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Jason Furman to Lead Center for Business and Government
The new director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center bridges economic research and policy.
Harvard Basketball Star Noah Kirkwood’s Mid-Season Pivot
In an injury-filled season, Harvard’s best player assumes a new role.
Overseer and Elected Director Slates Announced
Harvard alumni can vote on governing-board nominees beginning April 1.
Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner Named Hasty Pudding Man and Woman of the Year
The parade, roasts, and performances return to Harvard Square.
Harvard Forward Won’t Contest 2022 Overseers’ Election
A “pause” after winning four seats in recent elections
Harvard Articulates Principles for “Denaming”
Faust-led committee addresses building and professorship naming decisions “profoundly antithetical” to present values.
Your Brain on Exercise
The hormone irisin, promising as a therapeutic against Alzheimer’s and dementia, is responsible for the cognitive benefits of exercise.
Math Professor Lauren Williams Explores New Ground
Williams feels at home researching underexplored subjects.
by Jacob Sweet
Both Sides Now
Tomiko Brown-Nagin’s bifocal view of the civil-rights movement
Reporting, with an M.B.A.
Charles Duhigg unpacks how individuals and organizations work at war, on Wall Street, and in Silicon Valley
The Poet of Old Age
Donald Hall, chronicler of life
by Adam Kirsch