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Police: 13 injured in shooting after fight among large crowd in Illinois
Thirteen people were injured in a shooting in Illinois after a fight broke out among a crowd of 200 people, police said Sunday.
Postdocs ponder missed opportunities caused by the coronavirus pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to derail scientists at a critical point in their careers
Trump won't commit to accepting result if he loses election
Brushing aside polls showing his support down amid the worsening coronavirus outbreak, Trump won't promise to accept the 2020 election result.
'I was naive to think this couldn't touch my family': Pacific Islanders hit hard by the coronavirus
Pacific Islanders are seeing higher rates of infection from the coronavirus than any other racial or ethnic group in Los Angeles County.
Learning more about the role of the alumni nominating committee
Each year, eligible Harvard degree holders have the chance to vote for new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers, one of the University’s two governing boards, alongside the Harvard Corporation. In addition, degree...
COVID-19 concerns drop Class of 2024 yield by 3 percent
On May 1, the traditional reply date for newly admitted students, nearly 84 percent of those accepted to the Class of 2024 indicated they would be coming to Harvard in August —...
Ed Portal’s mural club puts ingenuity first
When Allston-Brighton students joined the Harvard Ed Portal’s Mural Club: Street Art & Community earlier this spring, they hoped to create a public mural to represent them and their community. The students began...
Reading to explore the resonance of Douglass’ famous speech
Frederick Douglass delivered his famous speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” in 1852, drawing parallels between the Revolutionary War and the fight to abolish slavery. He implored the Rochester,...
Alan Garber and Brian Lee discuss the University’s gift policy
Provost Alan Garber and Brian Lee, vice president of Alumni Affairs and Development, discuss the critical role of philanthropic support at Harvard and the principles behind Harvard’s gift policy. Q&A Alan Garber and...
African grey parrot outperforms children and college students
What happens when an African grey parrot goes head-to-head with 21 Harvard students in a test measuring a type of visual memory? Put simply: The parrot moves to the head of the...
New study reveals how the brain organizes information about odors
The premiere of the movie “Scent of Mystery” in 1960 marked a singular event in the annals of cinema: the first, and last, motion picture debut “in glorious Smell-O-Vision.” Hoping to wow moviegoers...
Harvard to bring up to 40% of undergrads to campus this fall
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) will bring up to 40 percent of undergraduates to campus for the fall semester, including all first-year students, Harvard announced today. University President Larry Bacow, FAS...
How college admissions might change in the wake of the pandemic
Applying to college is stress-filled during the best of times. But in the age of coronavirus, the annual effort by high school students to combine their grades, recommendations, test scores, extracurricular activities, and...
Harvard panel discusses the future of police reform
In the weeks since George Floyd was killed by a white police officer, police reform has become a rallying cry, with many activists demanding states, cities, and towns defund their police departments and...
Du Bois Society offers community to minority grad students
When Jeraul Mackey joined the W.E.B. Du Bois Graduate Society in his second year of grad school, he was searching for a community that could help him thrive as a doctoral student...
Long-term survey reveals Chinese government satisfaction
Understanding what Chinese citizens think about their own government has proven elusive to scholars, policymakers, and businesspeople alike outside of the country. Opinion polling in China is heavily scrutinized by the government, with...
Harvard students on why they protest
Since May, Black Lives Matter protests have been staged from the West Coast to the East and around the globe, triggered by the killing of George Floyd, who died after a white...
3 takes on dealing with uncertainty
In this time of profound uncertainty, society can be sure of one thing: more uncertainty. The seemingly opaque path forward for us, individually and collectively, was the Gazette’s topic with three Harvard professors...
McCarthy’s brush with Harvard examined in new book ‘Demagogue’
The following is excerpted from the new book “Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy” by Larry Tye. The fear-mongering and reckless accusations associated with Joseph R. McCarthy were said...
Professor explores meaning of a river between countries
On opposite sides of the Oxus River border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan live two poet-singers who share a common language, faith, and family network, and yet remain separated by vicissitudes of the Great...
How to make American schools less segregated
In recent decades American schools have been becoming more segregated. What can be done about it? A recent report by researchers at the Graduate School of Education (GSE) found that most parents support...
Alumni across U.S. mobilize in wake of COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic has escalated, Harvard alumni have acted swiftly, often in creative ways, to help those in need, pitching in with everything from participating in research efforts and volunteering in hospitals...
U.S. abruptly drops new visa rules for international students
Facing widespread opposition led by Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the federal government on Tuesday abruptly dropped its plans to deport or deny entry to international students at U.S. colleges and universities...
AAPI students use their voices in The Wave Magazine
This past spring, Eric Zhou and Jerrica Li launched The Wave, a new, student-run, pan-Asian literary and arts magazine, with the goal of bringing people together to celebrate art and identity. Their mission...
The tale of Snow White and what the various versions mean to us
Walt Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was released as the first feature-length animated film in 1937, and decades later, the musical fantasy based on a Grimm Brothers fairy tale about...
Preparing for an election during a pandemic
State election officials are bracing for two trains on a possible collision course this fall: potential record turnout for the Nov. 3 general election, and an expected surge of the highly contagious and...
Remembering John Lewis, Civil Rights icon and teller of truths
Few political leaders who successfully transition from activists to lawmakers do so without losing the fire and focus on the causes that brought them to prominence. But Civil Rights icon and U.S. Rep. John...
Remembering John Lewis, Civil Rights icon and teller of truths
Few political leaders who successfully transition from activists to lawmakers do so without losing the fire and focus on the causes that brought them to prominence. But Civil Rights icon and U.S. Rep. John...