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AI Outperforms Doctors in Emergency Room Tasks, New Harvard Study Shows

Researchers say the technology could help physicians with triage, diagnosis.

Harvard Alumni and Faculty Win Five Pulitzer Prizes

Winners include Jill Lepore, Bess Wohl, and Pablo Torre.

An undergraduate muses on why everyone at Harvard runs late

Students can be seven minutes late, and still “on time”—only at Harvard.

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Scoundrels, Then and Now

On con men, Mark Twain, and the powers of the Harvard name

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Harvard Weathers a Year of Turmoil

The federal government has launched unprecedented actions against the University. Here’s a guide.

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The Costly Choice Native Americans Faced

How the Revolution reshaped indigenous New England