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Shining light on scientific superstar
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/shining-light-on-scientific-superstar/
Published: June 20, 2025 19:30
Vera Rubin, whose dark-matter discoveries changed astronomy and physics, gets her due with namesake observatory, commemorative quarter
A taste for microbes
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/a-taste-for-microbes/
Published: June 20, 2025 16:38
New research reveals how the octopus uses arms to sense chemical clues from microbiomes
Existential crisis for ‘irreplaceable resource’
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/existential-crisis-for-irreplaceable-resource/
Published: June 18, 2025 00:15
Project has tracked lives, lifestyles, and well-being of cohorts over decades, led to insights, interventions in cardiovascular disease, cancers, nutrition
Onion holds up mirror; society flashes big smile (with green stuff in teeth)
Published: June 17, 2025 18:22
How some students at University of Wisconsin-Madison created satiric cultural institution
How market reactions to recent U.S. tariffs hint at start of global shift for nation
Published: June 17, 2025 17:05
Economist updates literature on optimal American import-tax rate in world of interconnected trade, investment
‘Truly the best’
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/truly-the-best/
Published: June 17, 2025 16:04
65 staffers honored as ‘Harvard Heroes’ for ‘exemplary’ service to University’s mission
Projects help students ‘build bridges’ across differences
Published: June 17, 2025 16:04
Online games and small group discussions provide opportunities for people with contrasting points of view to engage
Brainwashing? Like ‘The Manchurian Candidate’?
Published: June 16, 2025 17:35
More than vestige of Cold War, mind-control techniques remain with us in social media, cults, AI, elsewhere, new book argues
Hope for sufferers of ‘invisible’ tinnitus disorder
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/hope-for-sufferers-of-invisible-tinnitus-disorder/
Published: June 16, 2025 17:11
Researchers develop way to objectively measure common malady, which may improve diagnosis, help in developing therapies
Out of sight but not out of mind
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/out-of-sight-but-not-out-of-mind/
Published: June 16, 2025 17:03
By 15 months, children can learn the names of objects they’ve never seen
3 friends, 104 miles, and a tradition of taking the scenic route
Published: June 12, 2025 15:48
Trio marked each year with a walk to a different New England state
From ‘joyous’ to ‘erotically engaged’ to ‘white-hot angry’
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/from-joyous-to-erotically-engaged-to-white-hot-angry/
Published: June 12, 2025 15:43
Stephanie Burt’s new anthology rounds up 51 works by queer and trans poets spanning generations
Turning 2 decades of discovery into impact
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/turning-2-decades-of-discovery-into-impact/
Published: June 12, 2025 15:30
Isaac Kohlberg to step down as senior associate provost and chief technology development officer
Why U.S. should be worried about Ukrainian attack on Russian warplanes
Published: June 11, 2025 16:58
Audacious — and wildly successful — use of inexpensive drones against superior force can be used anywhere, against anyone
Remember when corporate America steered clear of politics on social media?
Published: June 11, 2025 16:57
Study finds Twitter surge starting in 2017, most of it Democratic-leaning by surprising range of firms, with negative effects on stock price
A step in fight against tick-borne disease
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/a-step-in-fight-against-tick-borne-disease/
Published: June 11, 2025 16:10
New molecular method differentiates sexes, reveals whether females have mated
‘Who we are and what we stand for’
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/who-we-are-and-what-we-stand-for/
Published: June 10, 2025 21:39
Amid Harvard Alumni Day celebration, speakers address challenges, share messages of strength and resolve
Maybe the aliens would rather not
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/maybe-the-aliens-would-rather-not/
Published: June 10, 2025 18:03
75 years after Fermi’s famous question, are we any closer to finding extraterrestrial life?
What your brain score says about your body
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/what-your-brain-score-says-about-your-body/
Published: June 10, 2025 17:35
Simple tool can be used to identify risk factors for cancer and heart disease too, says new study
Numbers tell one story about climate change. People tell another.
Published: June 10, 2025 17:34
Policy expert Dustin Tingley studies transition to renewable energy, knows from work, life how economic shifts rattle through communities
Youth gun deaths rise in states that relaxed laws
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/youth-gun-deaths-rise-in-states-that-relaxed-laws/
Published: June 9, 2025 17:34
Study compares child mortality rates before and after 2010 Supreme Court ruling
Son’s diabetes diagnosis sent scientist on quest for cure
Published: June 9, 2025 16:24
Decades later, Doug Melton and team are testing treatment that could make insulin shots obsolete
Judge blocks Trump order on international students
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/judge-blocks-trump-order-on-international-students/
Published: June 6, 2025 18:22
Hearing set for June 16
Overseers announce new president, vice chair
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/overseers-announce-new-president-vice-chair/
Published: June 5, 2025 10:45
Sylvia Mathews Burwell ’87, former president of American University and former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has been elected president of the Harvard University Board…
Wildfire smoke can harm heart and lungs even after the fire has ended
Published: June 4, 2025 20:39
First study to fully assess its impact on all major types of cardiovascular, respiratory diseases
Young researcher’s ALS attack plan is now a no-go
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/young-researchers-als-attack-plan-is-now-a-no-go/
Published: June 4, 2025 19:33
Career award among casualties of ‘terrifying’ cuts affecting lab of David Sinclair
To boldly go
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/to-boldly-go/
Published: June 4, 2025 14:08
Class of ’25 heads for new frontiers
Social media fueled divisions. Teaming up may help heal.
Published: June 3, 2025 19:54
Study finds pairing members of opposing parties on the same side to compete in specially designed quiz eases partisanship
Certifiably engaged
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/certifiably-engaged/
Published: June 3, 2025 16:02
67 grads recognized for Civic Engagement
‘We’re still standing … We can still do important work’
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/were-still-standing-we-can-still-do-important-work/
Published: June 3, 2025 15:28
Climate researchers wrestling with losses of federal funding, data, and key tools
What good is writing anyway?
