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Öberg to Lead Harvard Faculty Recruitment and Retention
The astrochemist will become senior vice provost for faculty affairs this summer.
Profile of installation artist Liz Glynn
In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value
Playwright Bess Wohl: a profile
Bess Wohl writes plays from an actor’s perspective.
“Austerity—When It Works and When It Doesn’t” reviewed by Idrees Kahloon
Economists revisit an unsettled economic policy.
Cellist Laurence Lesser is profiled
A cellist and conservatory teacher who has never stopped learning
Harvard degree-program affiliates in the 116th Congress
Degree-program affiliates now number 53, with 15 in the Senate and 38 in the House.
Pre-Columbian quipu exhibit at the MFA
“Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu,” at the MFA
A winter’s trip to Portland, Maine
Enjoying Portland, Maine, in the “off-season”
The positive impact of entrepreneurial immigrants
Economist William Kerr argues for streamlining immigration to attract high-skilled talent from abroad.
How physical appearance influences authority
Cherubic features benefit black male CEOs, but not other groups, underscoring the complexity of social disadvantage.
Harvard Medical School’s Bruce Walker studies “elite controllers” of HIV
The immune systems of “elite controllers” point to HIV’s vulnerabilities.