Health & Medicine
Loneliness—Bad for Body and Mind
Harvard study finds link between loneliness and increased risk of stroke among older adults.
by Jack R. Trapanick
Fixing the COVID-19 Swab Supply Chain
Engineers at the Wyss Institute address a critical shortage of nasal swabs.
by Jonathan Shaw
Will Harvard’s Campus Reopen for Fall?
Provost Alan Garber outlines the possibilities and options—and the College prepares for continued remote teaching, if necessary
by John S. Rosenberg
Alone on Harvard’s Campus
Most days, I see no one at all.
by Jeremy Tsai
Letting Go of the “Ideal” Classroom
“The ‘ideal’ classroom never existed anyway, at least not in a perfectly equitable manner,” writes Julie Chung ’20.
by Julie Chung
"We Can Endure"
Poet and physician Rafael Campo on connection and empathy in caregiving during the pandemic’s isolation
by Lydialyle Gibson
No Easy Answers
Tackling the pandemic's hard ethical and social questions in an online Harvard discussion with Michael Sandel
by Lydialyle Gibson
My Zero-Minute Commute to Zoom University
“The biggest obstacle to our collective learning is the elephant in the room: a global pandemic, taking place amid existing inequalities,” writes Drew Pendergrass ’20.
by Drew Pendergrass
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Freezes Faculty Hiring
Dean Gay outlines near-term actions—and “the definition of a hard problem” facing the FAS.
by John S. Rosenberg
How Harvard’s Professional Schools Will Cope with the Economic Crisis
Deans articulate their diverse faculties’ divergent priorities (and problems)—plus an MIT perspective
by John S. Rosenberg
Harvard Announces Salary, Hiring Freezes and Other Spending Cuts
University belt-tightening announced, plus further information on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences—and higher education
by John S. Rosenberg