Health & Medicine
Cutting-edge developments in biomedical research, public health, and clinical practice at Harvard’s medical institutions.
Animal Love Stories From Readers
Inseparable cows, big dogs fostering a tiny kitten, and a show beagle’s second act
Harvard Engineering Allston Move Deferred
As the pandemic halts construction, the move-in schedule for the fall semester has slipped.
Harvard’s Virtual Commencement
Harvard’s 369th Commencement goes virtual.
The View from Mass Hall
President Bacow on encountering—and coming to terms with—COVID-19
Harvard faces coronavirus impact
The sudden dispersal from Cambridge and Boston, Commencement postponed, and the looming financial consequences
Harvard athletic season canceled
A necessary but brutal blow
The End of Spontaneity
Lauren Fadiman ’21 on being away from college, where one is never alone
Toward a Pharmacology of Resolution
An HMS symposium highlights the immune system’s role in ending inflammation.
President Bacow on Harvard in pandemic
Larry Bacow puts Harvard in the perspective of the pandemic.
A Harvard Senior’s Call to the Home Front
“We are the generation that is coming of age in the COVID-19 crisis,” writes Lauren Spohn ’20. “What can we build? What can we sacrifice? What risks can we take?”
by Lauren Spohn
Harvard Overseer Election Postponed
The coronavirus pandemic threatened to disenfranchise alumni balloting.