Harvard Gazette

Symposium considers how technology is changing academia

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/how-is-generative-ai-changing-education-artificial-intelligence/

Model and musician Kazuma Mitchell managed to (mostly) avoid the spotlight while at Harvard

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/pop-star-on-one-continent-college-student-on-another/

OFA dance classes offer well-being through movement

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/gain-without-pain/

For Maya Counter ’24, honoring a notable Black educator, and setting right a historical wrong

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/renaming-of-a-neighborhood/

Biologist separates reality of science from the claims of profiling firms

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/cancer-risk-wine-preference-and-your-genes/

‘Spermworld’ documentary examines motivations of prospective parents, volunteer donors who connect through private group page 

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/its-on-facebook-and-its-complicated/

An economist, a policy expert, and a teacher explain why learning losses are worse than many parents realize

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/how-far-has-covid-pandemic-set-back-students-harvard-thinking-podcast/

Researchers scrutinize various facets of these types of bias, and note sometimes they both reside within the same person.

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/what-do-anti-jewish-hate-anti-muslim-hate-have-in-common/

Scholars recognized for sharing with students ‘particular joy of academic inquiry’

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/five-faculty-named-harvard-college-professors-2/

She worked for Pfizer in Turkey; he was neurosurgery resident in Canada. And graduation and wedding are not far off.

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/when-your-meet-cute-involves-t-h-chan/

Study finds minimally invasive treatment more cost-effective over time, brings greater weight loss

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/excited-about-new-diet-drug-this-procedure-seems-better-deal/

Economists imagine an alternate universe where the opioid crisis peaked in ’06, and then explain why it didn’t

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/how-relationships-have-fueled-the-u-s-opioid-crisis-epidemic/

Nicholas Gonzalez was a child star who felt curiously at home in front of a jury box

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/no-business-like-show-business-except-the-law/

Startup founders inspire global audience at 2024 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge Awards ceremony

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/turning-ideas-into-impact/

Sam Altman, CEO of firm that developed app, says ethics do matter, but they need to be rethought (and AI isn’t going away)

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/did-student-or-chatgpt-write-that-paper-does-it-matter/

Researchers hope identifying blood proteins may lead to earlier prediction of risk, increase treatment options

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/getting-ahead-of-liver-cancer/

Times opinion writer Bret Stephens also weighs in on campus unrest in final Middle East Dialogues event

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/bret-stephens-cease-fire-will-fail-as-long-as-hamas-exists/

Beyond her passion for her work, they say, she was creative and engaged teacher, thoughtful adviser and mentor, trusted friend

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/05/colleagues-students-remember-helen-vendler-a-titan-of-poetry-criticism/

There’s never a shortage of creativity on campus. But during Arts First, it all comes out to play.

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-kind-of/

Researcher explains the human toll of language that makes addiction feel worse

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/alcohol-is-dangerous-so-is-alcoholic/

Neuroscientist inspired by ‘great challenge’ of leading life, physical sciences division in era of rapidly growing knowledge

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/jeff-lichtman-named-dean-of-science/

Former ambassador sees two tragedies: Ukraine war and the damage Putin has inflicted on his own country

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/imagining-a-different-russia/

Soon-to-be Med School grad’s family struggled in U.S. after fleeing war-torn Central America. He hasn’t forgotten.

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/bringing-personal-perspective-to-homeless-care/

Pulitzer Prize winner delivers keynote at Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative’s 2024 Symposium

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/nikole-hannah-jones-on-history-rage-and-hope/

Political scientist, who also served as academic leader and in various roles in Obama administration, to assume post July 1

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/jeremy-m-weinstein-named-dean-of-harvard-kennedy-school/

Kevin Young ’92 reflects on what took root at Harvard and how it’s grown

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/acclaimed-poet-receives-arts-medal/

No such thing, specialist says — but when your body is trying to tell you something, listen

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/383560/

Seven projects awarded Star-Friedman Challenge grants

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/complex-questions-innovative-approaches/

Despite horrors, film ‘a collection of love stories’

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/duvernay-on-exploring-racism-antisemitism-caste-in-origin/

Inspired by quadriplegic father, Callahans sail to championship

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/unstoppable-is-all-in-the-family/

Experts say instead of disability, focus needs to shift to ability, health, with greater participation, economically and socially

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/americas-graying-we-need-to-change-the-way-we-think-about-age/

Study finds that conversation – even online – could be an effective strategy to help prevent cognitive decline and dementia

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/can-we-talk/

Fossil record stretching millions of years shows tiny ocean creatures on the move before Earth heats up

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/early-warning-sign-of-extinction/

Mother, uncle of two whose deaths at hands of police officers ignited movement talk about turning pain into activism, keeping hope alive

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/remember-eric-garner-george-floyd/

Wronged and can’t move on? A theologian, a psychologist, and a public health expert discuss why and how to heal.

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/forgiveness-is-good-for-us-why-is-it-so-difficult/

Departing longtime leader reflects on two decades of growth

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/arts-first-to-kick-off-biggest-festival-yet/

Experts from law, philosophy, spiritual care discuss issues surrounding research, safer use, kicking off University initiative

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/how-to-untangle-ethics-of-psychedelics-for-therapeutic-care/

In recognition of their extraordinary service

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/three-will-receive-2024-harvard-medal/

Study exposes how banks sway policy from shadows, by targeting bureaucrats instead of politicians

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/lawyers-reap-big-profits-lobbying-government-regulators-under-the-radar/

Despite ‘hippie’ reputation, male bonobos fight three times as often as chimps, study finds

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/so-much-for-summers-of-love/

Philosopher Barba-Kay on CAPTCHA dilemma, Aristotle’s good life, and how the internet is changing us — not for the better

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/are-you-a-human-select-all-that-apply/

Moving experience at the Museum of the Ancient Near East adds ‘layer of mixed reality’ to exhibits

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/art-from-a-long-dead-civilization-springs-back-to-life/

New IOP poll shows they still plan to show up to vote but are subject to ‘seismic mood swings’ over specific issues

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/younger-votes-still-lean-toward-biden-but-its-complicated/

Tanner Lectures explore models of engaged citizenry from ancient agoras to modern megachurches

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/posting-your-opinion-on-social-media-wont-save-democracy-but-this-might/

Dora Woodruff was drawn to beauty of numbers as child. Next up: Ph.D. at MIT.

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/when-math-is-the-dream-harvard-commencement-2024/

Richard Lazarus sees conservative majority as threat to protections developed over past half century

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/environmental-law-expert-voices-warning-over-supreme-court/

Einat Wilf, who is also former Knesset member, says shift needed in Palestinian ideology on legitimacy of Israel

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/gaza-cease-fire-alone-wont-repair-larger-enduring-rift-political-scientist-says/

The Kempner Institute buzzes with new code, numbers, ideas

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/a-space-for-researchers-to-meet-and-ai-and-natural-intelligence-to-do-the-same/

Isabella Madrigal has a vision: storytelling that’s compelling, inspires better, more equitable world

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/a-fresh-take-on-must-see-tv/

Vermont senator warns of growing income, wealth, and political inequality

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/bernie-sanders-sees-red-lights-flashing-for-election/