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Building a Better COVID-19 Swab
Engineers at the Wyss Institute address a critical shortage of nasal swabs.
Starlink
Seniors hunker down in communal quarantine.
by Eve Driver
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
Poet and physician Rafael Campo on connection and empathy in caregiving during t
Poet and physician Rafael Campo on connection and empathy in caregiving during the pandemic’s isolation
Tackling the pandemic's hard ethical questions
Tackling the pandemic's hard ethical and social questions in an online Harvard discussion with Michael Sandel