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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

Harvard hockey player Bill Keenan writes a memoir

The post-Harvard hockey tales of Bill Keenan

by Bailey Trela

Megan White Mukuria and ZanaAfrica Foundation aid Kenyan girls

An alumna’s novel approach to helping Kenyan tweens

by Olivia Campbell

July-August 2016 Cryptic Puzzle by John de Cuevas

Solve the most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52

Bacteria Could Help Prevent Malaria, New Harvard Study Finds

Harvard scientists find Wolbachia protective.

by Aidan Langston

Televangelist Carlton Pearson donates personal archive to Harvard

Carlton Pearson, exiled from his church, donates years of preaching on tape to Harvard.

by Aidan Langston

Harvard Portrait: Dustin Tingley

Political scientist Dustin Tingley studies the politics of everyday life.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova