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Öberg to Lead Harvard Faculty Recruitment and Retention

The astrochemist will become senior vice provost for faculty affairs this summer.

by Jonathan Shaw

We Remember WWI

Alums’ remarkable memories of World War I,  revisited this Veterans Day

by Adam Goodheart

The Power of Plants

Exploring the “plant humanities” at Harvard’s Dumbarton Oaks

by Jonathan Shaw

Hansjörg Wyss Gives $350 Million to Bioengineering Institute

The philanthropist makes a fourth gift to support basic and translational research.

by John S. Rosenberg

Three Harvardians Awarded 2022 MacArthur "Genius" Grants

A mathematician, a chemist, and a professor of medicine who studies the health effects of incarceration

by Nancy Walecki

Ben S. Bernanke ’75 Shares Economics Nobel

Three scholars honored for work on banking and financial crises.

by John S. Rosenberg

Leaning into Winter

Exploring Burlington, Vermont

by Nell Porter-Brown

Energy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning

Two new technologies could provide an eco-friendly cooling solution.

by Nancy Walecki

Reparations for Slavery?

Documenting the history and scope of federal “reparatory compensation.”

by Jonathan Shaw

How the Brain Replays Actions During Sleep

Experiments using a neuroprosthetic reveal nocturnal motor neuron learning.

by Erin O’Donnell

Apollo 17 Turns 50

Two Harvard alumni recall a return from the last human moonwalk.

by Lydialyle Gibson