Henry Louis Gates Jr. accepts medal named for Thomas Jefferson
Henry Louis Gates Jr. was awarded the 2026 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal, a recognition for public figures who excel at pursuits held in high regard by the founding father.
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How psychedelics link 1960s liberation, laboratories
Researchers detail connections between mid-20th-century America’s drug culture and covert CIA experiments
Proponents of gun rights, gun control want the same thing
Economics paper reveals common ground and tools with big potential to reduce harm
Six faculty named 2026 Guggenheim Fellows
A total of six Harvard faculty were awarded Guggenheim Fellowships this week, drawing financial support for research related to everything from political theory to works of historical fiction.
New space ‘archaeology’ uncovers billions of years of galactic history
Harvard astrophysicists developed a new method of “chemical archaeology” to reconstruct the history of distant galaxies by mapping the distribution of oxygen.
Artifacts, accounts from 1770s Siege of Boston
Retelling 11-month occupation as America readies to celebrate its 250th
Faculty continue grading debate in April Faculty Meeting
The much-anticipated vote on undergraduate grading policy was postponed at Tuesday’s Meeting of the Faculty, though several amendments related to the proposal were debated and then added to the motion, which will be discussed for a final time at the May Faculty Meeting.
At Harvard, Flavor Flav weighs place in hip-hop history
The Public Enemy icon discussed his career, his influences, and the power of music as political commentary.
The geological roots of life on Earth
Andrew Knoll previews his new book on the 4-billion-year “conversation” between Earth and life — and recent interruptions by humans
A 500-million-year-old clawed predator rewrites the origin of spiders and horseshoe crabs
“I had just exposed the oldest chelicera ever found.”
New faculty director gives Zooarchaeology Lab a refresh
Shayla Monroe, assistant professor of archaeology, renovated the space with an eye to honoring its storied collection.