A Closer Look at the Sun
A Closer Look at the Sun Designed by Jenna Samra, PhD ’18, and her colleagues, a new $5.4 million instrument will advance understanding of the solar corona and “space weather.” Paul B. Massari Wed, 08/12/2026 - 16:02
A Closer Look at the Sun Designed by Jenna Samra, PhD ’18, and her colleagues, a new $5.4 million instrument will advance understanding of the solar corona and “space weather.” Paul B. Massari Wed, 08/12/2026 - 16:02
Colloquy Podcast: How to Change—for Good Why is it so hard to build positive habits like exercising and studying regularly? Behavioral scientist Katie Milkman, PhD ’09, breaks down internal obstacles, motivation, and strategies to reach you…
Abilities Amplified Graduate students bring together musicians, researchers, and industry around assistive technology through a concert organized at Boston's Esplanade. Paul B. Massari Wed, 08/05/2026 - 09:50
On Odysseys and Omelets While ancient languages can help broaden our vocabularies and clarify unknown words, often they simply provide a starting point for tracing the remarkable journeys words make from their origins down to our times. Chr…
How Should We Commemorate the American Revolution? Suffolk University historian Robert Allison, PhD ’92, chair of Revolution 250, discusses the consortium's effort to celebrate “the founding of our country, while exploring the complexities
New Proteins for New Medicines, with Help from AI Biophysics PhD candidate Benjamin Fry explains how artificial intelligence is transforming the way scientists design proteins for medicine. Claudia Romano Tue, 07/28/2026 - 11:46
Custom Blood Vessel Grafts Made in Minutes The work, led by Michael Peters, PhD '25, a former student in the lab of Harvard SEAS Professor Kit Parker, demonstrates rapid manufacturing of life-saving vascular implants. Paul Massari Tue, 07/2…
Why AI is Making 'Soft Skills' More Valuable Than Coding Harvard labor economist David Deming, PhD '10, argues that technology doesn't end work; it reprices skills. And as AI makes intelligence abundant, the next skill to be repriced upward…
Harvard President Warns of Disruptions to "Unprecedented" Scientific Progress At The Economic Club of Washington, DC, Alan Garber, PhD '82, says policy changes for research funding and international students discourage the world’s best and
Bigger Benefits for Kindergarten’s Oldest Boys New research led by PhD candidate Matthew Jacob finds boys born just after the cutoff, who start kindergarten relatively old for their grade, enjoy far more advantages than previously known. Pa…
How AI Might Impact the Economy—and What Government Could Do About It Will AI boost productivity and incomes, or increase inequality and disrupt the workforce? Harvard economist Karen Dynan, PhD ’92, discusses a new working paper that explo…
Women More Likely to Marry, Land Jobs after Taking GLP-1s Economist Rebecca Diamond, PhD '13, says the pattern suggests that at least part of the female obesity penalty — the social and financial costs women bear due to their body size — is…