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Katherine O’Dair to replace Stephen Lassonde as dean of students

O’Dair will begin as the new dean of students in August. 

Babar Comes to Houghton Library

Houghton hosts an exhibit of the green suit-wearing French elephant through August 31. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Justin Cronin ’84’s “The City of Mirrors”

Thanks to Harvard, according to a new fantasy epic by Justin Cronin ’84

by Grayson Clary

Are Hospital Pay-for-Performance Programs Failing?

Harvard researchers ask whether market incentives can improve healthcare. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

New Study Calls Subway Germs Mostly Harmless

Curtis Huttenhower and colleagues analyze bugs on Boston’s T.

by Aidan Langston

Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action

Harvard had filed a brief urging the Court to uphold affirmative action last year. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Barbara J. McNeil Again Named Acting Dean of Harvard Medical School

Barbara J. McNeil will lead Harvard Medical School on an interim basis beginning July 31.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard fundraiser O’Neil A. S. Outar departs

A change in a senior Harvard fundraising role

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Study Shows How Antibiotics Disrupt Babies’ Microbiomes

Killing good bugs as well as bad may harm early immune “education,” say Harvard scientists.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard exhibition of Neolithic Chinese pottery

An exhibition of prehistoric earthenware deepens understanding of early Chinese cultures and communities.

by John S. Rosenberg

Megan White Mukuria and ZanaAfrica Foundation aid Kenyan girls

An alumna’s novel approach to helping Kenyan tweens

by Olivia Campbell

Harvard hockey player Bill Keenan writes a memoir

The post-Harvard hockey tales of Bill Keenan

by Bailey Trela