Featured series 
Month: August 2021
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Science & Tech
Climate scientist on UN report: Just as bad as we expected
Peter Huybers, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences, explains the recently released UN report on climate change and the harrowing details contained within it.
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Nation & World
The woman who kept running
Remembering Harvard Medical School grad Joan Ullyot, the long-distance runner who normalized running for women around the world.
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Health
COVID’s future: From pandemic to endemic?
Immunologist Yonatan Grad explains what has been learned from COVID-19 and how to apply the lessons moving forward.
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Health
3 ways to strengthen a child’s mental resilience
New study suggests practical strategies to help children through a pandemic.
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Nation & World
How the government can support a free press and cut disinformation
Harvard Law’s Martha Minow says there are plenty of steps the federal government could take to clean up the flood of disinformation and misinformation.
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Health
COVID messages from doctors change behaviors across racial lines
A new study found that COVID-19 messages tailored to Black audiences and presented by physicians of color did not enhance the effectiveness for minority participants.
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Arts & Culture
Remembrance of cicada seasons past
Cicadas emerging after 17 years of dormancy ignited a childhood memory in Joseph Koerner, Victor S. Thomas Professor of the History of Art and Architecture .
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Health
Citing COVID threat, researchers urge policy changes to ease prison crowding
Researchers say policymakers should weigh decarceration for inmates at low risk of reoffending to combat COVID inside prisons.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Extension is good fit for CEO of Native American nonprofit
Chris James, president and CEO of The National Center for Native American Enterprise Development in Mesa, Arizona, shares his Extension School experience.
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Campus & Community
Who wants ice cream? At this point, pretty much everyone
Despite downpour, the Department of Astronomy ice cream social event draws a crowd.
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Health
New test detects COVID-19 variants in your spit
Researchers have now created a simple, inexpensive diagnostic test that allows users to test themselves for multiple variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus at home, using just a sample of their saliva.
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Science & Tech
Dan Barouch and the birth of the J&J COVID vaccine
Dan Barouch, Harvard Medical School professor and head of Beth Israel Deaconess’ Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, was awarded Harvard’s George Ledlie Prize for work that culminated in one of three vaccines against COVID-19 approved for use in the U.S.
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Health
COVID prevention tips as delta variant surges
Harvard Associate Professor of Epidemiology William Hanage provides tips on how to deal with the delta variant of COVID-19.
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Health
Diet, exercise, and sleep affect heart health, but why?
Researchers are looking more closely at the impact of stress on the body, taking it down to the cellular and molecular level.
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Nation & World
Learning the hard way
Harvard’s Allan M. Brandt, history of science scholar and “Cigarette Century” author, says opioid negotiators should heed lessons from tobacco settlement.
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Health
The present and future of COVID variants
Conversations with Harvard experts shed light on the rise of delta, an unwelcome twist in transmission, the power of vaccination, and more.
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Arts & Culture
How plants have influenced human societies
Researchers at Dumbarton Oaks’ Plants Humanities Lab hope to shed light on the historical relationships between humans and their environments — and improve our current and future relationships with nature.
