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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

Harvard health services names Barreira director

Mental-health specialist has been active in undergraduate care

Harvard coach and athletes in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London

Nine athletes and a coach with Harvard ties will represent five countries at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Calorie-burning beige fat identified by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers

Cells isolated at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute may aid anti-obesity efforts.

Carmen M. Reinhart named professor of international financial system

The coauthor of the bestseller This Time is Different arrived July 1.

An undergraduate journalist gains experience working at a newspaper in Chile.

A young journalist gains experience in Chile.

by Andrew Chow

Ofer Bar-Yosef finds evidence of 20,000-year-old pottery in China

Ofer Bar-Yosef dates pottery in China to 20,000 years ago, 10 millennia before the invention of agriculture.

Vanidy Bailey named director of BGLTQ student life

Bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer undergraduates gain a new resource.

GSAS and SEAS launch new applied science master's degree

The master’s in computational science and engineering launches in 2013.