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What a Key EPA Repeal Means for America’s Climate Future

A Harvard alumni panel examines the impact of the “Endangerment Finding.”

by Olivia Farrar

Highlights from Harvard's 360th Commencement

Highlights from Harvard's 360th Commencement

George Whitesides lab snuffs small flames with electricity

Harvard scientists have discovered how to extinguish flames by pushing them off their fuel source with an electric field.

by Jonathan Shaw

Shelly Greenfield's research finds gender differences in recovery from addiction

Studying the differences in addiction and recovery between men and women

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Stephen Greenblatt traces how Lucretius in "De Rerum Natura" shaped the present

Stephen Greenblatt traces the influence of Lucretius, through De Rerum Natura, on modern thought.

by Christian Flow

Photographer David Arnold and others document coral reefs in decline

The world's most fragile marine ecosystems are in decline.

by Jonathan Shaw

Restaurant eating is rising: the pros and the cons

Dining out is surging—yet there are reservations.

by Craig Lambert

Conductor Sarah Hicks moves easily between pops and classics

Conductor Sarah Hicks spans Prokofiev and the Police.

by David Menconi

In the "Tragedy of Arthur," Arthur Phillips riffs on a forged Shakespeare play

A con man, his son, and a fiction on two levels

by Amelia Atlas

Christopher Cerf, educational media creator

With sound, image, and word, Chris Cerf teaches the basics.

by Craig Lambert

From the archives: the pioneering Crimson women of the New York Times

With the appointment of Jill Abramson '76 as executive editor, we take a look back at pathbreaking Harvard student journalists who helped change the nation's premier newspaper.