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Radcliffe Institute Announces 2026-2027 Fellows

Scholars will tap Harvard’s intellectual resources during the coming academic year.

by Olivia Farrar

Brief life of writer-reformer Edward Everett Hale, by Jeffrey Mifflin

Brief life of a science-minded writer and reformer: 1822-1909

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Violence against South Asian women and solutions

Addressing the root causes of violence against women in South Asia

by Rohini Pande

Cass Sunstein on the constitution in the 21st century

Cass Sunstein and the modern regulatory state

by Lincoln Caplan

The people in whom we confide often are not family and friends

Barbers, bartenders, and beauticians are as privy to our secrets as are family and friends.

by Craig Lambert

Harvard's Chad Cowan uses stem cells to find drugs that make white fat brown

Using a stem-cell based screening method, Chad Cowan has found drugs that convert white fat cells to energy-consuming brown fat.

Harry R. Lewis appointed applied sciences interim dean at Harvard

Will lead Harvard's applied-sciences faculty during search

Seniors Michael George and Anna Hagen win Marshall Scholarships for U.K. study.

Michael George and Anna Hagen will study at Oxford and Cambridge, respectively.

Rhodes Scholarships awarded to two Harvard seniors

Seniors Ruth Fong and Benjamin Sprung-Keyser win two or three years of study at Oxford.

Talking with Maureen McLane, author of "This Blue"

The poet and critic talks about her teaching, her writing, and her newest book, This Blue, a finalist for the National Book Award.

by Sophia Nguyen

National Geographic TV show on sleep deprivation features Harvard researchers

A program on the National Geographic Channel about sleep deprivation will feature several Harvard researchers.