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Ask a Harvard Professor with Benjamin Sachs and Sharon Block

Reforming labor law, with Benjamin Sachs, Kestnbaum professor of labor and industry at Harvard Law School, and Sharon Block, executive director of the labor and worklife program at HLS.

All College Spring Semester Grades Will Be Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory

“We cannot proceed as if nothing has changed,” FAS dean Claudine Gay wrote. “Everything has changed." 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

College Admits 4.9 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2024

And the term bill exceeds $70,000 for the first time. 

What Happens to Harvard’s Workers?

Harvard is expected to announce a decision by the end of this week about whether and how it can help subcontracted workers. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard Financial Pressures Coronavirus Crisis

Barely a decade after the 2008 crisis and Great Recession, new challenges loom. An early assessment of the University’s strengths this time

by John S. Rosenberg

At Home with Harvard: Spring Blooms

Your guide to accessing the Arnold Arboretum as the seasons turn in Boston

Harvard President Bacow Coronavirus Positive

The president and his wife are in isolation.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard College class remote learning

On taking a Harvard Gen Ed class remotely with William C. Kirby

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard at Dusk

“I feel lucky that I took for granted my Harvard experience before its abrupt end.”

by Julie Chung

Teaching Academic Honesty in CS50

In a paper aimed at fellow educators, David Malan reports on interventions designed to teach academic honesty in the wildly popular introductory computer science course he teaches at Harvard. 

by Jonathan Shaw

Ask a Harvard Professor with Nicholas Burns

Why diplomacy is critical for maintaining the global order, with Nicholas Burns, Goodman Family professor of the practice of diplomacy and international relations at Harvard Kennedy School.

An Epidemiologist’s Call to Action

Epidemiologist Marc Lipstich outlines what the country must do swiftly, and what strategically.

by Jonathan Shaw