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NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim to Speak at Harvard in June

The American Navy SEAL, born to immigrants, is a doctor and a space traveler.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard's contested 2016 Overseer election

Free Harvard/Fair Harvard and the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard square off in the Board of Overseers election.  

by John S. Rosenberg

Larry Summers Reflects

On recovering from the Great Recession, higher education, and current economic circumstances

Harvard public health dean, museum director, more

A new dean for public health, a new director for the art museums, and more

Harvard University’s Commencement week events

Harvard University’s Commencement week events

Harvard scientist captures image of cancer's single-cell origin

Seeing when cancer begins helps Leonard Zon track down factors triggering the disease.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard endocrinologist David Ludwig says all calories are not created equal

Avoid refined sugars and processed carbohydrates, says endocrinologist David Ludwig.

by Laura Levis

Harvard economist Claudia Goldin examines the gender wage gap

Economist Claudia Goldin investigates what causes the gender wage gap, and what doesn't.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Gene drives promise unprecedented human control of the environment

A technique for pushing genetic alterations through entire species of plants and animals may herald a future in which humans manage ecosystems through molecular biology.

by Jonathan Shaw

Political theorist Danielle Allen is profiled by Spencer Lenfield

Danielle Allen’s mission to return equality to the heart of American democracy

by Spencer Lee Lenfield