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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.”
Negatively Curved Crystals
A Harvard mathematician’s “interwoven tapestries” help make the infinite visible.
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.
The Rittase Touch
What William Rittase found when he came to Harvard in 1932
Harvard Overseer election and divestment
The spring-semester agenda on climate-change advocacy takes shape—on campus and beyond.
Astronomers name interstellar “ripple” the “Radcliffe Wave”
The massive “Radcliffe Wave” traces a new map of the sky.
While You Were Away
End-of-semester news and fun from around campus
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.
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.
Building a Better Microscope
Peng Yin uses the physical properties of DNA to illuminate life’s smallest parts.
Harvard President Bacow on Nobel Prizes
President Bacow on Nobel honorands and curiosity-driven research