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The Harvard economist’s work focuses on the lasting effects that conflicts, economic conditions, and institutions can have on a society.

Labs across Harvard are working on different methods to develop a vaccine that could help end the coronavirus pandemic.

Due to the temporary suspension of construction work related to the coronavirus public health emergency, Harvard has delayed the formal opening of the Science and Engineering Complex in Allston until early 2021.

The University has made the Harvard Square Hotel available to house medical personnel and first responders—one of many ways Harvard faculty, students, researchers, and staff are supporting the local response to the pandemic.

Technology created in Harvard labs and supported by entrepreneurship resources on campus is providing a boost to Massachusetts coronavirus testing.

Teams of medical researchers across the University have joined the race to find a treatment for the novel coronavirus as the global pandemic intensifies.

Graduating Harvard Medical School students will have the option to receive their diplomas early so that, if they choose, they can quickly be deployed into hospitals to help treat patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

As University facilities have shut down, faculty and staff have gathered essential supplies for health care workers.

Within days of the escalation of infections in Massachusetts, hundreds of Harvard Medical School students began mobilizing to provide voluntary support to clinicians.

Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow joins the presidents of MIT and Stanford in calling on communities nationwide to take drastic action to slow the spread of COVID-19.

As the number of novel coronavirus infections rises daily, strategies for developing a safe and effective vaccine are rapidly moving forward.

Alumni will vote for Harvard Overseer and Harvard Alumni Association elected directors this spring.

The decorated U.S. Navy veteran and rugby pioneer will represent the alumni community at Harvard’s 369th Commencement.

Alumni and friends in the San Francisco area joined the Harvard University Planned Giving team for a Family, Finance, and Philanthropy dinner.

How a Harvard graduate student survived getting stuck in a blizzard and became a better engineer because of it.

Tishman Speyer's winning proposal for the first phase of the project focuses on the public realm, sustainability, diversity, and affordable housing.

Jose Cerda III ’88 still believes government is a force for good. Read how a last-choice course at Harvard was the first step toward a career shaping public policy, from the White House to local communities in the Midwest.

In a new Red Book for first-generation alumni, Alejandra Iglesias AB '21 and Dan Lobo AB '14 see a powerful forum for storytelling and community building.

Seven Harvard students were chosen for the prestigious academic award and will pursue a broad range of studies at Oxford University next fall.

A lawyer, venture capitalist, writer, and mentor in California’s charter schools, Ken Aldrich AB ’60, LLB ’64 found a way to combine his love for education and entrepreneurship by teaching students of all ages how to shape their financial futures and embrace the entrepreneurial mindset—and by benefitting his passions at Harvard.