault DateJune 22, 2022June 23, 2022
A model for nation in family celebrations of Juneteenth Annette Gordon-Reed details how Texas community honored anniversary, how others might now that holiday is federal one DateJune 15, 2022
Is there anything to learn about Watergate? New history says yes Historian Garrett Graff argues that it wasn’t so much single scandal but reflection of dark, corrupt, conspiratorial mindset DateJune 14, 2022
Watergate through a Harvard lens College, Law School helped shape key investigators, other important figures DateJune 14, 2022June 14, 2022
Mass shootings reignite youth gun control push Parkland survivor Jaclyn Corin ’23: ‘We don’t want to live the rest of our days in fear’ DateJune 8, 2022June 13, 2022
