1+ hour, 6+ min ago  (377+ words) Health benefits outweigh the risks for most of us, according to new book The research around sun exposure is complicated, which in part has led to an oversimplification of public health messaging. Could you talk about that? Are the dangers…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (568+ words) Dad's uniform might look boring, but the history behind it is not While working as a costume designer for over two decades, Chloe Chapin, Ph. D. '23, often wondered how men's clothes evolved from flamboyant to plain. In her new book, "Suitable:…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1727+ words) A flawed first copy " dashed off in all-nighter " endures as template for democracy in action Part of a series of occasional features marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It has been almost 250 years since John Dunlap's Philadelphia print…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (448+ words) The vision of the future being pushed by tech moguls is not necessarily a vision we've all bought into.' A recent Pew Research report found that 40 percent of Americans expect AI to negatively impact society, compared with 16 percent who predict…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (310+ words) Students working together to help a simulated ailing patient. The 22-year-old college student was in severe stomach pain and struggling to stay awake. Her care team quickly assessed her, took her medical history, and explained that they could not administer…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (133+ words) Recommended by'Sean Kelly, Teresa G. and Ferdinand F. Martignetti Professor of Philosophy, FAS Recommended by Trisha Pasricha, gastroenterologist and instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School The novel's title, taken from the famous "Macbeth" soliloquy, invokes a lyricism and longing that you…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (754+ words) Gordon Wood didn't just tell readers about the Revolution. Like no other historian, he helped them feel it. "What Gordon did was to capture the liveliness " the electricity " of these opening debates in 1775 and 1776, when Americans were about to write…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (277+ words) Henry Louis Gates Jr. , Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, has announced the 2026-2027 class of fellows. The 19 W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellows are as follows:…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago  (886+ words) Harvard employees are celebrated for outstanding service in a Sanders Theatre ceremony. "I hope you'll be as inspired as I am by the stories of their selfless service," said Cuevas-Tris'n, before introducing Garber. Kathleen Refior (left) and Sophie Spengler from…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (454+ words) A fellow from the Du Bois Scholars Program meets with their faculty mentor at Harvard University during the summer of 2025. Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery (H&LS) Initiative welcomed fellows to the third cohort of the Du Bois Scholars Program…...