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Forecasting Data Centers’ Demand

Before a data center is built, Francesca Dominici and Le Xie aim to predict costs to the grid, the air, and the neighbors next door.

by Laurel M. Shugart

What Makes a Fact, According to a Harvard Social Scientist

Sheila Jasanoff has spent her career studying how societies produce knowledge, evaluate expertise, and make decisions about technology.

by Olivia Farrar

Radcliffe Institute Dean Departs for Stanford

Tomiko Brown-Nagin has been named dean of Stanford’s Graduate School of Education.

by Laurel M. Shugart

Harvard College Shutters Dudley Community, Lays Off Writing Center Director

FAS leaders say restructuring will be complete by mid-October.

by Lydialyle Gibson

International Students Capped at 4 Years

A new federal rule sparks uncertainty for graduate students.

by Laurel M. Shugart

Nieman Foundation Taps Henry Chu as Curator

The award-winning international journalist has served as interim curator since 2025.

by Schuyler Velasco

Last Call in Cambridge

A summer of loosened liquor laws moved in an opposite direction from proposed changes to the city’s licensing rules—reviving a tension in regulatory history that predates either policy.

by Laurel M. Shugart

FAS Restructuring Layoffs Begin

College staff whose jobs will be changed or eliminated were notified this week.

by Lydialyle Gibson

A Harvard Choral Group Sings Again, 50 Years Later

The Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum reunites for a 50th anniversary tour around France.

by Olivia Farrar

Hillel International Withdraws a Brief Supporting Harvard

The organization said its amicus brief had not been reviewed internally.

by Jonathan Shaw

Tara Menon’s Debut Novel Combines Friendship, Grief, and Climate Disaster

The popular Harvard English professor published Under Water this spring.

by Andrés Muedano

Dingman Named Harvard’s Interim Dean of Freshmen

The longtime administrator, who retired from the post in 2018, returns as the College reorganizes. 

by Laurel M. Shugart