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  • Nation & World

    Can this union be saved?

    In a country more fractured than ever, Harvard Professor Danielle Allen, The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg, and writer Adam Serwer discuss what it will take to bring our democracy back together.

    University Professor Danielle Allen onstage at the Kennedy School forum.
  • Work & Economy

    Hidden costs of emotional labor

    Is a smiling flight attendant performing emotional labor? How about the harried mom baking cupcakes for a kindergarten class, or your friend who’s always ready to listen and dispense advice?…

    Caroline Light stands at the blackboard.
  • Campus & Community

    Peter Rogers, 80

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Dec. 3, 2019, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Peter Philip Rogers, Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Rogers contributed broadly to the science of water management.

  • Campus & Community

    Howard Scott Hibbett, 98

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Dec. 3, 2019, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Howard Scott Hibbett, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Japanese Literature, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Hibbett was one of the great translators of Japanese literature.

  • Campus & Community

    Drag history comes to Harvard

    Drag performer Joey Arias’ archive arrives at Harvard’s Houghton Library.

    Joey Arias Polaroids.
  • Campus & Community

    Memorial service set for Richard E. Kronauer

    Richard E. Kronauer, 94, the Gordon McKay Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus, at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, passed away in Tucson, Ariz., on Oct. 18, 2019.

    Views of the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
  • Campus & Community

    Unionized students go on strike

    Recently unionized Harvard student workers went on strike Tuesday, refusing to grade papers, supervise exams, or conduct research unrelated to their academic programs.

    Overview of Harvard Yard with snow
  • Arts & Culture

    Keeping home close after you leave it

    Exhibit explores themes of immigration, home, and belonging with art.

    Car on fire.
  • Campus & Community

    A 40-year road

    Minoo Ghoreishi, a single mother of two, earned her bachelor’s degree in government after 40 years from the Harvard Extension School.

    Woman sitting on bench.
  • Campus & Community

    Women in IT gain ground at Harvard

    With its initial success in 2018, the Harvard Women in Technology + Allies Mentoring Program is welcoming its second class of mentors and mentees.

    Mentor and mentee sitting together.
  • Arts & Culture

    Come to the cabaret

    “Truth Hurts: A Transformational Cabaret,” designed and performed by Harvard students in Theater, Dance & Media, embraces the anything-goes form in a dramatic satire of campus life.

    Allie Jeffay wears a large, white sun hat and sunglasses.
  • Campus & Community

    What is an American?

    Harvard Ed School grad gave her students a project. They turned it into a national conversation.

    Teacher Jessica Lander with students Ezequiel Nunez and Robert Aliganyira in the 'We Are America' photo exhibit at Gutman Library.
  • Campus & Community

    New faculty: Martin Surbeck

    A new member of the faculty of the Department of Human and Evolutionary Biology, Martin Surbeck runs one of the few bonobo research sites in the world.

    A portrait-style photo of professor in front of a large globe
  • Health

    Inflammatory processes may play role in ALS

    Accumulating evidence suggests that inflammatory processes may play a role in the initiation and progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

    3d illustration of nervous network and nerve cells in blue.
  • Arts & Culture

    Angela Davis in black and white and gray

    A new exhibit at Radcliffe, curated from Angela Davis’ personal archive, chronicles the life of a complicated activist and scholar

    A black and white photo of young Angela Davis sitting at a conference table with three other people
  • Arts & Culture

    Sing me Ishmael

    Dave Malloy, who turned “War and Peace” into Tony Award-winning musical, takes on “Moby-Dick.”

    Rehearsing "Moby-Dick."
  • Arts & Culture

    Hip-hop steps up

    In Aysha Upchurch’s new course, “Hip Hop Dance: Exploring the Groove and the Movement Beneath and Beyond the Beat,” students learn the histories behind some of their favorite moves.

    Aysha Upchurch teaches Hip Hop Dance in Farkas Hall.
  • Campus & Community

    The turkeys of Harvard

    Like many communities around the state, Harvard has a burgeoning wild turkey population.

    A wild turkey standing in the rain.
  • Campus & Community

    Notes of gratitude, gifts of charity

    More than 200 Harvard employees wrote over 4,000 notes of appreciation to colleagues while also making donations to the local shelter.

    Woman writing thank-you note.
  • Campus & Community

    9 Harvard researchers named AAAS Fellows

    Nine Harvard researchers named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, for work ranging from studying neuromuscular control in mammals to the development of vaccine strategies to work in international law.

    Gordon Hall at the Harvard Medical School.
  • Campus & Community

    Dishing on Thanksgiving

    Harvard students talk about their Thanksgiving plans and for what they’ll give thanks.

    Turkey sketch marks Thanksgiving Day on calendar detail.
  • Health

    CAGEs lock up fats to treat obesity

    Harvard researchers have found an orally administered liquid salt — choline and geranate — that can reduce the absorption of fats from food with no discernable side effects in rats, lowering total body weight by about 12 percent.

    Portrait of a rat.
  • Science & Tech

    Speeding cell, gene therapy development

    Innovative public-private partnership led by Harvard and MIT aims to bolster state’s role as a leading region globally for life sciences.

    Preparing a gene therapy implant in a petri dish
  • Arts & Culture

    Speak, memory

    At the Radcliffe Institute, Alaskan Inupiaq poet and Harvard alum Joan Naviyuk Kane keeps her language and culture alive through her art and her family.

    Joan Naviyuk Kane in a barn with her two sons
  • Campus & Community

    7 Harvard seniors named Rhodes Scholars

    Seven Harvard undergraduates were named Rhodes Scholars. Two other seniors were awarded Mitchell Scholarships.

    Rhodes scholars.
  • Nation & World

    Breaking the barrier

    Rebecca Scofield is writing a more complete history of the American West that includes the rich tradition of gay rodeos

    A collage of picture of Idaho and Rebecca on top of a map of Idaho
  • Arts & Culture

    Unearthing buried history

    Harvard University professor Matt Liebmann is an archaeologist who has spent decades alongside the people of Jemez Pueblo, using science to give fresh life to tribal stories.

    Photo of Matthew Liebmann
  • Campus & Community

    A renewed focus on slavery

    On Thursday, Harvard’s President Larry Bacow announced the creation of Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery, an interdisciplinary initiative that will build on the University’s earlier undertakings. Radcliffe Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin will lead the new effort.

    Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Dean of Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is seen at Agassiz House.
  • Arts & Culture

    Poetry in motion

    Prolific writer, scholar, and cultural organizer Eve L. Ewing is focused on community-based arts and culture projects in her city of Chicago.

    Eve L. Ewing and Nate Marshall on stage at the second annual Chicago Poetry Block Party
  • Arts & Culture

    Music everywhere

    Scientists at Harvard published a study on music as a cultural product, which examines what features of song tend to be shared across societies.

    Collage of people playing music around the world.