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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.
Harvard 2024 Commencement Rhetoric
Commencement rhetoric on threats to higher education, melding divergent views, doing good, and combating the loss of trust
How Schizophrenia Resembles the Aging Brain
The search for schizophrenia’s biological basis reveals an unexpected link to cellular changes seen in aging brains.
by Ann Thomas
Relabeling Medical Definitions for Obesity in the United States
For obesity patients, improved treatments and a nuanced understanding of the disease may lead to better health.
by Chris Berdik
Harvard's Tumultuous 2023-2024 School Year Ends in Protests
Harvard’s tumultuous year ends in modified festival rites, amid passionate protests.
Harvard Honorary Degrees 2024
Harvard’s 2024 honorary degree recipients
American Citizenship Through Photography
How photographs promote social justice
Letters from our readers
Climate change, COVID-19, housing inequity
Simple Headlines Are Better
Harvard analysis reveals that online readers tend to avoid complexity.
A New Norton Anthology of World Literature Reimagines the Global Literary Tradition
A new Norton Anthology, edited by Harvard’s Martin Puchner, reimagines the global literary tradition.
Harvard Alumni Day with Courtney B. Vance
Protest interruptions and a call to do “the right thing”