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Öberg to Lead Harvard Faculty Recruitment and Retention

The astrochemist will become senior vice provost for faculty affairs this summer.

by Jonathan Shaw

A Crossroads in Biomedicine?

Uncertainty and humanity could be key to addressing the reproducibility crisis.

by Bennett McIntosh

Dolores Huerta to Receive Radcliffe Medal

The labor rights organizer will be honored on May 31. 

This Year’s Overseer and HAA Director Candidates

The official nominees for 2019 are announced.

The Examined Life

Why is it that so many doctors feel compelled to write, and that so many do, so compellingly? 

by Jonathan Shaw

John Ruskin, Victorian Radical and Art Historian

A Houghton exhibition explores the thinker’s influences and impact. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Tracy K. Smith Named Harvard Arts Medalist

 The U.S. poet laureate will be honored on May 2. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Will future online education become limited to professional degrees?

Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.

by Jonathan Shaw

Manuscripts Illuminated…by Women

Tracing lapis lazuli provides evidence that women were directly involved in creating medieval illuminated manuscripts.  

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard Commencement

The German chancellor will deliver the Commencement address on May 30, 2019.

by Jonathan Shaw

Profile of Daniela Lamas, a critical-care physician

Daniela Lamas and the practice of post-ICU care

by Lydialyle Gibson