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Work & Economy
How to avoid really bad decisions. (Hint: One tip is just hit pause.)
Business ethicist details ways to analyze complex, thorny issues, legal gray areas, and offers advice we can all use
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Campus & Community
Harvard University Housing establishes new rents for 2025–2026
Increase on average 5% for renewing tenants
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Campus & Community
Harvard partners with national nonprofit to recruit high-achieving low-income students
First QuestBridge Scholars will matriculate in fall 2026
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Campus & Community
Jodie Foster to receive Radcliffe Medal
Will be recognized for her barrier-breaking career
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Campus & Community
New VP named for alumni affairs and development
James J. Husson returns to Harvard to succeed Brian K. Lee this spring
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Health
New study maps the ‘dental deserts’ in the U.S. — and there are lots of them
Harvard research shows 1.7 million lack access to care
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Campus & Community
Cynthia Erivo is Hasty’s Woman of the Year
‘Wicked’ star will receive Pudding Pot on Feb. 5
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Campus & Community
Spreading gospel — and strategies — of productive disagreement
Eric Beerbohm looks back on successes, challenges of first year of new Civil Discourse initiative
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Arts & Culture
How maps (and cyclists) paved way for roads
Curator takes alternative route through cartographic history and finds a few surprises
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Science & Tech
Researchers make leap in quantum computing
Trapping molecules for use in systems may help make ultra-high-speed experimental technology even faster
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Health
Now that we have new ‘miracle’ diet drugs, what’s the point of exercising?
Experts say weight loss isn’t at top of list of health, longevity gains that come from activities like walking, hitting gym
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Work & Economy
Is small thinking the new American way?
Study says tighter land-use controls have hurt productivity and innovation among builders, fueling housing crisis
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Science & Tech
Wish you had a better memory?
Take our research-based quiz for tips on improving recall when it matters most
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Health
Death, destruction — and trauma — of L.A. wildfires
Psychiatric epidemiologist discusses mental health toll from displacement and loss, the path forward for victims
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Health
Aha moment in psych class clarifies childhood mystery
Inspires Susan Kuo’s research probing role of genetics in schizophrenia, autism
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Campus & Community
Alumni donations drive progress in Economics Department
Gifts support professorships, spaces in future Pritzker Hall
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Campus & Community
Alumni committee announces Harvard board candidates
Voting for Overseers and HAA elected directors starts April 1
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Nation & World
Is TikTok’s time nearly up?
Privacy and cybersecurity law expert examines national security, First Amendment issues as popular video website faces legal deadline
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Campus & Community
Jon Hamm named Man of the Year
Hasty Pudding to honor award-winning actor on Jan. 31
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Health
Should we be panicked about bird flu? William Hanage says not yet.
But he warns that there is real cause for concern, CDC should take much closer look
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Campus & Community
Martin Karplus, pioneering figure in theoretical chemistry, dies at 94
Nobel Prize winner helped transform understanding of molecular systems
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Nation & World
Nuclear has changed. Will the U.S. change with it?
Citing safety improvements and rising demand, analyst expects revival of energy with a checkered history
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Health
Gender-affirming care rare among U.S. youth, study says
Fewer than 1 in 1,000 transgender youth receive hormones or puberty blockers
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Campus & Community
Natural Black hair, and why it matters
With deep significance for identity, choice, even legality, it’s more than just a woman’s crowning glory
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Nation & World
Unfuzzy math: U.S. needs to do better
Ed School expert has some ideas, including a rethink of homework bans, after ‘discouraging’ results
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Arts & Culture
Voice of a generation? Dylan’s is much more than that.
Classics professor who wrote ‘Why Bob Dylan Matters’ on the challenge of capturing a master of creative evasion
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Science & Tech
A small slice of time
An NSF project builds a special camera to shoot the night sky, light up dark matter, and map the Milky Way
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Nation & World
What to expect when you’re elected
Bipartisan group of lawmakers gets to know Washington by way of the IOP
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Nation & World
Defining and confronting campus antisemitism
Scholars in Jewish Studies say education, conversation can bolster efforts to defeat hate
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Nation & World
Are reparations the answer?
Harvard symposium explores case for restitution to Black Americans legally, economically, ethically
