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Öberg to Lead Harvard Faculty Recruitment and Retention
The astrochemist will become senior vice provost for faculty affairs this summer.
Diagnosing the “Skills Gap”
Educators and employers aren't collaborating well—and what to do about it
How Coupons Keep Drugs Costly
Pharmaceutical companies subsidize the cost of their drugs to keep prices high.
Hybrid Work’s Sweet Spot
A business school study finds hybrid workers generate more novel and useful information.
Fernando Zóbel-Montojo
Brief life of an abstract painter: 1924-1984
The Happiness Revolutionary
Arthur Brooks moved beyond policy—to something deeper.
Restored to Nature
Landscape architect Mikyoung Kim’s healing arts
Raising Her Voice
Singer-songwriter Reid Parsons on the irreplaceable instrument
The “Harvard Novel” Enters the Twenty-first Century
On Elif Batuman’s fictions
by Beth Blum
When Children Fall Ill
“You work in the hope space, and you tend to the grief.”
The Art of Lighting and Sound Design
Theater technicians Finn Bamber and Clay Oxford bring Harvard theater to life.