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A New Theory of Avian Egg Shape

Adaptations for flight may have driven physical changes.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Studying a Gut Reaction

Harvard researchers review how gut bacteria can transform ingested compounds.

by Alisha Ukani

Title IX at 45

How Title IX expanded women’s opportunities in sports

by Alisha Ukani

An Art Installation in Allston

The “WE ALL” art installation aims to foster connections between Harvard and Allston.

by Alisha Ukani

Harvard President Faust stepping down 2018

An expected transition, as the University’s twenty-eighth president plans to conclude her service.

by John S. Rosenberg

Library of Congress names Harvard alumna Tracy K. Smith as new Poet Laureate

The announcement comes at a busy time for the writer, who is at work on two operas and will soon publish her fifth verse collection, Wade in the Water.

by Sophia Nguyen

Harvard launches engineering-business degree

A new joint business-engineering master’s program to accelerate innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership for technology companies

by John S. Rosenberg

These Bots Were Made for Walking

Two Harvard research groups design exosuits to improve mobility.

by Alisha Ukani

How U.S. companies stole American jobs

Domestic outsourcing, not globalization, has redefined employer-employee ties.

by Oset Babür

The Harvard Medalists of 2017

Honorees include an architect, athletics enthusiast, and longtime University administrator.

Tahmima Anam's "The Bones of Grace" excavates history and family

Tahmima Anam’s Bengal trilogy finds a resting place.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

New tech helps Harvard's “unplayable” lacquer poetry discs get heard

Come on, IRENE: a new process saving audio from “catastrophic” damage

by Sophia Nguyen