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/what-good-is-writing-anyway/
Published: June 2, 2025 18:35
Scholars across range of disciplines weigh in on value of the activity amid rise of generative AI systems
Why are you cursing?
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/06/why-are-you-cursing/
Published: June 2, 2025 18:22
Steven Pinker breaks down the history of taboo words, different categories of swearing, and the meaning conveyed by a bleep
Science that gives humans more say over their destinies
Published: June 2, 2025 18:21
David Liu’s gene-editing technologies demonstrate game-changing potential in two recent cases
Harvard awards 9,434 degrees
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/harvard-awards-9434-degrees/
Published: May 30, 2025 17:13
Totals reflect the 2024-25 academic year
No joke: He’s graduating
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/no-joke-hes-graduating/
Published: May 30, 2025 15:34
With family in mind — and big dreams for the future — employee Jorge Mendoza completes long journey to degree
Proud day for Harvard
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/proud-day-for-harvard/
Published: May 29, 2025 23:25
Joy, unity, and gratitude as University celebrates 374th Commencement
Judge sides with Harvard on international students
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/judge-sides-with-harvard-on-international-students/
Published: May 29, 2025 23:10
Extends order blocking government’s attempt to revoke participation in Student and Exchange Visitor Program
Verghese tells an American story at Commencement
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/verghese-tells-an-american-story-at-commencement/
Published: May 29, 2025 23:10
Physician and acclaimed novelist underlines immigrants’ contributions to Harvard and the nation, urges graduates to show courage, character in the face of hardship
Kannon Shanmugam to join Harvard Corporation
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/kannon-shanmugam-to-join-harvard-corporation/
Published: May 29, 2025 17:55
Alumnus of College and HLS elected to University’s senior governing board
‘Like we’re reaching a new period of human history’
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/like-were-reaching-a-new-period-of-human-history-ai/
Published: May 29, 2025 15:55
Fascination with artificial intelligence pulls Muqtader Omari back to his scholarly first love: Science
‘It’s the best feeling, helping a prosecutor, a judge, see someone’s humanity’
Published: May 29, 2025 15:42
At Law School, Sophia Hunt discovers passion for defense — and rises to job once held by Obama
Six honorary degrees to be awarded at 374th Commencement
Published: May 29, 2025 10:00
Recipients include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Richard Alley, Esther Duflo, Elaine H. Kim, Rita Moreno, Abraham Verghese
A celebration for parents, too
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/a-celebration-for-parents-too/
Published: May 28, 2025 23:24
Moms and dads reflect on campus journey they shared with children
Take a stand, Abdul-Jabbar tells graduating seniors
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/take-a-stand-abdul-jabbar-tells-graduating-seniors/
Published: May 28, 2025 22:46
Writer and basketball legend speaks to the moment in Class Day address
‘Stand up for the truth’
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/stand-up-for-the-truth/
Published: May 28, 2025 21:56
In ROTC address, Garber offers Churchill as model of courage in ‘face of near constant opposition’
Hey, you, hold onto your humanity. You’ll thank me later.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/hey-you-hold-onto-your-humanity-youll-thank-me-later/
Published: May 28, 2025 20:26
A little advice for the graduates — or, at least, for one of them (you know who you are)
Healing through music
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/healing-through-music/
Published: May 28, 2025 15:46
Grant Jones incorporated love of meditation and listening to R&B, hip-hop into dissertation on mindfulness interventions
Identifying barriers faced by people with disabilities
Published: May 28, 2025 15:43
Melissa Shang conducts ambitious survey for senior thesis, filling ‘major gap’ in scholarship
She left small town for Harvard but found herself looking back
Published: May 28, 2025 15:41
Lilian Smith’s thesis honors history of quiet resistance in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Ringing in tradition
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/ringing-in-tradition/
Published: May 28, 2025 15:00
Dozens of bells will mark Harvard’s Commencement
Deep in the Amazon, local politicians resist gold miners — and inspire thesis
Published: May 27, 2025 22:59
Encounter during rainforest trip leads Eduardo Vasconcelos to research focus
Entering ‘our problem world’
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/entering-our-problem-world/
Published: May 27, 2025 22:32
University honors — and challenges — newly elected members of Phi Beta Kappa at ceremony
Fight for education, Garber urges grads
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/fight-for-education-garber-urges-grads/
Published: May 27, 2025 22:28
‘Everything we might achieve is grounded in knowledge,’ says president in Baccalaureate address
Finding common humanity, modern lessons in antiquity, a path forward
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/fresh-insights-from-old-tradition/
Published: May 27, 2025 21:37
Yurong ‘Luanna’ Jiang, Aidan Scully, Thor Reimann to deliver orations
Federal funding freeze leaves grad students, postdocs scrambling for labs, support
Published: May 27, 2025 18:29
Pipeline of up-and-coming researchers an integral part of nation’s innovation ecosystem
Frustrated fighting wildfires in L.A., he resolved to build better tools
Published: May 27, 2025 17:33
Rupen Dajee launches tech startup to aid emergency responders, leveraging lessons learned firsthand as EMT, firefighter
Upholding the mission in a year of turmoil
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/upholding-the-mission-in-a-year-of-turmoil/
Published: May 27, 2025 10:40
Garber greets Commencement with high hopes for students and a strong affirmation of University’s contributions to U.S. growth, health
12 alumni elected to Harvard leadership boards
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/05/12-alumni-elected-to-harvard-leadership-boards/
Published: May 27, 2025 10:40
New Overseers and HAA directors to begin terms in May, July