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At Home with Harvard: Medical Breakthroughs

Our best stories going deep into the ideas and personalities that will shape the medical care of tomorrow

Zoom and the zero commute

“The biggest obstacle to our collective learning is the elephant in the room: a global pandemic, taking place amid existing inequalities,” writes Drew Pendergrass ’20. 

by Drew Pendergrass

Harvard Arts and Sciences Freezes Faculty Hiring

Dean Gay outlines near-term actions—and “the definition of a hard problem” facing the FAS.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Schools Pandemic Pressures

Deans articulate their diverse faculties’ divergent priorities (and problems)—plus an MIT perspective

by John S. Rosenberg

At Home with Harvard: Supporting Local Businesses

Our communities need us now more than ever. 

Harvard Spending Cuts: A Pandemic Update

University belt-tightening announced, plus further information on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences—and higher education

by John S. Rosenberg

Ask a Harvard Professor with Doug Elmendorf and Karen Dynan

What should be done now about the federal budget and the deficit, with Doug Elmendorf, dean of the Harvard Kennedy School, and Karen Dynan, professor of the practice of economics.

Harvard Engineering Allston Move Deferred

As the pandemic halts construction, the move-in schedule for the fall semester has slipped.

by John S. Rosenberg

Frontiers

Activity tracking to identify the at-risk elderly, and China’s offshore windfarm potential 

by Jonathan Shaw

Boston and Cambridge celebratory restaurants

Where to (eventually, again) feast with friends and family in Greater Boston 

by Jacob Sweet

Harvard Overseer and HAA director elections

The official 2020 slates

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections