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Science & Tech
When future weather outside is frightful — hot, that is
At the “Future of Cities” event, panelists explained how rising temperatures will impact different economic levels in various parts of world.
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Work & Economy
Gender pay gap? Culprit is ‘greedy work’
In “Career and Family” Claudia Goldin tracks evolution through 20th-century gains to era of earning inequality that forces harsh life choices.
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Campus & Community
What a difference a year makes
Students who described themselves in three words last fall get a chance to change their answers.
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Science & Tech
A DEEPer (squared) dive into AI
Machine learning techniques give scientists faster returns of high-quality organ images.
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Nation
Murthy says social media hurting kids, time for government, tech firms to help
Surgeon general calls mental health risks “pivotal issue in public health.”
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Arts & Culture
You’re writing it wrong
The Gazette spoke with Todd Rogers about his new book, “Writing for Busy Readers: Communicate More Effectively in the Real World.”
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Science & Tech
More solar energy needed, but clearing forests for panels may not be way to do it
Harvard-led analysis suggests incentives to save carbon-absorbing trees, siting projects on rooftops, developed areas.
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Arts & Culture
Call it ‘old money aesthetic’ or ‘coastal grandma’ — it all comes back to preppy
Fashion podcaster traces quintessential American look from campuses to catwalks.
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Health
Study finds link between breastfeeding, rise in adult colorectal cancer risk
Mothers should not halt practice of breastfeeding, which offers many benefits to infants, as much more research is still needed, scientists say.
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Nation
Does right to bear arms override restraining orders against domestic abusers?
Harvard’s Caroline Light, an expert on history of firearms restrictions examines upcoming landmark Supreme Court case.
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Nation
A tech warning: AI is coming fast and it’s going to be rough ride
Former Google chairman Eric Schmidt details disruptions, dangers technology will bring to economy, national security, other aspects of American life.
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Campus & Community
Extending financial aid beyond the Yard
Students with zero parent contribution — those whose annual family income is $85,000 or less — will now receive a $2,000 “launch grant” in the fall of their junior year.
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Science & Tech
Self-correcting quantum computers within reach?
Harvard team’s method of reducing errors tackles a major barrier to scaling up technology.
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Campus & Community
Andrea Baccarelli named next dean of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Andrea Baccarelli, noted scientist, educator, and leader, will begin his new role on Jan. 1
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Science & Tech
Staying ahead of virus mutations
EVEscape uses evolutionary and biological information to predict how a virus could change to escape the immune system.
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Campus & Community
This woman’s work
Faculty and friends of trailblazing Harvard economist Claudia Goldin react to her historic Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences win.
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Campus & Community
‘Those inequalities are inequalities that occur within households’
The Henry Lee Professor was honored for her research on women in the workplace
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Campus & Community
Voices, faces, and a forum to make trans students visible
Conference on trans rights puts activism and advocacy front and center.
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Health
You think you’re fighting your anxiety, but you’re making it worse
An emotion many avoid and view as an illness may actually help us thrive, psychologist David Rosmarin says.
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Nation
Deadly biography of AR-15
Viewed as example of American ingenuity, prized military weapon exploded in popularity, best known now as tool to kill innocent people.
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Campus & Community
Keeping faith in time of political, social backlash
Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch argues arc of moral universe may bend toward justice but is long, requires devotion to progress.
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Campus & Community
‘We are not people of the past’
Brings Native students, others from neighboring Indigenous communities together to connect, celebrate roots.
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Health
Gift of tulips: Surviving breast cancer
Bobbie Collins, a writer for Harvard Medical School, shares a firsthand account of her bout with the disease.
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Campus & Community
Carl Neracher Morris, 84
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Oct. 3, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Carl Neracher Morris was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.
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Campus & Community
Charles Peirson Lyman, 87
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Oct. 3, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Charles Peirson Lyman was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.
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Arts & Culture
In stutter, artist finds voice
Poet and musician embraces onetime “curse” in compositions inspired by nature and Blackness.
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Campus & Community
Imani Perry, Jason Buenrostro land MacArthur ‘genius grants’
One for interdisciplinary interpretations on history, culture of Black America, the other for pathbreaking technologies to advance study of gene expression.
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Health
How social isolation, loneliness can shorten life
A new study shows that social isolation and loneliness are not same thing but can be connected, sometimes in surprising ways.
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Nation & World
Resolving ethnic, religious violence
The roughly three-year initiative is designed to further understanding of ethnic and religious violence while advancing solutions.
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Campus & Community
New president, new year, new directions
“Why not?” asked Claudine Gay, Harvard’s 30th president, in her inauguration address, reaffirming the University’s commitment to the hard work of cutting-edge exploration and deep engagement with global challenges. But first, it was time to celebrate.
