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Harvard researchers say they’ve developed a gripping tool that will keep delicate jellyfish from going splat

The Boston Globe | 9.3.2019

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Catalyzing Bioengineering

Vertex Pharmaceuticals announces acquisition of startup in bid to cure type 1 diabetes

The Boston Globe | 9.3.2019

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Accelerating Innovation

On the walls at Harvard museums, they’re calling out art’s racist and sexist history

The Boston Globe | 9.3.2019

There’s no one ‘gay gene,’ but genetics are linked to same-sex behavior, new study says

The Washington Post | 9.2.2019

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: There’s (Still) No Gay Gene

No, I won’t start spying on my foreign-born students

The Washington Post |

Harvard student who was denied entry into US makes it to campus in time for start of classes

The Boston Globe | 9.2.2019

Juul’s Marketing Practices Under Investigation by FTC

The Wall Street Journal | 8.28.2019

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Resurrection of the Marlboro Man

The Remarkable Life of the First Woman on the Harvard Faculty

The New York Times | 8.28.2019

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: From the Archives: Harvard’s Womanless History

I Helped Expose the Lead Crisis in Flint. Here’s What Other Cities Should Do.

The New York Times | 8.28.2019

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: “Be the Voice of Health”

Where Does Affirmative Action Leave Asian-Americans?

The New York Times Magazine | 8.28.2019

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Admissions on Trial