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Arts & Culture
Courtney B. Vance, Angela Bassett honored as Artists of the Year
Cultural Rhythms’ weeklong celebration highlights student performers, food, and fashion
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Campus & Community
Progress and challenges on the road to net zero
New reporting requirement for public companies ‘a meaningful step forward,’ says director of sustainable investing at HMC
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Health
Facing death with dignity
A chaplain, a bioethicist, and a doctor talk about end-of-life care
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Science & Tech
Lifting a few with my chatbot
Sociologist Sherry Turkle warns against growing trend of turning to AI for companionship, counsel
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Arts & Culture
Is Beyoncé’s new album country?
Release ignites hot talk about genre’s less-discussed Black roots, what constitutes authenticity
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Nation & World
Decline of golden age for American Jews
Franklin Foer recounts receding antisemitism of past 100 years, recent signs of resurgence of hate, historical pattern of scapegoating
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Campus & Community
Pushing back on DEI ‘orthodoxy’
Panelists support diversity efforts but worry that current model is too narrow, denying institutions the benefit of other voices, ideas
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Science & Tech
Hate mosquitoes? Who doesn’t? But maybe we shouldn’t.
Entomologist says there is much scientists don’t know about habitats, habits, impacts on their environments
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Nation & World
Election theft 101: Foster skepticism
Two legal scholars, stunned by Jan. 6 insurrection, game out half-dozen possible schemes that exploit, spotlight flaws in system
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Campus & Community
Initiatives showcase solutions to world problems
President’s Innovation Challenge finalists announced, will vie for share of $515,000 in funding
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Nation & World
Speaking to the moment
Tarek Masoud, organizer of Middle East Dialogues, wanted to show that Harvard could confront the tensions around Israel-Gaza without vitriol or shouting. So far, it’s worked.
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Nation & World
Palestinian scholar pressed on views of Hamas, Oct. 7 attack
Conversation with Kennedy School’s Masoud reflects wider tensions
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Nation & World
Ex-Sanders aide calls for U.S. to take harder line with Israel
Sustained assault ‘indefensible,’ Duss says. Kennedy School’s Masoud disputes arguments on governance of Gaza, history of conflict.
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Health
Novel teamwork, promising results for glioblastoma treatment
Researchers cite ‘academic medicine’ as key factor in success
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Nation & World
Warning for journalists: You’re more ignorant than you realize
Marty Baron favors digging for truth over ‘moral clarity’
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Arts & Culture
Storytelling through body language
Veteran of Blue Man Group teaches students art of building a character without saying a word
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Health
Study of 4.3M pregnant women clarifies safety of antiseizure meds
Using 20 years of data, prenatal exposure to topiramate may not increase children’s risk of autism spectrum disorder
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Health
Aspirin cuts liver fat in trial
10 percent reduction seen in small study of disease that affects up to a third of U.S. adults
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Health
Treat addiction with psychedelics?
Despite promise of success stories from patients in recovery, Law School panel cautions that research is lacking on benefits vs. risks
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Campus & Community
Sonia Sotomayor to receive 2024 Radcliffe Medal
Associate justice of U.S. Supreme Court honored for her work as a fearless and compassionate jurist
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Campus & Community
Presidential task forces announce listening sessions
Task forces to combat antisemitism and anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bias will hear from Harvard College students, with more engagement planned across the University
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Nation & World
Top issues for young voters? Stories from a swing state.
Harvard student pollsters talk to peers in Michigan about money, mental health, and other worries
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Health
First-ever transplant of pig kidney to patient a success
Genetic editing improves compatibility, marks advance in organ shortage crisis
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Nation & World
Why are we so divided? Zero-sum thinking is part of it.
Researchers examine who embraces mindset that one’s gain is another’s loss, and how that affects our politics — in sometimes surprising ways
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Health
Parkinson’s warning in skin biopsy
Medical office procedure identifies key biomarker that may lead to more reliable diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders
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Arts & Culture
How I learned to stop worrying and love AI
Former software engineer turned English professor talks about future of literary studies in age of ChatGPT
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Health
How the already anxious avoided global spike in COVID anxiety
Psychological tools learned by those in treatment proved protective in high-stress event, study finds
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Campus & Community
Maria Ressa named 2024 Commencement speaker
Nobel Prize-winning defender of press freedom will deliver principal address
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Campus & Community
7 chosen for Motsepe Presidential Research Fund award
Funds will support projects that advance challenges and opportunities facing Africa
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Health
Losing fat is good, but losing muscle isn’t
Researchers call for makers of new anti-obesity drugs to study results of body composition in addition to weight loss.
