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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

Harvard Researchers on Speaking to Whales

Project CETI’s pioneering effort to unlock the language of sperm whales

by Jonathan Shaw

The Remarkable Master of Eliot House at Harvard

Brief life of a masterful House Master: 1904-1995

by Constantine Archimedes Valhouli

Harvard's Landscape Architect Bas Smets on Cooling Cities

Bas Smets harnesses nature to cool cities.

by Max J. Krupnick

Harvard Centennial Medalists

Four alumni recognized for work

Harvard Cambridge Scholars

Studying abroad 

Harvard Philosophy Professor Alison Simmons on "Being a Minded Thing"

A philosopher on perception, the canon, and being “a minded thing” 

by Nina Pasquini

What Do Graduates at Harvard Really Want in 2024?

Seniors’ work plans, Sasha stylin’, reunion sonnet, and more

How Schizophrenia Resembles the Aging Brain

The search for schizophrenia’s biological basis reveals an unexpected link to cellular changes seen in aging brains.

by Ann Thomas

Relabeling Medical Definitions for Obesity in the United States

For obesity patients, improved treatments and a nuanced understanding of the disease may lead to better health.

by Chris Berdik

American Citizenship Through Photography

How photographs promote social justice

by Nina Pasquini