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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

Behavioral “nudges” boost student performance

Interventions that mobilize family support networks have powerful effects.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Commencement 2018

Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations

Dipayan Ghosh on how Russia hacked its way into our politics

The digital tools advertisers rely on can be easily manipulated to influence public opinion on politics.

by Oset Babür

Harvard researchers discuss Southern politics’ roots in slavery

A new book traces today’s politics back to chattel slavery.

by Sophia Nguyen

FAS dean to step down and more

FAS dean to step down, John Lewis to speak at Commencement, Hillary Clinton at Radcliffe, and more

Harvard’s Bok Players get audiences “below the neck”

A theatre troupe aims for higher ed.

by Sophia Nguyen

The Undergraduate shifts from physics to psychology

The Undergraduate chooses a concentration.

by Tawanda Mulalu

Quinn Hoffman plays baseball at Harvard

For Quinn Hoffman, baseball is the family business.

by Erick Trickey

Using precision medicine, Harvard researchers target cancer

Using precision medicine, Harvard researchers target cancer.

by Jonathan Shaw

Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Special Olympics

Brief life of a world-changer: 1921-2009

by Eileen McNamara