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Harvard Faculty Elected National Academy of Sciences
Medicine and mathematics are heavily represented—plus a recent Nobel laureate in economics.
At Home with Harvard: Crimson Sports Illustrated
With 2020 winter sports ending early and the spring collegiate season wiped out almost entirely, we look back at some Crimson highlights from past years.
Starlink
Seniors hunker down in communal quarantine.
by Eve Driver
Building a Better COVID-19 Swab
Engineers at the Wyss Institute address a critical shortage of nasal swabs.
Harvard fall reopening plans
Provost Alan Garber outlines the possibilities and options—and the College prepares for continued remote teaching, if necessary
Alone on Harvard’s Campus
Most days, I see no one at all.
by Jeremy Tsai
William Giannobile Named Dean of Harvard School of Dental Medicine
The periodontology expert will assume his new role September 1.
At Home with Harvard: The Climate Crisis
Highlights from our wide-ranging coverage of the environment
Harvard’s Endowment to Go “Greenhouse-Gas Neutral” by 2050
The announcement is not the same as fossil-fuel divestment, though it comes amid months of intensified activism calling for divestment.
At Home with Harvard: Rewriting History
From race and colonization to genetics and paleohistory, our favorite stories about the people reshaping the study of history
Letting Go of the “Ideal” Classroom
“The ‘ideal’ classroom never existed anyway, at least not in a perfectly equitable manner,” writes Julie Chung ’20.
by Julie Chung
A poem by Rafael Campo
A poem by Rafael Campo, prompted by the coronavirus pandemic