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Increasing Access

President Alan M. Garber on enhancing financial aid and extending education beyond Harvard’s campus

by Alan M. Garber

Mitnick

The Future of Tuberculosis

Five Questions with Carole Diane Mitnick

by Max J. Krupnick

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Harvard Augments Financial Aid—and Girds for Austerity

Dean Hopi Hoekstra details Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ priorities.

by John S. Rosenberg

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Harvard Responds to Protests

Smaller campus actions draw administrative and online responses.

by Max J. Krupnick

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Harvard Announces Hiring Freeze

Amid funding uncertainties, the University prepares for austerity

by Max J. Krupnick

The enterprise research campus in Allston under construction

Roche to Be Tenant in Allston

First lease for Harvard’s commercial enterprise zone

by Jonathan Shaw

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How Measles Causes Immune Amnesia

Michael Mina explains “immune amnesia” and the lasting impact of infection.

by Jonathan Shaw

Charlie Greene pitches his startup, a tech-driven family memory book, to Shark Tank

A Harvard Startup on Shark Tank

How a Business School graduate uses AI to preserve family history

by Olivia Farrar

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Surgeon Atul Gawande Named Harvard Alumni Day Speaker

Writer, public health leader will address alumni on June 6

by Max J. Krupnick

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It’s Academic (and Other Harvard Concerns)

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences focuses on class attendance, grades—and wider worries about “uncomfortable” threats to academia.

by John S. Rosenberg

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Crypto—To Regulate or Not?

The former director of Harvard’s fintech lab reflects on the future of digital assets.

by Olivia Farrar

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