Campus Advice to students: Take risks and build courage Follow your interests; ask questions; do it your way
Campus Getting his teeth into the community Dental School student Ryan Lisann is ready to teach local kids about oral health
Health A ‘call to duty’ to battle a deadly global threat New coronavirus collaboration joins Boston’s biomed community and researchers in China
Health What we know and don’t know about pot Medical School’s Kevin Hill talks about fearmongering and rosy myths, safe use and addiction
Comey defends ‘nightmare I can’t awaken from’ In Kennedy School appearance, former FBI director revisits his decisions during 2016 presidential election DateFebruary 25, 2020February 25, 2020
How tightly should hateful speech be regulated on campus? Two professors debate whether it constitutes violence or is a necessary preparation for real life DateFebruary 24, 2020
Why ‘truth’ beats facts Discussion takes a look at why arguments fail and why the sides cannot agree DateFebruary 21, 2020
Me Too founder discusses where we go from here Advocate and activist Tarana Burke to receive the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership Gleitsman Award DateFebruary 21, 2020February 21, 2020
Harvard librarian puts this war crime on the map András Riedlmayer catalogued years of cultural heritage destruction by Serbian nationalists in the Balkans, testified before the U.N. DateFebruary 21, 2020February 20, 2020
Health officials expect coronavirus to spread worldwide Attempts to contain cases in China have proved ineffective DateFebruary 20, 2020February 21, 2020
Feel that clean air and voting are human rights? It’s partly on you New book calls for the embrace of an ‘ethics of responsibility’ to solve social, economic, and political problems DateFebruary 19, 2020February 19, 2020
‘Just Mercy’ in the criminal justice system Harvard professors discuss new film, the story of Harvard Law alum Bryan Stevenson DateFebruary 18, 2020February 18, 2020
The war against colonial slavery New book looks at the largest rebellion in the 18th-century British Empire DateFebruary 6, 2020February 7, 2020
What remakes a legend most? The new mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, M.P.P. ’04, wants to rebuild the capital from the ground up DateFebruary 5, 2020February 12, 2020
Reframing civics education Democratic Knowledge Project bridges core knowledge and diverse perspectives in statewide pilot of interactive curriculum DateFebruary 4, 2020February 13, 2020
Has Trump remade the presidency? Authors Wittes and Hennessey say he’s bucked norms and expanded power, but whether others will follow his lead is unclear DateFebruary 4, 2020February 6, 2020
Working with principals in fire-scarred Australia Graduate School of Education joins with regional Harvard Club to bring more participants from more diverse areas to leadership program DateJanuary 31, 2020February 3, 2020
Get your head in the game NBA coach Steve Kerr visits the Kennedy School to talk both sports and personal politics DateJanuary 31, 2020January 31, 2020
A flight from homophobia Fearing for his safety after being outed, an educator and novelist flees Zimbabwe to become Harvard Scholar at Risk DateJanuary 27, 2020January 28, 2020
Australian wildfires will claim victims even after they’re out Harvard scientist suggests long-term exposure to smoke-filled air could lead to premature deaths DateJanuary 27, 2020January 31, 2020
Nonviolence in mass uprisings Interactive map shows peaceful campaigns proving more successful than violent ones DateJanuary 27, 2020January 24, 2020
How America went astray In their new book, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn return to Kristof’s rural Oregon hometown to find the roots of white working-class anger DateJanuary 24, 2020January 24, 2020
What makes for a moral foreign policy? Joseph Nye’s new book rates the efforts of presidents from FDR to Trump DateJanuary 21, 2020
Flight from reason Thomas Patterson looks at the threat to Democracy in ‘How America Lost Its Mind’ DateJanuary 17, 2020February 7, 2020
Run, Jenny, run! A Harvard physics professor spends a sabbatical trying to break the record for fastest trans-America run DateJanuary 16, 2020January 23, 2020
Creating an environment that fosters innovation Chief of White House Science and Technology Office outlines progress of new policy panels DateJanuary 15, 2020
Two-parent homes aren’t the key for all Why single-parent homes don’t affect black children as negatively as white kids DateJanuary 15, 2020January 29, 2020
Should Medicare for All be Democrats’ top priority? Health-care overhaul debate tends to drown out other issues, exact a high political price, experts say DateJanuary 14, 2020January 14, 2020
On the brink of war Amid Iranian missile strikes, U.S. ambassador examines what’s next after Iran shrugs off nuclear deal following Trump-ordered killing of Suleimani DateJanuary 6, 2020January 8, 2020
Unlearning racial bias Miao Qian is developing tools to discern and reverse implicit negative prejudice in children DateJanuary 6, 2020
From a royal palace to ivy halls: A dissident’s view of the Arab Spring Hicham el Alaoui, who gave up a title for scholarship, discusses hopes for reform DateDecember 23, 2019December 24, 2019
The legacy of the 2010s Harvard experts reflect on some of the most important moments and cultural trends DateDecember 23, 2019December 27, 2019
What weighed on us in 2019? ‘Climate emergency’ Harvard faculty members consider the Oxford Dictionaries' ‘word of the year’ DateDecember 23, 2019December 24, 2019
