Featured series 
Year: 2019
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Arts & Culture
Melting pot of American cuisine
A new exhibit at the Peabody Museum examines the various cultural origins of American cuisine.
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Campus & Community
An insider’s guide to the life academic
In a new course offered by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, newbies learn the ropes of grad school and how to navigate the world of academia.
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Nation & World
Young voters found more pragmatic than progressive
Harvard Institute of Politics national youth poll finds important divides emerging between general election and Democratic primary voters on ending private insurance, electoral college reform, and gun control.
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Science & Tech
Learning from the land
Harvard University doctoral candidate Jordan Kennedy studies the engineering marvels that beavers create in her home state of Montana.
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Arts & Culture
To control women, fertility, and nature itself
“Love in a Mist (and the Politics of Fertility),” the fall exhibit at the Graduate School of Design, examines ways culture seeks to control women and nature.
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Nation & World
Taking your kid’s sport too seriously
Richard Weissbourd, a senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, discusses the problem of angry parents in sports and possible solutions.
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Nation & World
Spatial awareness
Harvard University professor Daniel D’Oca is helping St. Louis residents become the city’s best asset for fighting inequality.
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Nation & World
Where the new day begins
Harvard University graduate student Kristin Oberiano is writing a history of Guam inclusive of all who call it home.
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Science & Tech
Predicting sudden cardiac death
Researchers have determined that genetic testing could identify those at risk for cardiac death prior to any symptoms.
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Science & Tech
Building connections
Harvard University doctoral candidate Andy Cohen survived getting stuck in a blizzard, and is a better engineer because of it.
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Campus & Community
Authors of their own stories
Dan Lobo ’14, founder of Harvard College First Generation Student Union — now known as Harvard Primus, and Alejandra Iglesias ’21, president of Primus, discuss the first-gen Red Book.
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Science & Tech
New laser paves way for better imaging, communications
Harvard researchers have developed a totally new type of laser that can reach terahertz frequencies offering short-range, high-bandwidth wireless communications, very-high-resolution radar, and spectroscopy.
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Science & Tech
Physics, real and fictional
A Harvard study is exploring the way humans’ sense of “intuitive physics” of the real world leaves fingerprints on the fictional universes we create.
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Science & Tech
A second look at evolution
Researchers find clues to evolution in the intricate mammalian vertebral column.
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Campus & Community
Bacow meets with global alumni
Leaders of Harvard clubs and groups gather in Amsterdam in a first-ever conference
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Health
Harvard Chan School, Apple, and NIH launch women’s health study
Harvard Chan School, Apple, and NIH have officially launched a groundbreaking study that has potential to become the largest-ever study of women’s health.
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Health
Faster testing for illicit drugs
The landscape of the illegal drug trade changes constantly, particularly amid the current opioid crisis. Law-enforcement officers regularly find or confiscate pills, powders, and other substances and need to know…
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Work & Economy
A conversation on capitalism
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban on real-world education, Trump, Warren, and sexual harassment in the front office of his NBA team.
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Campus & Community
‘A perfect fall weekend’
A perfect fall weekend, and a welcome from Harvard President Larry Bacow, greeted first-years’ family and friends.
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Science & Tech
A better candidate for chemo delivery
A new technique called ELeCt (erythrocyte-leveraged chemotherapy) can transport drug-loaded nanoparticles into cancerous lung tissue by mounting them on the body’s own red blood cells.
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Campus & Community
Brown-Nagin on her own path and Radcliffe’s
Radcliffe Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin reflects on her first year in the job and looks forward to Radcliffe Engaged, her new initiative to connect with Harvard and the community beyond.
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Campus & Community
Preserving Africa’s culinary heritage
Chef Selassie Atadika talks about new African cuisine in a ‘Science and Cooking’ lecture
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Science & Tech
Survival of the fittest takes a hit
By re-barcoding the DNA of yeast, researchers were able to follow evolution for approximately 1,000 generations, finding surprises along the way.
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Arts & Culture
Lessons of ‘West Side Story’
Cast and crew of Harvard’s new production of West Side Story wrestle with the classic musical’s racial, ethnic, and political complications
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Campus & Community
Hundreds rally to defend DACA
A crowd of 250 students, faculty, and staff gathered on the steps of Harvard’s Memorial Church on Veterans Day for a Defend DACA rally that was part of a nationwide student walkout.
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Campus & Community
The path to sustainable commuting
Photographers capture the Harvard community taking steps toward a more sustainable commute.
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Work & Economy
Hate your open office?
An article authored by Ethan Bernstein’s attempts to explain why in-person interactions dropped so dramatically in open offices.
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Nation & World
Rise in social mobility of DACA recipients
Harvard Professor Roberto Gonzales talks about the findings of his report, the impact the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has had on the lives of thousands of young people who have benefited from it.
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Campus & Community
Reopen for business and pleasure
Harvard and Boston officials celebrated the reopening of Smith Field in Allston after extensive renovations.
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Campus & Community
Director of health services to step down
After 15 years in the post, Paul Barreira will step down as director of Harvard University Health Services, effective Nov. 18.
