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Öberg to Lead Harvard Faculty Recruitment and Retention

The astrochemist will become senior vice provost for faculty affairs this summer.

by Jonathan Shaw

“Something Is Very Broken”

Boston Area Gleaners fights hunger from the ground up.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Helping Hands

Future physician Victor A. Lopez-Carmen fights for Indigenous healthcare equity

by Nancy Walecki

Making Charitable Giving More Competent

How psychological insight can make altruism more rewarding and effective

by Colleen Walsh

The Climate Connection Between Campus and Home

An undergraduate perspective on the gathering crisis

by Sofia Andrade

Enablers of the Unethical

A Harvard Business School professor turns the stage lights on the supporting cast that facilitates unethical acts

by Daniel Oberhaus

Commencement and Alumni Events 2023

Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations

Using Cancer to Kill Cancer

A novel immunotherapy turns cancer against itself.

by Erin O’Donnell

Eating Around Cambridge

A selection of celebratory spots

by Nell Porter-Brown

Roger Fu

A paleomagnetics scholar who uses ancient rocks to peer into the early lives of Earth and Mars

by Lydialyle Gibson

Seeking Climate Solutions

Teams of Harvard researchers have developed concrete proposals for addressing specific climate impacts.

by Jonathan Shaw