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Nation & World
‘Chevron deference’ faces existential test
Jody Freeman pinpoints key question in case before SCOTUS: ‘Who decides when laws aren’t clear — courts or agencies?’
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Campus & Community
How hip-hop got to Harvard
Colleagues, artists, friends gather to celebrate Marcyliena Morgan, founding director of University’s Archive & Research Institute
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Nation & World
‘Killer robots’ are coming, and U.N. is worried
Human rights specialist lays out legal, ethical problems of military weapons systems that can target, attack targets (or people) without human guidance
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Campus & Community
Alumni committee announces candidates for Harvard board positions
Elections for Overseers, HAA elected directors set for April-May.
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Campus & Community
University to offer travel funding for Tribes to boost repatriation efforts
Native American Program planning move to new home
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Campus & Community
A life that was a ‘monument for what one person can do to serve others’
Friends, colleagues honor Joe O’Donnell, self-made business success who kept focus on people at center of endeavors, was fiercely loyal to family, wide circle of others — and Harvard
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Health
Follow the research in 2024
Whether you’ve resolved to cut stress, lose weight, catch up on sleep, or be a better person, Harvard researchers have answers to help you get started
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Health
High rate of diagnostic error found in ICU
Nationwide study pinpoints testing mistakes as most common cause
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Science & Tech
High-temperature superconductors with a twist
Fabrication method could facilitate materials discovery
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Health
Looking for the best low-carb diet? Plant-based wins again.
New study links healthy plant proteins, fats with slower long-term weight gain
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Science & Tech
Robotic exosuit gives Parkinson’s patient smoother stride
Eliminates gait freezing, a common and highly debilitating symptom
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Nation & World
Targeting kids generates billions in ad revenue for social media
Harvard study is first to estimate annual ad revenue attributable to young users of these platforms
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Campus & Community
An artistic journey comes full circle
Yun Thwaits credits Harvard Ed Portal with kick-starting her photography career. Now she’s back to exhibit her work.
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Health
Care riskier for patients at private equity hospitals
Study finds alarming decline in quality, safety measures after buyouts
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Campus & Community
Harvard President Claudine Gay steps down; Provost Alan Garber to serve as interim leader
Corporation thanks 30th president for ‘deep and unwavering commitment’ to University
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Health
What Rochelle Walensky learned
Sees major progress in science since 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, but says complications of politics have plagued every epidemic since
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Nation & World
Trump’s cloudy future
‘No easy exit ramp’ for SCOTUS after Colorado high court disqualifies former president from primary ballot, scholar says
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Health
Women more likely to suffer drug side effects, but reason may not be biology
Studies debunk prevailing belief, highlight series of gender-based social factors
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Nation & World
One way of putting it
Harvard scholars offer their picks for the word that sums up 2023
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Nation & World
Human rights — ‘vision and reality’
Scholars reflect on movement 75 years after landmark document adopted by U.N.
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Health
Why are Americans so sick? Researchers point to middle grocery aisles.
Obesity and disease rising with consumption of ultra-processed foods, say Chan School panelists
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Health
Saving lives in the ICU: Clean teeth
‘Striking’ study suggests daily use of a toothbrush lowers risk of hospital-acquired pneumonia, intensive-care mortality
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Campus & Community
On the first day of Christmas … we partied like it was 1499
Church historian traces celebration’s path from wild revelry through Puritan’s progress to Hallmark holiday
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Nation & World
Well-meaning tyranny of identity politics
Yascha Mounk chronicles how ideology took over, where it went wrong
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Campus & Community
The year in photos
Academic and athletic highs, dramatic scenes, quiet moments, and a changing of the presidential guard
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Campus & Community
Help with Zoom or help with zoom
Either way, Cory Gillis, Weatherhead administrator and amateur bike mechanic, has his colleagues covered
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Campus & Community
Not Dad’s brisket, but close enough
For students craving a taste of home, local restaurants deliver
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Nation & World
Letter from COP28
Angela Zhong details racing through security lines, talking oil palm deforestation, interviewing Al Gore
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Work & Economy
Confused about changes in tipping customs? You’re not alone.
Customer relations expert says technologies, COVID changed behaviors across the U.S.
