Featured series 
Month: June 2020
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Health
Adding up the cost of pandemic health care
A new report published by the Brookings Institution estimates national health care spending for COVID-19 care and discusses its policy implications.
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Science & Tech
Horizontal helper
Cassandra Extavour and Leo Blondel provide the strongest suggestive evidence yet that at least part of a specific gene came from bacterial genomes.
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Campus & Community
Helping African teens thrive
When Tom Osborn arrived at Harvard from Kenya, he was already an internationally recognized entrepreneur. Four years later, he’s launched a nonprofit that is boosting the grades and well-being of high-schoolers back home.
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Health
Loss of taste and smell is best indicator of COVID-19, study shows
Researchers deploying a smartphone app to 2.6 million users have determined that the loss of smell and taste are most predictive symptoms of COVID-19.
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Campus & Community
A look at Radcliffe past and present
Radcliffe Day included a discussion between current dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Tomiko Brown-Nagin and former dean Drew Faust, who addressed the history and future of the institute.
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Campus & Community
Architects of their future
For the first time in its history, the Harvard Graduate School of Design has four Native American students enrolled.
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Work & Economy
A look at the future as Beijing seeks more influence over Hong Kong
With the National Party Congress, China’s annual legislative session, concluded, the Ash Center sat down with Director Anthony Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, to discuss a new security law that could define the future of Beijing’s relationship with Hong Kong.
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Health
Pod-based e-cigarettes efficiently addictive
A new Harvard Chan School study has found that pod-based e-cigarettes’ efficient delivery of nicotine may foster greater dependence than other types of e-cigarettes.
