Health Estrogen a more powerful breast cancer culprit than we realized Potential path to better testing in findings that identify hormone as ‘a catalyst and a cause’ in disease
Health Newly identified genetic variant protects against Alzheimer’s Researchers find pathway for ‘resilience’ to dementia and which region of the brain to target with therapies
Nation Danielle Allen thinks our democracy needs renovation Her new book lays out vision for power-sharing liberalism that will lead to greater inclusion, responsiveness, participation — and better lives for all
Nation Fanning the flames on ‘Succession’ Scholar who played pundit on dark election episode — ‘that was me behind Tom and Greg’ — describes surreal experience of ‘art imitating life’
Turning a light on our implicit biases Social psychologist details research at University-wide faculty seminar World| DateDecember 10, 2020December 16, 2020
The right game plan New athletic director details challenges of starting job during pandemic Campus| DateDecember 9, 2020
Making memories Study sheds light on how neurons form long-term memories Science| DateDecember 9, 2020December 9, 2020
‘A metabolic tug-of-war’ Medical School researchers uncover link between obesity, cancer Health| DateDecember 9, 2020December 9, 2020
School of Dental Medicine expands patient care, services Takes over University Health Services’ dental practice at 114 Mount Auburn in February Campus| DateDecember 9, 2020December 10, 2020
4 win Marshall, International Rhodes scholarships Three seniors and an alumnus plan to study politics, marginalized groups, unfair incarceration, and neuroscience News| DateDecember 8, 2020December 11, 2020
Brighter days for arts forecast in Biden administration Experts say cultural resources may help heal battered nation after brutal 2020 Arts| DateDecember 8, 2020December 8, 2020
Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s gift to Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute News +| DateDecember 8, 2020December 9, 2020
Rochelle Walensky to run CDC Professor of medicine and Chan School graduate is MGH infectious diseases chief World| DateDecember 7, 2020
‘Climate Conversations’ series aims to build community, spur action Researchers, leaders, practitioners, and organizers seek paths to collaboration, solutions Science| DateDecember 7, 2020December 8, 2020
CEPR Faculty Director Tom Kane joins Council of Luminaries News +| DateDecember 7, 2020December 9, 2020
Baby, it’s cold outside Ed Portal partners with Action for Boston Community Development to collect winter coats for the community Campus| DateDecember 7, 2020
Why Maradona matters Mariano Siskind sees a classic hero in complex, flawed life of soccer legend World| DateDecember 4, 2020December 7, 2020
Moving into Science and Engineering Complex after pandemic pause SEAS’ shift to Allston began in November and will continue in coming months Campus| DateDecember 4, 2020December 5, 2020
Imagine a world in which AI is in your home, at work, everywhere AI+Art project prompts us to envision how the technology will change our lives Science| DateDecember 4, 2020December 4, 2020
Now in session 23rd Bipartisan Program for Newly Elected Members of Congress to focus on pressing issues Campus| DateDecember 3, 2020December 9, 2020
Life along the Charles from sunrise to sunset Gazette photographers record the life teeming along the waterway on the day's margins Campus| DateDecember 3, 2020December 5, 2020
Closing the gap Mortality rate after cancer surgery drops in decade, but disparity persists between Black and white patients Health| DateDecember 3, 2020December 5, 2020
Collective action for collective healing In Medical School series, Thomas Hübl will address community and world traumas, and how to repair them Health| DateDecember 3, 2020February 9, 2023
Principled yet just, pragmatic yet idealistic — and nice New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who won the Gleitsman activist award, recounts her rise, battle against COVID-19 World| DateDecember 2, 2020December 2, 2020
Bowling for values Student-initiated Ethics Bowl analyzes and debates the big questions Campus| DateDecember 2, 2020March 22, 2021
Will there be a serious post-Thanksgiving COVID surge? Epidemiologist says we’ll know this week, urges tests and caution Health| DateDecember 2, 2020December 2, 2020
New technology to investigate autism spectrum disorder Scientists apply ‘Perturb-Seq’ method to a living organism for the first time Science| DateDecember 2, 2020
Seeing clearly again Harvard Medical School scientists reverse age-related vision loss, eye damage from glaucoma in mice Health| DateDecember 2, 2020December 2, 2020
Zooming to the ocean floor Students follow researchers 3,000 meters under the sea Science| DateDecember 1, 2020December 1, 2020
College expands undergraduate cohorts invited to campus for spring After successful fall, administration plans for 3,100 students, the maximum density of single bedrooms Campus| DateDecember 1, 2020December 1, 2020
A family’s secret language, a reckoning with a Nazi past Professor and memoirist Martin Puchner sees parallels to nation’s current turmoil Arts| DateDecember 1, 2020December 1, 2020