Featured series 
Year: 2020
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Science & Tech
Island investigations
New answers have emerged from the largest genome-wide study to date of ancient human DNA in the Americas.
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Health
Pregnant women with COVID-19 may not pass virus to newborn, study suggests
A new study has found that pregnant women with COVID-19 do not pass the virus to newborns, however, they may pass fewer-than-expected antibodies to newborns.
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Campus & Community
Top Gazette stories of 2020
As 2020 comes to a close we look back at some of the Gazette’s most-read stories of the year.
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Arts & Culture
Voices raised in glee
Glee clubs from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton mesh online in song to celebrate diversity and fellowship.
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Science & Tech
Research labs score perfect COVID safety records
Six months after reopening, Harvard’s labs report an unblemished safety record, important contributions to the state’s economy, and an array of scientific findings, albeit with the requisite frustration of operating during a pandemic.
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Campus & Community
747 admitted under early action program
Harvard College today accepted 747 students to the Class of 2025 from a pool of 10,086 who applied under the early action program.
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Work & Economy
COVID vaccine race leaders likely won’t be only ones to reap huge payday
The coronavirus pandemic will likely make some vaccine companies rich, but which companies and how rich relies on the still-murky future of the pandemic, a Harvard health policy expert said.
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Campus & Community
A dark year of sickness, reckoning, loss — and periodic bits of light
As 2020 comes to a close, Harvard faculty reflect on the past 12 months.
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Campus & Community
Extending a hand
Harvard student and ROTC member details some of the changes he’s experienced during the pandemic.
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Health
Rethinking health and human rights
Paul Farmer awarded Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture.
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Work & Economy
Departing Business School dean recalls a consequential decade
After a decade helming Harvard Business School, Dean Nitin Nohria talks about what he’s learned and walking away from the job he loves.
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Arts & Culture
Here they come a-caroling
On Christmas Eve, the Memorial Church and the Harvard University Choir will present an online service featuring student voices recorded individually from around the world.
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Science & Tech
Researchers take closer look at serrated teeth of ancient predator
Harvard researcher finds first saber-toothed animals had dinosaur-like teeth before dinosaurs did.
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Nation & World
Revelations of cyberattacks on U.S. likely just ‘tip of the iceberg’
A major cyberattack by what appears to be Russia targeted the U.S. government and top corporations.
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Science & Tech
Here comes the sun
Seasonal changes in UV may alter the spread of COVID but not as much as social distancing.
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Nation & World
Bacow letter urges Biden to reverse Trump immigration curbs
Harvard president backs DACA, TPS, and ending Muslim-nation travel ban.
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Arts & Culture
Beethoven at 250
On the 250th anniversary of his birth, several Harvard-affiliated composers reflect on the work and life of Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Campus & Community
University releases external review of police department
The Gazette spoke with Executive Vice President Katie Lapp to discuss the findings of an independent review of the Harvard University Police Department and how Harvard plans to implement recommendations to secure public safety and community well-being.
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Campus & Community
New gate outside Houghton Library adds another story to storied Harvard Yard
This month a new gate was unveiled in Harvard Yard, near Houghton Library. It was made possible through support from Peter J. Solomon ’60, M.B.A. ’63, and his wife, Susan, as part of a larger gift, announced in January 2019, to renovate Houghton Library.
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Arts & Culture
Strictly Ballzoom
Ballzoom, a digital format that lets teams compete, was a first thanks to Harvard students.
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Arts & Culture
The unique and beautiful await
Artists from Harvard’s Ed Portal worked from their homes, shops, and studios to amass a catalog of treasures for sale at the fourth-annual winter market.
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Nation & World
Lessons for the season of giving
Harvard psychologists who study charitable giving launched a new donation platform to examine what motivates people to give more effectively.
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Science & Tech
Helping your child make the best use of time online
Urs Gasser and John Palfrey are authors of the newly released book “The Connected Parent: An Expert Guide to Parenting in a Digital World.”
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Campus & Community
Need a book for a young person?
Looking for a good book for a young person? Suggestions from Harvard community.
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Health
Fauci says herd immunity possible by fall, ‘normality’ by end of 2021
Fauci predicted herd immunity by next fall and “normality” by 2021’s end, as long as enough people get vaccinated to bring the pandemic to an end.
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Health
How pandemic set back efforts to fight other deadly global health problems
COVID-19 has not only sickened and killed millions around the globe, it has wreaked havoc on existing programs to fight health ills that affect millions more. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Dean Michelle Williams discusses with the Gazette an “action agenda” on global health for the incoming Biden administration.
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Nation & World
Turning a light on our implicit biases
Mahzarin Banaji, Cabot Professor of Social Ethics in the Department of Psychology, who studies implicit biases, was the featured speaker at an online seminar Tuesday, “Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People.”
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Campus & Community
The right game plan
Harvard’s new director of athletics, Erin McDermott, talks about her commitment to the student-athlete’s success in the classroom and on the court, what lies ahead for the Crimson.
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Science & Tech
Making memories
A Harvard Medical School study in mice reveals how memory neurons reorganize after new experiences.
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Health
‘A metabolic tug-of-war’
Researchers find that obesity allows cancer cells to outcompete tumor-killing immune cells in a battle for fuel in mice.
