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

Columbia player is tackled from behind by a Harvard defender during a play.

Harvard Football: Harvard 31, Columbia 14

The Crimson stay unbeaten with a workmanlike win over the Lions.

by Dick Friedman

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Gun Violence

The impacts on survivors and their families.

by Jonathan Shaw

Tracy Palandjian outside of Loeb House

Tracy Palandjian Elected to Harvard Corporation

Succeeds retiring member William F. Lee

by John S. Rosenberg

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The Dark Side of Daylight Saving

Harvard scientists warn against the health effects of abolishing standard time. 

by Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead

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Harvard College Admits Class of 2026

Applicants notified as pandemic wanes

by John S. Rosenberg

SZNZ: Spring album cover

Weezer Releases New EP, "SZNZ: Spring"

First of four seasonally inspired EPs make Shakespeare and Vivaldi rock

by Nancy Walecki

Chef Michael Twitty and Tomiko Brown-Nagin

A Culinary Journey

At the Radcliffe Institute, chef Michael Twitty traces the food legacy of enslavement.

by Lydialyle Gibson

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Being on "The Bachelor"

Kira Mengistu looks for love on reality television.

by Nancy Walecki

Merrick Garland

Merrick Garland to Address Classes of 2020-2021 Ceremony

The U.S. Attorney General returns to Harvard.

by John S. Rosenberg

Tents and signs foreground a photograph of a rally in Allston organized by the Coalition for a Just Allston-Brighton on Tuesday, March 15

Allston Agonistes

Rising political challenges to Harvard’s commercial development plans

by Jonathan Shaw

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A Course for the Commercial Space Age

First-of-its-kind class at HBS examines the economic future of space exploration

by Nancy Walecki