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Health
Cancer keeps coming for the young. Why?
Harvard’s Kimmie Ng among gastrointestinal specialists hunting culprit behind global disease wave
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Science & Tech
Aramont Fellows bring cutting-edge scientific innovation to the forefront
Four groundbreaking projects investigate brain development, capture raw data with AI, innovate quantum computers, and develop new models to map supernovas
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Health
How ‘Ozempic shaming’ illuminates complexities of treating weight problems
Obesity physician says it’s not simply lack of willpower, details research into destructive effects of stigma around body size
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Health
More than meets the eye
Mass. General photo contest celebrates art of science Annual awards call attention to the research underlying stunning scientific images.
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Science & Tech
Deep in the Amazon, SEAS team tracks a mobile element
Field work on the Rio Negro could help communities exposed to methylmercury protect their food web
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Campus & Community
Two new Corporation members
Kenneth C. Frazier and Joseph Y. Bae to join governing board
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Science & Tech
The miracle of ‘dog’
New findings illuminate complex neuroscience behind even the simplest words, with implications for treatment of speech, language disorders
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Campus & Community
Extra-special prize for Hasty’s Man of the Year
‘Saltburn’ star Barry Keoghan rolls with the punch lines
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Campus & Community
One of few dozen Black students on campus, he brought his camera everywhere
Former yearbook editor donates two bankers boxes of images of College life from his perspective in turbulent mid-’60s
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Work & Economy
Fed delivers good news overall on economy
Economist Jeffrey Frankel says the central bank held off on easing interest rates, but signs point to soft landing
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Health
AI model flags high-risk pancreatic cancer patients 18 months before diagnosis
Novel approach caught 3.5 times as many cases than current screening guidelines would have for 40-plus group
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Nation & World
Immigration roars back in headlines. Time finally come for reforms?
Migration law scholar looks at history, prospects for breaking gridlock in election year
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Arts & Culture
‘It was like the music came from nowhere and revealed itself to us’
Harvard Professor Vijay Iyer reflects on his Grammy-nominated trio’s ‘mystical’ start
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Arts & Culture
Harvard announces Black Film Project, prize with Smithsonian
Henry Louis Gates Jr. to serve as founding director and Jacqueline Glover named executive director
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Health
How much drinking is too much?
‘Harvard Thinking’ explores the health effects of moderate alcohol consumption
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Nation & World
For students still feeling pandemic shock, clock is ticking
New report shows some progress but persistent achievement gaps; co-author Kane urges action before federal aid expires
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Arts & Culture
It’s a man’s world? Definitely not this year.
Artists such as Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and others dominated pop music. But it may not mark a watershed in heavily male-dominated business.
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Nation & World
Examining issues around possible solutions to Israel-Hamas War
Experts across disciplines offer various perspectives in Weatherhead series
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Health
Resolve to get healthier, lose weight? Setting BMI goal might not be best way
Physicians, researchers point to limits of centuries-old metric, urge more holistic approach
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Campus & Community
Being her own hero — with a hand up
Junior basketball captain Harmoni Turner details childhood abuse, adoptive mom who taught her to believe in herself
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Campus & Community
Want better democracy? Let’s talk
Kennedy School panel wrestles with how to repair divides by creating culture of candid, constructive conversation, commitment to system
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Science & Tech
A fast pivot into the unknown
AI’s rapid rise prompts Harvard/MIT Symposium exploring excitement, potential challenges to STEM education, research
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Work & Economy
Studying ‘why women are interesting, and men are boring’
Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin recounts pioneering career spent tracing major part of U.S. workforce, economy hidden in plain sight
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Nation & World
Will tech change what it means to be human? And does it matter?
Michael Sandel pokes, prods with provocative — and thought-provoking — questions in Harvard Dialogues event
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Health
Gene-therapy breakthrough allows congenitally deaf children to hear
Harvard scientist co-leads research, which targeted specific condition, may yield other treatments for more of the 30 million kids with genetic hearing loss
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Campus & Community
Harvard Thinking: Where the life of the mind meets everyday life
A new podcast with an interdisciplinary focus on today’s big issues
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Arts & Culture
What’s it like to watch ‘Maestro’ as Leonard Bernstein’s daughter? ‘Surreal.’
Alum recalls dad’s love of Harvard, learning as biopic draws Oscar noms
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Nation & World
Why it’s so hard to end homelessness in America
Experts cite complexity of problem, which is rooted in poverty, lack of affordable housing but includes medical, psychiatric, substance-use issues
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Health
Why regulators may toss cold water on buzz over psychedelics
Drugs show promise as new treatment option for some psychiatric maladies, but experts see possible state, federal legal clash
