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Harvard Graduate Workers Begin Strike

In the second walkout in six months, union leaders call for better pay and benefits and a stronger grievance process.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Researchers Find Earliest Known Human Fossil Outside Africa

Humans began leaving Africa at least 50,000 years earlier than previously thought. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Benjamin Franklin’s Retirement and Reinvention

Two hundred and seventy years ago, Benjamin Franklin did something highly unusual. He retired.

by William N. Thor...

Harvard Overseer and HAA Director official candidates for 2018

The official nominees for 2018 are announced.

Zika Vaccine Development Reveals Differences in Efficacy One Year On

Harvard’s Dan Barouch finds long-term Zika vaccine efficacy varies by delivery method.

by Jonathan Shaw

Bryan Stevenson on the Evolution of White Supremacy

“I don’t think slavery ended in 1865 —I think it just evolved. I think it turned into decades of terrorism and violence and lynching.”

by Lydialyle Gibson

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

by John S. Rosenberg

Teaching rap in China, and contemplating one's blackness

Teaching rap in a Chinese high school, and contemplating one’s blackness

by Tawanda Mulalu

Harvard botanists hunt rare plants in China

The hunt for rare plants in China  

by Jonathan Shaw

Brief life of Henry Chapman Mercer, innovative ceramicist

Brief life of an innovative ceramicist: 1856-1930  

by Nancy Freudenthal