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Graduate Student Union Schedules Strike

The work stoppage will begin October 27, unless a final bargaining session next week yields an agreement.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Teaching T-Cells to Kill Cancer

Teaching T-cells to kill cancer—and other feats of biomedical science

by Veronique Greenwood

Harvard’s Pioneering Mammalogist Barbara Lawrence

Brief life of an intrepid mammalogist: 1909-1997

by Jonathan Shaw

Brief News around Harvard January-February 2025

Nobel honorands, institutional voice, civil discourse, Rhodes Scholars, and more

Harvard Fiscal Year 2024 Finances

Annual Harvard financial results, and a look at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ fisc and professoriate

by Jonathan Shaw , John S. Rosenberg

Reassessing Punishments for Misdemeanors

In more misdemeanor cases, prosecutors should decline to proceed from the start.

by Max J. Krupnick

Sustainability and Food Production in Africa

Improved agricultural practices could cut methane emissions to zero.

by Nina Pasquini

How Much Alcohol is Safe?

Drinking alcohol increases cancer risk, but may protect against cardiovascular disease.

by Erin O’Donnell

Five Questions with Professor Jia Liu

Harvard bioengineer on AI in brain-machine interfaces, and using technology to treat disease

by Olivia Farrar

A Ministry of Presence

Capuchin friars bring food and supplies to Harvard Square’s homeless.

by Lydialyle Gibson

How Harvard is Tackling Methane Emissions to Combat Climate Change

How Harvard scientists hope to slow near-term climate change

by Nina Pasquini