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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

The Need for Communal Healing

Coming to terms with personal and pandemic grief

by Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead

The Long Game

A standout golfer’s patient approach

by Jacob Sweet

“No Going Back to Normal”

Addressing the complexities of children’s mental health

by Jacob Sweet

Richard Evans Schultes

Brief life of a pioneering ethnobotanist and conservationist: 1915-2001

by Mark J. Plotkin

Investing vs. Harvesting

Why (and how) to help undergraduates make the most of their extracurriculars

by Richard J. Light , Allison Jegla

Telling Humanity’s Story through DNA

Geneticist David Reich rewrites the ancient human past.

by Jonathan Shaw

Beasts of the Big Screen

Jurassic World Dominion screenwriter Emily Carmichael on scripting Hollywood sci-fi epics

by Nicolas Rapold

Disagreeing Well

Harvard debater Bo Seo writes about productive differences of opinion.

Aiming for Excellence

New books by Harvard experts on college preparation, rankings, student experiences, and institutional strategies

by John S. Rosenberg

Wendy Lesser's "Threepenny Review:

The revered literary magazine editor discusses the writing (and reading) life.

by Lydialyle Gibson