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Öberg to Lead Harvard Faculty Recruitment and Retention
The astrochemist will become senior vice provost for faculty affairs this summer.
Artistic director Joshua McTaggart and the redesigned Chelsea Theatre
Joshua McTaggart leads London’s Chelsea Theatre into a new era.
by Olivia Munk
“The Equivalents,” by Maggie Doherty, reviewed by Susan Ware
From “women’s confinement” to “women’s liberation” at the Radcliffe Institute
by Susan Ware
Butterfly wing secrets revealed in infrared
A study reveals new dimensions to their function and beauty.
“Tightrope,” by Kristof and WuDunn, reviewed by Allison Pugh
Americans diminished by “social poverty”
by Allison Pugh
Stem cell activity linked to lifestyle
Exercise attenuates stem cell production of pro-inflammatory white blood cells.
David Barrett reports on New York City’s birds
A quest to chronicle New York City’s avian community
What rights do children have in homeschooling?
Elizabeth Bartholet highlights risks when parents have 24/7 authoritarian control over their children.
Harvard Overseer and HAA director elections
The official 2020 slates
The End of Spontaneity
Lauren Fadiman ’21 on being away from college, where one is never alone
Toward a Pharmacology of Resolution
An HMS symposium highlights the immune system’s role in ending inflammation.