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Three Harvard Alumni and a Former Postdoc Named MacArthur Fellows A labor economist, an organic chemist, a physicist, and a memory researcher were honored with 2026 “genius” grants.
Crimson Football: Harvard 14, Brown 10 Xaden Benson’s “helmet trick” was the decisive factor in the Ivy opener.
I Used to Think AI Could Make Me a Better Writer A former Harvard College writing tutor changes her mind on LLMs.
Harvard Graduate Students Union Begins Strike Authorization Vote Amid contract negotations, two unions are discussing a joint walkout this fall.
Discoveries: Why Mono Leads to MS—and More New Research Harvard researchers achieve medical breakthroughs in cancer therapy and infection control.
How Adam Ehrlich Sachs Writes Absurd and Beautiful Fiction The Gretel and the Great War author on how the Lampoon derailed his science career—and set him on a literary path.
How Facebook Escaped Harvard In 2004, a frenzy spread across Harvard Yard in days. Four billion users later, we are only just catching up.
Why Men Have Worn the Same Black Suits for 200 Years Chloe Chapin trains her Broadway costume designer’s eye on the history of men’s fashion.