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How much do you know about Harvard? How much do you know about Harvard?" — Harvard Gazette
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (16+ words) Sure, you might have earned a diploma, but can you earn an A on this quiz?...
Going with the flow " Harvard Gazette
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (1085+ words) From childhood, Blake Mincey wanted to know how the world works. He still doesn't have all the answers, but at this point in his life, he has amassed enough life experience and academic training to feel as if he's made…...
Would social media ban for children work here? Australia offers lessons. " Harvard Gazette
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (1449+ words) New paper by Cass Sunstein, colleagues finds poor early adherence but also suggests trying to shift social norms, offering incentives could help Australia became the first country to prohibit those under age 16 from using major social media platforms in December…...
Ronny Chieng named Class Day speaker " Harvard Gazette
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (427+ words) Emmy-winning comedian to address College grads on May 27 A collection of features and graduate profiles covering Harvard's 375th Commencement. The Emmy Award-winning comedian, actor, writer, and "Daily Show" correspondent Ronny Chieng will address the Harvard College Class of 2026 during the annual…...
Getting to the root of what drives war " Harvard Gazette
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (863+ words) A collection of features and graduate profiles covering Harvard's 375th Commencement. Seth Rosenberg is the rare student who, as one of his professors put it, can jump out of a helicopter wearing a 120-pound backpack yet also speak Latin. Engaging in…...
A vital link between astronauts and mission control " Harvard Gazette
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (1443+ words) Outside the classroom, Grier Wilt served as coxswain for the Graduate Student Rowing Team and competed in the Head of the Charles Regatta. A collection of features and graduate profiles covering Harvard's 375th Commencement. On any given day in the past…...
Harvard Radcliffe Institute awards 2026 Fay Prize for outstanding theses
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (284+ words) Harvard Radcliffe Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin with the three 2026 Fay Prize winners (left to right) Dhati Oommen, Mira Hu Jiang, and Jessica Jenkins. Harvard Radcliffe Institute honored seniors Jessica Lynn Jenkins, Mira Hu Jiang, and Arundhati Oommen with the Captain Jonathan…...
Think your adolescence was hard? Try being a chimp. " Harvard Gazette
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (612+ words) Radcliffe fellow explores vulnerable life stage we share with our closest'relatives For all the diversity of the human condition, one experience is almost universally painful: Adolescence. It's also unusual. Most other species pass from puberty to adulthood quickly, but humans…...
Predicting cancer outcomes with a selfie " Harvard Gazette
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (539+ words) Slower "face aging" linked to better survival odds, according to second study of AI tool designed to aid precision care Hugo Aerts (left) and Raymond Mak. Researchers using artificial intelligence to plumb links between biological age and cancer outcomes have…...
Iranian history in tableaux " Harvard Gazette
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (654+ words) By the end, she wasn't so sure." "I found so many contradictions in the records. In interviews, people censor themselves. There are historical documents from the secret police of the Shah that even now the government wouldn't give me," Akhlaghi…...