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Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.

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Harvard’s New Online Orientation Emphasizes Intellectual Paths

A summer course for first-years focuses on academic success, diverse viewpoints.

by Jonathan Shaw

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Academic Freedom and Free Speech

Robert Post explains how they differ—and why it matters, especially now

by Lincoln Caplan

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Nutrition education at Harvard Medical School

Will Harvard Medical School return nutrition instruction to pre-eminence?

by Jack R. Trapanick

Harvard physicians on the digital healthcare revolution

Harvard physicians on the future of medicine

by Olivia Farrar

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Dream Renovations to Harvard Yard Libraries

An ambitious plan for the next century of learning

by Nina Pasquini

Norton Anthology

A New Norton Anthology of World Literature Reimagines the Global Literary Tradition

A new Norton Anthology, edited by Harvard’s Martin Puchner, reimagines the global literary tradition. 

by Nina Pasquini

Harvard Radcliffe Institute Announces 2024-2025 Fellows

Scholars will pursue interdisciplinary research on climate change, the Supreme Court, and more. 

by Nina Pasquini

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Finding Harvard’s Voice

Danielle Allen’s educational vision

by Max J. Krupnick

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Making the Public Record Public

Harvard legal database released

by Max J. Krupnick

Tom Ginsburg, Ned Hall, Janet Halley, Robert C. Post, and Tomiko Brown-Nagin

Universities in Public Debates

Institutional position-taking at Harvard and in higher education

by Jonathan Shaw

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Talking about Talking

Fostering healthy disagreement

by Max J. Krupnick