Featured series 
Month: March 2022
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Nation & World
Russian actions speak louder than withdrawal promises, analyst says
Amid hopeful signs of progress in the war in Ukraine, a Harvard expert on the region takes an “actions speak louder than words” approach to Russian promises.
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Campus & Community
Harvard to expand financial aid starting with Class of ’26
The change aims to ease the pressures of expenses and remove economic barriers to attending Harvard College.
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Nation & World
Joseph Stiglitz warned of wealth gap in 2012 — and it’s gotten worse
Joseph E. Stiglitz discusses how inequality has affected the country over the last decade during an HKS lecture Monday evening.
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Science & Tech
You call that a wildcat?
Hopi Hoekstra documents whether NCAA team mascots are really what they say they are. Here’s a bracket-buster: Many of them aren’t.
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Campus & Community
Allyson Hobbs is elected Class of 1997’s chief marshal
Allyson Hobbs ’97, whose award-winning writing, scholarship, and teaching tackle the history and lasting impact of race in the U.S., will serve as this year’s chief marshal of alumni.
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Science & Tech
Whimsical steampunk tour of quantum thermodynamics
New book uses examples of a genre that blends futuristic technology with Victorian style to explain concepts of revolutionary new science.
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Nation & World
Wait — what if Will Smith was just being a man?
A psychologist who works with adolescents reflects on messages boys receive about male aggression as world reacts to violence at the Oscars.
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Health
Bringing the cancer fight back down to earth
Halving deaths and other Biden goals are in reach, experts say, but let’s forget about “moonshot” and focus on resources and prevention.
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Nation & World
Bearing witness to Ukraine war through eyes of refugees
Documentary photographer and alum travels world to raise awareness of plight of those fleeing violence, persecution.
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Campus & Community
Rhapsody in blue
Gazette photographers use the cyanotype printing process to capture Harvard Yard trees.
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Arts & Culture
Why do some bands rocket when others sputter out?
Don’t discount influence of serendipity in success of Beatles and other artists, Cass Sunstein says
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Science & Tech
What’s a little envy between friends?
The feeling can eat you alive — but only if you let it
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Nation & World
How weight-loss industry profits on shame
Excerpted from a new book by Cathy O’Neil, Ph.D. ’99, “The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation.”
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Arts & Culture
Looking at how ‘Hair’ works
Theater, Dance & Media course — part theory and part hands-on — looks at medium, message of musical theater.
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Arts & Culture
Lady Gaga recognized by Harvard Foundation
The 36th Annual Cultural Rhythms, which celebrates Harvard’s diversity, returned to Sanders Theatre Saturday with stunning student performances and a virtual appearance by Lady Gaga.
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Science & Tech
Anthropologist describes supernatural adventures
Studying the paranormal can contribute to anthropology, says Jack Hunter in Harvard talk.
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Arts & Culture
Turning right at musical theater
Julia Riew was on pre-med track before figuring out she was headed in wrong direction.
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Campus & Community
Harvard expands ombuds
In December, Harvard expanded and centralized its ombuds services at the Longwood Medical Area and Cambridge. Two ombuds explain how they can best serve the Harvard community.
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Health
Robots may have upper hand in prostate surgery
A new study provides clarity when comparing short-term differences following a traditional vs. robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy.
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Nation & World
Legacy of liberal violence
“Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire” by Caroline Elkins continues the story she began in her Pulitzer-winning “Imperial Reckoning.”
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Health
Large alcohol study challenges heart health claims
A large study challenges the theory that light alcohol consumption benefits heart health.
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Arts & Culture
Damon Galgut wanted to challenge his readers, especially the white ones
Booker Prize winner Damon Galgut connects narrative choices to “very uncomfortable power dynamic” in a conversation with Harvard’s James Wood.
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Science & Tech
A glimpse into the universe’s first light
Using one of the world’s largest supercomputers, high-resolution simulations were created that show 1 million galaxies forming some 13 billion years ago.
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Health
‘We need to rethink how we are studying cancer metabolism’
Insights into how cancer cells adapt and rewire their metabolism to achieve growth and survive was accompanied by a call for tools to study this on a nearly single-cell level, according to a new paper in Nature Communications.
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Nation & World
Russia’s remaining weapons are horrific and confounding
Matthew Bunn of the Kennedy School discusses the threat and possible fallout of an attack in Ukraine, including the excruciating choices Biden and NATO would face.
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Health
Milk used to be simple
Pea, potato, and pistachio milk? Supermarkets now sell multiple kinds of plant-based milks made from nuts, beans, grains, vegetables, or fruit. So how healthy are they?
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Nation & World
Dangers of journalism leave Nieman Fellows grief-stricken
The Nieman Class of 2022 honored Brent Renaud, a 2019 Nieman Fellow who was killed in Ukraine while working on a documentary about the global refugee crisis.
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Science & Tech
Unlocking potential of quantum technologies
Chemical biology professor works to crack secrets of new states of matter.
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Nation & World
Christie takes shots at Trump, Biden
Former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie offered his frank assessments of the political landscape and his friend Donald Trump.
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Health
Omicron subvariant taking hold, but so far, life goes on
Subvariant is rising in the region, but no sign of dramatic surge in cases that other nations have experienced.
