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Graduate Student Union Schedules Strike

The work stoppage will begin October 27, unless a final bargaining session next week yields an agreement.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard-Yale at IHOP

“None of my friends are going to The Game, which is evidenced by the fact that we’re at IHOP deliberating whether our crêpes should come with lingonberry, and not on a shuttle into Boston.” 

by Catherine Zhang

Harvard Pushes to Advance Basic and Applied Quantum Physics

Harvard thinks bigger about the odd realm of matter at the very smallest scale.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Medical Record $200 Million Research Gift

Foundation of Len Blavatnik, M.B.A. ’89, makes record pledge for basic and applied science.

David Elliott leaves WHRB board

Harvard radio station’s long-time chairman David Elliott ’64 steps down.

by David McClintick

Genetics and the Human Revolution

Can advances in DNA sequencing help explain what makes us human? 

by Bennett McIntosh

A New Plant to Enhance Memory

Research links a Rhodiola rosea extract to enhanced memory.

by Oset Babür

Boston’s seasonal arts events

Boston’s open studios, holiday craft fairs, and more

by Nell Porter-Brown

A. Sloan Devlin Seeks to Decrypt the Gut Microbiome

Altering one gene in a gut microbe transforms metabolism.

by John A. Griffin

The Undergraduate considers study abroad

The Undergraduate considers study abroad.

by Isa Flores-Jones