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View ArticleImmune-system strategy used to treat cancer may help with Alzheimer’s
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View ArticleStopping the bleeding
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View Article‘If you’re boring, you’re not going to educate.’
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View ArticleWhy bother?
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View ArticleEndowment offers Harvard flexibility but also risks
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View ArticleWhat really scares Katie Kitamura
Photo by Clayton Cubitt Arts & Culture What really scares Katie Kitamura Ahead of Harvard visit, author talks performance, privacy, and horror inspiration for latest novel Max Larkin Harvard Staff...
View ArticleFreezing funding halts medical, engineering, and scientific research
Nation & World Freezing funding halts medical, engineering, and scientific research Liz Mineo Harvard Staff Writer April 21, 2025 7 min read Projects focus on issues from TB and chemotherapy to...
View ArticleHarvard files lawsuit against Trump administration
Campus & Community Harvard files lawsuit against Trump administration Photo by Grace DuVal Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer April 21, 2025 5 min read Filing argues freeze of research funding...
View ArticleKareem Abdul-Jabbar named Class Day speaker
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View ArticleLong trail from 1992 discovery to 2024 Nobel
Early work by Nobel laureate Gary Ruvkun revealed a new level of gene regulation in the C. elegans roundworm.Harvard file photo Science & Tech Long trail from 1992 discovery to 2024 Nobel Gary...
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View ArticleU.S. pregnancy-related deaths continuing to rise
Health U.S. pregnancy-related deaths continuing to rise Study researcher says nation, which leads high-income peers in maternal mortality, needs better prenatal, extended postpartum care Anna Gibbs...
View ArticleFuture doesn’t have to be dystopian, says Ruha Benjamin
Arts & Culture Future doesn’t have to be dystopian, says Ruha Benjamin Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Eileen O’Grady Harvard Staff Writer April 24, 2025 3 min read In Tanner Lectures,...
View ArticleNew, bigger humanitarian crisis in Darfur. But this time, no global outcry.
Zoe Marks (from left), Mai Hassan, Alex de Waal, and David Miliband. Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Nation & World New, bigger humanitarian crisis in Darfur. But this time, no global...
View ArticleFDA-approved smoking cessation pill helps break vaping habit
Health FDA-approved smoking cessation pill helps break vaping habit Clinical trial shows teens and young adults had three times more success quitting than their placebo counterparts Isabella Davis...
View ArticleBile imbalance linked to liver cancer
Health Bile imbalance linked to liver cancer Heather Denny HSDM Communications April 25, 2025 3 min read Key molecular switch identified, sheds new light on treatment interventions A new study reveals...
View ArticleStantcheva awarded Clark Medal
Work & Economy Stantcheva awarded Clark Medal Lawrence Katz, Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics (left), during a celebration honoring Stefanie Stantcheva, winner of John Bates Clark...
View ArticleHe got the stop-work order. Then the scrambling began.
Science & Tech He got the stop-work order. Then the scrambling began. Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer April 25, 2025 5 min read Wyss’ Don Ingber details...
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