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Meet Harvard’s 2026 Student Commencement Speakers

Two undergraduates and a Ph.D. candidate will address the graduating class on May 28.

Creating gold-standard electronic health records

Physicians bring data science to bear on patient health and wellness information.

Harvard Summer Reading Picks | 2025

The wealth gap, shamanism, the life of David Nathan, and more

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An animal’s journey from grief to love shows how much humans need each other, too.

Black and white photo of Joseph Murray in a white lab coat sitting in an office.

Nobel Prize recipient Joseph E. Murray dedicated much of his career to organ transplant surgery.

Two figures stand before a large, colorful pixelated face against a yellow background.

Harvard scientists identify hundreds of genes under selective pressure.