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FAS Cuts Science Ph.D. Admissions By Half

Backing off plans for more drastic reductions, the division still faces a long-term deficit.

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Harvard Law School Releases Digital Archive of Nuremberg Trials

Thousands of documents chronicle the Nazi regime and the legal effort to exact justice.

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Summers Takes Leave Amid Harvard Probe

Previously undisclosed Epstein links to Harvard affiliates leads to a University review.

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Harvard Divinity School Sets New Priorities

After two years of turmoil, Dean Marla Frederick describes a more pluralistic future for the institution’s culture and curriculum.

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From Jellyfish to Digital Hearts

How Harvard researchers are helping to build a virtual model of the human heart

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Harvard Football: Harvard 45, Penn 43

An epic finish ensures another Ivy title. Next up: Yale. And after?

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Japan As It Never Will Be Again

Harvard’s Stillman collection showcases glimpses of the Meiji era.

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Undergraduate Column

An International Student on Staying Silent in Trump’s America

What is the price of a Harvard education?

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Shopping for New England-made gifts this Holiday Season

Ways to support regional artists, designers, and manufacturers

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Men and women need to be friends again

The Boston Globe | 11.20.2025

The cyberattacks are coming. Will anyone be there to stop them?

The Washington Post | 11.20.2025

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Ken Burns Brings the War of Independence to the Unruly Present

The New York Times | 11.10.2025

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The deadliest roads in America

The Washington Post | 11.19.2025

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The Most Joyless Tech Revolution Ever: AI Is Making Us Rich and Unhappy

The Wall Street Journal | 10.17.2025

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The unintended consequences of AI in medicine

The Boston Globe | 11.17.2025

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From our archives

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How Birds Lost Flight

Scott Edwards discovers evolution’s master switches.

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The Senior Housing Shortfall

As the ranks of the elderly swell, there are too few housing options for seniors who want to “age in place.”

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Harvard History

Winthrop Bell: Harvard Philosopher, MI6 Spy, and Early Forecaster of the Holocaust

Brief life of a philosopher and spy: 1884-1965

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Social Media Use and Adult Depression

A survey reveals suprising links between social media use and depression in adults.

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Flying Squirrel

Wingsuit skydiver Alejandro Montagna on minimizing risk—at 150 mph

New England Guide

A Verdant Cultural Retreat

Boston’s Forest Hills Cemetery is a welcome respite from the world.

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Attuned to Pianos

An instrument restorer’s beautiful obsession

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Inner Senses

Nicholas Bellono probes the biological basis of animal adaptations and behaviors.