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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

The Health Benefits of Owning a Pet

Animal companions help their owners live longer, happier lives.

by Nancy Walecki

Ken Griffin’s Naming Gift for the Graduate School

Prominent donor further supports Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Alumni Day Speaker Announced

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly will address alumni June 2.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Stories of a Not-So-Distant War

Novelist V.V. Ganeshananthan on writing diasporic fiction

by Bailey Trela

The Modern World Reconceived

Interpreting politics through the rise of technocracy, morality, and the “web of capital”

by J. Bradford Delong

“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

The Climate Connection Between Campus and Home

An undergraduate perspective on the gathering crisis

by Sofia Andrade

Making Charitable Giving More Competent

How psychological insight can make altruism more rewarding and effective

by Colleen Walsh

Commencement and Alumni Events 2023

Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations