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A Gut Renovation for U.S. Labor Law

A Harvard Law School initiative calls for rewriting labor law “to shift power from corporations to workers.” 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Negatively Curved Crystals

A Harvard mathematician’s “interwoven tapestries” help make the infinite visible.

by Drew Pendergrass

Human impact on New England ecology was minimal before Europeans arrived

Before Europeans arrived in New England, local ecology was driven by climate shifts, not by human interventions.

by Jonathan Shaw

The Rittase Touch

What William Rittase found when he came to Harvard in 1932

by Drew Pendergrass

Harvard Overseer election and divestment

The spring-semester agenda on climate-change advocacy takes shape—on campus and beyond.

by John S. Rosenberg

Astronomers name interstellar “ripple” the “Radcliffe Wave”

The massive “Radcliffe Wave” traces a new map of the sky.

by Bennett McIntosh

While You Were Away

End-of-semester news and fun from around campus

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Allston Commercial Developer Chosen

The Allston Land Company designates Tishman Speyer to develop the “enterprise research campus” on Western Avenue, with detailed plans yet to come. 

by John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw

College Admits 13.9 Percent of Early Applicants

The College has admitted 13.9 percent of early-action applicants to the class of 2024, up slightly from 13.4 percent admitted from that pool last year. 

by Jacob Sweet

Toward a biomanufacturing future

Neel Joshi harnesses bacteria to build products sustainably.

by Jonathan Shaw

Building a Better Microscope

Peng Yin uses the physical properties of DNA to illuminate life’s smallest parts.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard President Bacow on Nobel Prizes

President Bacow on Nobel honorands and curiosity-driven research

by Lawrence S. Bacow