Featured series 
Month: June 2023
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Campus & Community
In new collecting model, former Liberian president Sirleaf’s papers come to Harvard Library
Under an innovative agreement, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will place her personal archives with Harvard Library for at least 25 years, where they will be processed to be publicly discoverable and accessible.
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Health
Your memory might benefit from a multivitamin
Can a simple multivitamin stave off age-related cognitive decline? A recent study says yes.
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Campus & Community
An ‘element of risk’ rewarded
From uncovering the ancient histories of viruses to investigating interethnic cooperation in war-torn areas, the 2023 winners of the Star-Friedman Challenge for Promising Scientific Research explore uncharted territory.
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Campus & Community
Honoring University grads – including one named Bacow
The Harvard Alumni Associations’ second annual Harvard Alumni Day, a University-wide event celebrating alumni impact, citizenship, and community, featured keynote speaker Mary Louise Kelly ’93.
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Health
Birth control for cats?
A single dose of a naturally occurring hormone prevented ovulation and conception in female cats for at least two years.
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Campus & Community
Ritu Kalra named Harvard’s vice president for finance and chief financial officer
Ritu Kalra will assume her new role July 1 after having served as assistant vice president of finance and treasury.
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Nation & World
How schools teach children about their social station
Sociologist Peter Francis Harvey observed students at private upper-middle-class and public working-class schools to explore implicit lessons.
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Arts & Culture
Susan Suleiman reflects on resilience, girlhood, and identity in memoir
Emerita professor recalls childhood as Holocaust refugee in memoir “Daughter of History.”
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Campus & Community
Choose your adventure in 20 summer reads
Harvard Library staffers share their summer recommendations.
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Nation
COVID prison releases expose key driver of racial inequity
As the incarcerated population dropped overall, the proportion of Black prisoners rose. Researchers point to unequal sentencing.
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Science & Tech
Why there might be life out there unlike any on Earth
Researchers create synthetic species without biochemistry, find they operate according to Darwinian evolutionary principles.
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Health
Start of new era for Alzheimer’s treatment
Neurologist explains why recent trial of the drug lecanemab may offer hope for those with deadly disease.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Extension alums honored, instructor recognized
Harvard Extension Alumni Association’s 42nd annual banquet honors notable alumni and instructor Thomas M. Nichols.
