World 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
Science Think of them as utility players New study shows how tiny immune cells are prompted to change their state to help neurons with brain function
Science To sleep, perchance they dream? New study documents REM-like state in spiders, raises questions about function of nighttime activity
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
Some light in distance for major curbs to gun violence Chan’s School’s David Hemenway uncertain about effects of Uvalde deaths, but believes growing body of research will turn tide in time DateJune 1, 2022June 1, 2022
Taken out of context As debates about gender, sex swirl, researchers warn scientists to be careful with how they define the two as words may show up in law, policy DateJune 1, 2022June 8, 2022
New breed of American leader Some were elected; others lead fight for gun control, racial equity, environment. All embrace social media, their own True North. DateMay 31, 2022June 3, 2022
Will rare U.S. unity on Ukraine lift Democrats? Probably not, says famed political journalist Gerald Seib, but party could pay price in midterms if war goes ‘terribly wrong’ DateMay 18, 2022May 19, 2022
Lessons in hate from the Holocaust to Buffalo Ed School event was to focus on learning from past. Speakers say recent killings show how much it’s needed now DateMay 17, 2022May 18, 2022
Women mostly stayed in workforce as pandemic unfolded, defying forecasts Harvard economist says education a larger factor than gender in labor changes DateMay 17, 2022May 19, 2022
Snatching a culture back from state-sanctioned violence Harvard Scholar at Risk works to save artifacts, archives of Manipur’s Indigenous people DateMay 17, 2022May 16, 2022
Moves by Russia, China, North Korea rekindle nuclear concerns Global security experts scrutinize weapon deployment threats in Ukraine, accelerated missile tests, silo construction DateMay 16, 2022May 17, 2022
An end and a beginning Peabody returns sacred scrolls, pipe tomahawk to White Earth tribe in repatriation ceremony DateMay 16, 2022May 18, 2022
That feeling you get when listening to sad music? It’s humanity. Susan Cain’s new book explores how bittersweet view of life can lead to creativity, connection DateMay 11, 2022May 11, 2022
When abortion wasn’t a legal issue Historian Jane Kamensky says it largely arose as evidence of ‘prior sin’ in closely circumscribed lives of colonial women DateMay 9, 2022May 9, 2022
Remote learning likely widened racial, economic achievement gap Study finds students in high-poverty districts had much less in-person instruction, lost more ground academically DateMay 5, 2022May 6, 2022
Ukraine war testing Irish neutrality Foreign minister expects more openness to defense pacts, military spending, cites brutality of invasion in Center for European Studies event DateMay 4, 2022May 4, 2022
Softer language post-leak? Maybe, says Tribe, but ruling will remain an ‘iron fist’ Scholar of constitutional law discusses immediate, future implications of breach revealing SCOTUS decision that would overturn Roe DateMay 3, 2022June 24, 2022
Scrutinizing narratives behind nation’s monuments New course asks students to consider who, what we are being asked to honor — and why DateApril 28, 2022
How war in Ukraine is reshaping global order Former U.S. envoy sees NATO getting stronger, more unified, with Russia on track to become diminished, pariah state, China in tough spot DateApril 22, 2022April 22, 2022
