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Harvard Magazine staffers suggest articles for these listings based on their reading of periodicals and websites. We bring you interesting and relevant news about Harvard alumni, and Harvard itself, including University administration and research taking place at Harvard.

How Massachusetts sprinter Gabby Thomas became a favorite win Olympic gold

The Boston Globe | 7.14.2021

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Gabby Thomas ’19 Wins Olympic Trials, Heads to Tokyo

Why You Still Might Want to Have a Home Covid Test on Hand

The New York Times | 7.6.2021

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Rapid Tests, in Time for Fall Surge

Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Protects Against Delta Variant, Company Reports

The New York Times | 7.5.2021

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Coronavirus Mutations Threaten to Worsen Pandemic

A Scholarly Screw-Up of Biblical Proportions

The Chronicle of Higher Education | 7.5.2021

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Bits the Bible Left Out

Enrolling More Students at Prestigious Colleges Is a Losing Strategy

The Chronicle of Higher Education | 6.23.2021

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Civic Leaders, and Myths about Undergraduate Teaching

Harvard defeats students’ lawsuit over lack of COVID-19 tuition refunds

Reuters | 6.22.2021

Black women playwrights claim a leading role

The Boston Globe | 6.20.2021

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: “Theater Is Church”

The Harvard affirmative action case has already been decided

The Boston Globe | 6.20.2021

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: SFFA Asks Supreme Court to Review Harvard Admissions Lawsuit

Staying up too late? Welcome to revenge bedtime procrastination

The Boston Globe | 6.20.2021

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Context: Arthur C. Brooks on “Revenge Bedtime Procrastination”

Out on a limb — endangered plants and their protectors

The Boston Globe | 6.20.2021

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Botanizing in the “Mother of Gardens”