Health Happy? Want to learn how to be? Harvard professor aims to ignite mass movement through podcasts, books, new lab at Kennedy School for research, leadership training
Health ‘Why is God doing this to me?’ Inspired by recent study, Divinity School panelists explore the spiritual side of health care
World Defining moment for longtime allies As domestic, regional tensions test Israel-U.S. ties, former ambassador sees key role for Biden administration in buoying hope for Middle East peace
World Lessons of Roe, 50 years later Speakers at Radcliffe conference look at divisive, fraught history, predict where legal battles go next
‘Defend Diversity’ Harvard students join others from around nation in Supreme Court rally supporting race-conscious admission policies DateOctober 31, 2022November 1, 2022
Michigan, California speak from experience in briefs supporting Harvard Schools have struggled in diversity efforts since bans on race-conscious admissions DateOctober 31, 2022October 31, 2022
Unfinished business Education has been a force for racial progress in the U.S., but we still have a long way to go DateOctober 28, 2022October 28, 2022
What to know about Harvard’s case in Supreme Court Lower courts, along with over 40 years of precedent, have approved using race as one factor among many in admissions DateOctober 28, 2022October 31, 2022
How Black thinkers wrestled with founding U.S. values amid slavery Brown University political scientist says Frederick Douglass, others found racial domination at odds with ideals of republicanism DateOctober 27, 2022
Lesson from Latin America for U.S. abortion rights movement Top jurists map out paths taken by Mexico, Colombia to landmark legalization rulings DateOctober 26, 2022
Schlesinger adjusts plans for Roe v. Wade commemoration to new reality Exhibit, conference to examine history, future now that Supreme Court has overturned landmark ruling DateOctober 20, 2022
Struggling to ‘hold up the sky’ Brazilian Indigenous lawyer talks about fight for Native rights, stewardship of land amid illegal mining, climate change in Amazon DateOctober 20, 2022October 20, 2022
No return to Camelot Veteran Washington journalist Susan Glasser details Trump White House years in new history DateOctober 20, 2022
‘Right this ship of democracy’ Liz Cheney talks about Jan. 6 committee, state of GOP, need for young Americans to step up DateOctober 19, 2022October 20, 2022
YA star John Green seeks co-authors for climate story that averts disaster In Harvard visit, ‘Fault in Our Stars’ novelist urges action over despair DateOctober 18, 2022October 19, 2022
60 years after Cuban Missile Crisis, nuclear threat feels chillingly immediate Graham Allison on how Kennedy and Khrushchev stepped back from brink and worries among Western leaders that Putin might not DateOctober 17, 2022October 18, 2022
Getting schools back to pre-COVID levels misses point, Cardona urges Education secretary says pandemic laid bare weaknesses, including equity, opportunity gaps; now is time to shoot higher DateOctober 17, 2022October 17, 2022
How to protect democracy? Don’t give up on your neighbor. ‘Persuaders’ can inspire Americans to engage with one another and step back from growing threat to country’s future, Radcliffe fellow argues DateOctober 14, 2022October 17, 2022
‘We can be better than this’ Freeman A. Hrabowski III praises, pushes Harvard in inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture DateOctober 13, 2022October 14, 2022
Gift given, one left behind Holocaust lecture, funded by refugees saved by Harvard students, warns anew on bigotry, authoritarianism DateOctober 3, 2022October 4, 2022
Donald Trump, meme leader in chief New book traces insurgent use of text, photos, media on internet to upend crucial institutions of democracy DateOctober 3, 2022October 11, 2022
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, 2022October 11, 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