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Öberg to Lead Harvard Faculty Recruitment and Retention
The astrochemist will become senior vice provost for faculty affairs this summer.
Father Columba Stewart of Hill Museum & Manuscript Library is profiled
A globe-trotting monk with the Benedictine “survival gene” seeks out treasured manuscripts.
Children's-book author Nancy Churnin is profiled
Nancy Churnin’s picture-book biographies for children span time and space.
by Sanya Sagar
Meghan O'Sullivan discusses her new book, "Windfall," on energy policy
The United States is finally in a position of energy dominance, but its ability to harness this boom is fraught with challenges.
by Oset Babür
Newport’s winter activities
Visiting Newport, Rhode Island, during the winter
Is knee osteoarthritis a mismatch disease?
Neither increased obesity nor longevity explains the doubling of knee osteoarthritis since World War II.
A new challenge for antitrust
An increasing consolidation of ownership in health care
Harvard dean of freshmen departs and more
The dean of freshmen departs, Rhodes and Marshall scholars, and more
Samuel Huntington remembered
A memorial minute on the eminent political scientist
Teaching rap in China, and contemplating one's blackness
Teaching rap in a Chinese high school, and contemplating one’s blackness
Harvard botanists hunt rare plants in China
The hunt for rare plants in China