Science & Technology
Phi Beta Kappa Speakers Call Out a ‘Deeply Troubling’ Moment
Former Harvard President Lawrence Bacow and poet Meghan O’Rourke urge graduates to focus on character and “radical attention.”
Harvard pilots in-person teaching for fall
Faculty of Arts and Sciences tests hybrid classrooms and other pandemic adaptations.
Rapid Tests, in Time for Fall Surge
Rapid COVID-19 tests, of the kind that Michael Mina has been advocating since last year, are finally approved for home use.
Pediatrician Eileen Costello, profiled by Nell Porter Brown
A pediatrician cares for a city’s children.
Baking Sourdough Bread is a Survival Instinct
A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
by Jacob Sweet
Ivy League Cancels Spring Competition
A fourth consecutive season is shuttered.
by Jacob Sweet
How Many Undergraduates Are At Harvard Now?
Far fewer students in residence than the number invited back to campus for spring
Back to campus for senior spring under COVID
What’s changed—and what hasn’t
Harvard Cautions on Spring Classes
Administrators sound cautious note about on-campus learning amid the intensifying pandemic.
Thirty-two Students Removed from Harvard Housing during Fall Semester
Community Council report on COVID-19 compliance
by Jacob Sweet
Fast-spreading coronavirus variants raise concerns
Despite vaccines, Harvard scientists warn, more-transmissible variants make COVID-19 harder to control.