Featured series 
Year: 2020
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Campus & Community
Voting 101: A primer
More than the presidency must be decided by Nov. 3. To help students get involved, the University offers the Harvard Votes Challenge.
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Science & Tech
How cells sort themselves
Researchers have discovered a key control mechanism that cells use to self-organize in early embryonic development.
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Arts & Culture
Charting a path for the Silkroad
Rhiannon Giddens reflects on her new role as the Silkroad’s artistic director, and where she sees taking the ensemble in future.
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Work & Economy
How to be an antiracist nonprofit or company
A Harvard Kennedy School research initiative that studies racial bias in the private sector will consider why diversity and inclusion efforts fail.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Worldwide Week truly goes global
Now in its fourth year, Harvard Worldwide Week goes entirely online for the first time, allowing participants to visit affiliates around the world
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Science & Tech
When it hits 100 degrees in Siberia …
With the threat of extreme heat rising, from California to Siberia, we ask climate scientist Peter Huybers what to expect in the future.
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Nation & World
Marking the passing of a grim pandemic milestone for the nation
Harvard scholars reflect on the death toll from the novel coronavirus.
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Nation & World
Undoing injustice
Harvard Law School alum Omavi Shukur went into law to improve his fellow Arkansans’s material reality, and that’s exactly what he’s doing.
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Nation & World
Miles home
Harvard College alum and community organizer Sav Miles is working to facilitate collective action among local Christians in their hometown of Gadsden, Alabama.
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Arts & Culture
The center of the world
Gwen Thompkins celebrates the music of her home state every week on her comprehensive and joyful radio show.
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Nation & World
Hope in darkness
Rev. Mel Kawakami brought his experience in supporting those dealing with tragedy to Sandy Hook, Connecticut, just when they needed it most.
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Science & Tech
Infection detection
“Viral history” tool VirScan offers new insights into antibody response to SARS-CoV-2.
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Arts & Culture
A classic play, a modern tragedy
On Oct. 2, the Theater of War will mount a digital performance of “Antigone in Ferguson,” sponsored by Harvard’s departments of Theater, Dance & Media and the Classics.
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Campus & Community
FAS launches task force to examine visual culture and signage
FAS launches a task force comprised of faculty, students, and staff to examine FAS’s visual culture.
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Science & Tech
A model of how museums can share their collections more widely
Harvard has digitized 19th-century glass models of 15 marine invertebrates made by Rudolf and Leopold Blaschka. The 3D models are the result of between 250 to 700 images that had to be taken per glass piece.
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Nation & World
Will Tuesday’s presidential debate change the course of the election?
Analysts discuss what may happen at the first presidential debate Tuesday night between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, and talk about how they would coach the candidates.
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Health
Sleep test predicts dementia in older adults
A noninvasive sleep test may help diagnose and predict dementia in older adults by measuring brain activity.
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Nation & World
Through lines
Vivekae Kim and Meena Venkataramanan are using engaging, intimate journalism to highlight the untold stories of immigration.
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Nation & World
Fertile ground
Harvard College alum Julian Miller has created a center for justice in his home state of Mississippi that aims to foster lasting change.
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Nation & World
Bringing law to life
Sarah Sadlier’s interest in Native American history and law isn’t purely academic. It’s also deeply personal.
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Nation & World
Pinning down success
Educator, wrestling coach, and Harvard College alum Ken Kakesako is finding creative ways to pin down success for his fellow Hawaiians.
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Science & Tech
A map of the human heart
Highly detailed map of the human heart could guide personalized heart treatments.
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Nation & World
Challenges mount for election officials
Pandemic procedural complications and crises of voter confidence all but ensure a rocky election.
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Work & Economy
Disruption of work relationships adds to mental-health concerns during pandemic
COVID-related workplace interventions have focused on workers’ physical health, but a new study shows that attention should be paid to replacing workplace social networks also disrupted by the virus.
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Health
Trial run
Monica Bertagnolli is ensuring that more people in her home state of Wyoming are getting the health care that they need.
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Nation & World
‘What’s at stake is the future of the country’
Ruth Simmons, who testified during the admissions trial in support of Harvard’s admissions practices, spoke with the Gazette about the importance of diversity in education.
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Nation & World
How far right will Trump’s nominee move the Supreme Court?
Harvard professor discusses how far right Trump’s nominee could move the Supreme Court.
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Nation & World
As Indian Country bears brunt of the pandemic, new calls on Washington to act
Panelists hosted by the Harvard Project of American Indian Economic Development said Congress has been slow to deliver the direct relief it promised last spring.
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Nation & World
Improving improvements
Thomas Kane and Jennifer Ash are working to improve outcomes for students in Ohio by helping school districts find solutions that work for them
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Health
The positive effects of optimism
A Harvard Chan School study has found a link between optimism and hypertension, describing the positive force as having a “protective effect” on individuals, including those in combat.
