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Harvard alumni in the 113th Congress

Alumni, an alumna, and a former Law School professor will join the 113th Congress.

High housing costs restrict labor mobility, threatening economic growth

Land-use restrictions lead to growing income disparities between states, Kennedy School researchers find.

The Undergraduate discovers doubt is the place from which to start

The Undergraduate discovers that doubt is the place from which to start.

by Cherone Duggan

Harvard suburban sustainability expert rides her bike to work

The suburban sustainability expert rides her bike to work.

Ted Kaptchuk of Harvard Medical School studies placebos

An ingenious researcher finds the real ingredients of “fake” medicine.

by Cara Feinberg

Recent books by Mahzarin Banaji, Adrienne Rich, and others

Recent books with Harvard connections

Profile of Rachel Cox, author of the World War II history "Into Dust and Fire"

Rachel Cox ’74 pays written tribute to an uncle and his friends with Into Dust and Fire: Five Young Americans Who Went First to Fight the Nazi Army.

by Jean Martin

Art, lectures, cultural and campus events at Harvard

Harvard arts and cultural events

Children’s Hospital Boston’s David G. Nathan celebrates progress in pediatrics

David G. Nathan on watching his patients grow up and flourish

Harvard releases first University-wide Sustainability Impact Report

The first University-wide Sustainability Impact Report reveals challenging goals.

Ben Loory writes short, quirky stories

Ben Loory's minimalist stories ambush the reader.

by David Updike

Unrelated tropical cuckoos find safety sharing a communal nest

The breeding behavior of tropical cuckoos, in which unrelated adults share a communal nest, proves an exception to the theory of kin selection.

by W. Barksdale Maynard