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Harvard Portrait: Venkatesh Murthy
A brief look at what animals’ sense of smell reveals about the brain
Readers’ views on immigration, the pandemic, the Electoral College
Readers’ views on immigration, the pandemic, the Electoral College, and more
Cape Cod Rail Trail
Swim, walk, and picnic along cycling routes
Megha Majumdar's debut novel, “A Burning,” tackles inequality and violence
The Harvard graduate, who grew up in Kolkata, mines the India of her childhood for a tale with modern resonance.
Claudia Jones
Brief life of an intersectional activist: 1915-1964
Re-naming Harvard’s Lowell House?
The faculty deans prompt a discussion.
New Test Paradigm Needed for SARS-CoV-2
Michael Mina maintains a new testing regimen could end the COVID-19 pandemic—in three weeks.
Balancing Mental Health and COVID Safety
Students urge closer attention to care on campus this fall.
by Matteo Wong
At Home with Harvard: Traveling for the Story
A collection of stories we’ve traveled to report
Harvard University Press releases “Racism in America: A Reader”
Harvard University Press releases a new book, Racism in America: A Reader, free online.
Could COVID-19 Transform U.S. Education?
A conversation on the crisis and its outcomes with the Graduate School of Education’s Paul Reville
At Home with Harvard: American Democracy
Our coverage of the nation's ailing democracy