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Öberg to Lead Harvard Faculty Recruitment and Retention
The astrochemist will become senior vice provost for faculty affairs this summer.
Should “acting locally” become a legal mandate?
In combatting climate change, will courts hold that the general welfare trumps local sovereignty?
Social geographer Ryan Enos
The political scientist explains “social geography.”
Tackling harassment, athletics, and barriers to foreign scholars and students
Tackling harassment, athletics, and barriers to international scholars and students
The Undergraduate on the ethics of gathering knowledge
The Undergraduate explores the ethics of gathering knowledge.
by Julie Chung
Science historian Sarah Richardson profiled by Bennett McIntosh
Historian and philosopher Sarah Richardson interrogates the science of sex and gender.
William Monroe Trotter
Brief life of a black radical: 1872-1934
A.O. Scott on the Value of Movie Reviews
The longtime New York Times film critic navigates the changing world of moviemaking—and moviegoing.
Profile of comedian-magician Harrison Greenbaum
For Harrison Greenbaum, it began with “Pick a card….”
William Kaelin Wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Kaelin is the forty-ninth Harvard faculty member to win the Nobel.
Sesame Street's fiftieth anniversary party at Harvard
Sesame Street celebrates a 50-year collaboration with Harvard.