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Arts & Culture Designing for world in flux Photos by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer October 16, 2026 5 min read Exhibit at Graduate School of Design...
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View Article‘Our focus has been on resiliency.’
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AP Photo/Noah Berger Health How can a book make you cry? New Nobel laureate Karl Deisseroth draws line from his early interest in power of words to research on how brain works Alvin Powell Harvard...
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View ArticleState-of-the-art performance space in A.R.T.’s new home to be named Blavatnik...
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Health Living longer, disease-free “How do we think about the next century of public health, and try to make it so we can all age healthier, not just live a long time?” asked William Mair, director of...
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View ArticleHow to teach in era of AI, grade inflation
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Health Heart attack, stroke — and hip fractures Endocrinologist discusses life-or-death stakes of weak bones and how to protect against devastating falls Max Larkin Harvard Staff Writer October 8,...
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Illustrations by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Health ‘Harvard Thinking’: Is your parenting style working? Samantha Laine Perfas Harvard Staff Writer October 7, 2026 long read Trends come and go but...
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Nation & World Correcting the world map Molly Taylor-Poleskey rotates a 16th century Mercator globe at Pusey Library. Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Liz Mineo Harvard Staff Writer...
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Science & Tech Who knew self-improvement could be so terrifying? Illustration by Oliver Burston/Ikon Images Ryan Mulcahy Harvard Staff Writer October 5, 2026 8 min read Contemplating a future...
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Science & Tech Should quitting smartphones be this hard? Tips for breaking toxic addiction to tech, even when work won’t let you let go Sarah Lamodi Harvard Correspondent October 5, 2026 7 min...
View ArticleDigital life doesn’t have to be this way
Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Science & Tech Digital life doesn’t have to be this way Writer, activist Cory Doctorow wants you to be mad about tech monopoly — but not blindly terrified...
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