Featured series 
Month: December 2021
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Arts & Culture
The Sondheim he remembers: genius, friend, board game geek
Harvard grad John Weidman collaborated with theater giant on “Pacific Overtures,” “Assassins,” and “Road Show.”
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Science & Tech
New University-wide institute to integrate natural, artificial intelligence
University-wide initiative made possible by gift from Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg.
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Science & Tech
Negotiating the irrational with Daniel Kahneman
Nobel-winning behavioral economist and author of “Thinking Fast and Slow” shares advice on negotiation at Harvard event.
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Work & Economy
Will Omicron damage the economy?
Harvard economist and Nobel laureate Eric Maskin sees possible challenges and reasons for optimism.
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Nation & World
‘I lost good friends’
Leon Starr, Class of 1940, was living in Boston when the Japanese attacked the United States. He signed up for the Navy the next day.
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Campus & Community
Reimagining visual culture on campus
FAS Task Force suggests taking closer look at public art, signs to create more inclusive, welcoming environment.
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Campus & Community
Wrapping it up
Harvard Ed Portal’s fifth annual Allston-Brighton Winter Market is back as a virtual market again this year with the online shops of 41 local artisans offering unique gifts.
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Campus & Community
A warrior then, a warrior now
After spinal-cord injury left him paralyzed, he returned to Harvard to finish what he started and battle to get back what he lost.
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Science & Tech
Step in quest for quantum computing
Harvard researchers observe a state of matter predicted and hunted for 50 years, but never previously observed.
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Health
‘This virus is a shape-shifter’
A new study led by Harvard researchers models future SARS-CoV-2 mutations and forecasts their ability to evade immune defenses developed by vaccines and antibody-based treatments.
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Nation & World
Difference between Rittenhouse and McMichael-Bryan verdicts?
Caroline Light says the different rulings in the Rittenhouse, McMichael-Bryan cases come down to the defenses’ level of success in making the perpetrator seem like the victim.
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Science & Tech
Potential step toward new superconductors
Never-before-seen electron behavior could help scientists create superwires for supercharged technology.
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Health
Omicron ‘astonishing to behold,’ says Hanage
With Omicron landing in the U.S. this week, Harvard epidemiologist William Hanage reviewed what we know and the many things still unknown about the fast-moving coronavirus variant.
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Health
Vaccine reduces transmission in breakthrough cases
Breakthrough COVID-19 cases in vaccinated people may be less likely to spread infection because virus is shed for a shorter period of time as opposed to infections in unvaccinated people.
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Health
Moderna edges out Pfizer vaccine in head-to-head comparison
In a comparison study, the Moderna vaccine was slightly more effective than the Pfizer vaccine in preventing COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death.
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Arts & Culture
Moving together again
Studios reopen for in-person classes in Soca Fusion, Latinx Movement, and more.
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Campus & Community
Dancing on the ceiling — of the world
Nosher Ali Khan, a sophomore economics concentrator from Hunza, Pakistan, set a Guinness world record for Highest Altitude Dance Party on Land.
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Nation & World
Helping traumatized refugees heal themselves
The Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma has pioneered the study of the impact of mass violence on refugees and treatment for trauma recovery over its 40-year history.
