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Sunlight is not your enemy " Harvard Gazette
1+ hour, 14+ 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…...
Weirdest fashion trend ever " Harvard Gazette
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:…...
Remembering Jack Reardon, "the best of the University personified" " Harvard Gazette
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (613+ words) Amazingly well-lived life" marked by a gift for instilling in others a sense of their own potential "There are hundreds of stories like that," said Tom Reardon about his brother, "where at just the right moment he was able to…...
Don't believe everything you hear " or read " Harvard Gazette
1+ week, 4+ day ago (890+ words) Faculty, staff recommend fiction with unreliable narrators " and try to explain why we can't resist them" There have been unreliable narrators for as long as people have told each other stories " and that includes novels. The unstable relationship between reader,…...
'Caleb's Crossing' by Geraldine Brooks " Harvard Gazette
2+ week, 3+ day ago (199+ words) 'Caleb's Crossing' by Geraldine Brooks Harvard Gazette Recommended by Sean Kelly, Teresa G. and Ferdinand F. Martignetti Professor of Philosophy, FAS "Caleb's Crossing" isan engrossing novel about mid-17th century New England written by the fabulous contemporary author Geraldine Brooks. It starts with the…...
Hutchins Center announces W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellows
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:…...
Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative kicks off third year of Du Bois Scholars Program with additional support
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…...
M-RCBG's Healthcare Policy Program announces 2026-2027 Grossman Fellow
3+ week, 4+ day ago (123+ words) The Healthcare Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School has announced Maria Zou as the 2026-2027 recipient of the Jerome H. Grossman M. D. Graduate Fellowship. For Christian Wiman, "dead on the table" more than once, suffering is no longer the only authentic thing Jill…...
A life " and afterlife " in poetry " Harvard Gazette
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1073+ words) For Christian Wiman, "dead on the table" more than once, suffering is no longer the only authentic thing "I don"t give a lot of readings, to tell you the truth," said Christian Wiman, at the end of one of…...
Brain gives up secrets in research targeting mental illness " Harvard Gazette
3+ week, 5+ day ago (518+ words) Samantha Baldi and Joseph Taylor. Now, new research is allowing them to fine-tune their approach, potentially targeting specific symptoms and opening new possibilities for precision care. TMS is a well-established treatment for major depressive disorder, especially when therapy and medication…...