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Anthropic and Microsoft Researchers Weigh Limits of Artificial Intelligence at Berkman Klein Panel
Researchers from Anthropic and Microsoft split on the limits of artificial intelligence during a Berkman Klein Center panel on Monday, two days after Anthropic’s chief executive urged AI companies to slow down their work.
Harvard and Yale Researchers Awarded $46 Million to Study Autism’s Origin in the Brain
Two Harvard Medical School researchers and one Yale University professor were awarded a $46 million grant from a privately funded autism initiative to study how the condition first emerges in the developing human brain, according to an HMS announcement last week.
FAS Launches Second $100 Million Drive for Ph.D. Fellowships After Meeting First Goal
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences will begin a second $100 million fundraising challenge for endowed Ph.D. fellowships after donors helped the school meet its initial goal, FAS Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra announced Thursday.
Garber Touts AI For Research as Harvard Embraces Classroom Use
Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 said Wednesday he was “convinced” that artificial intelligence would usher in rapid advances in knowledge, predicting in a Memorial Church address that advances in research would soon occur faster than at any time in human history.
Gene Therapy Designed by Harvard Researchers Restores Hearing in Clinical Trial
A gene therapy developed with the help of Harvard Medical School researchers restored hearing in 90 percent of patients with a rare form of inherited deafness, according to a study published last month.
Researchers Find Random Movement Helps Robots Navigate Crowds Faster
A team of researchers led by Harvard Ph.D. student Lucy Liu ’22 found that robots moving through crowded spaces reached their destinations faster when programmed to move with a small degree of randomness — a finding that could help researchers better understand traffic jams, pedestrian flow, and crowd management.
Researchers Document Rare Sperm Whale Birth, Find Evidence of Cooperative Behavior
A team of scientists with Project Cetacean Translation Initiative published the most detailed record of a sperm whale birth last month, offering the first quantitative evidence that non-primates assist one another in giving birth.
HSPH Weighs Changes to Master’s Programs, Research Priorities Amid Federal Funding Uncertainty
Harvard School of Public Health officials are weighing changing the school’s master’s programs, expanding online offerings, and defining a narrower set of research priorities as uncertainty around federal funding grows.
Harvard Economist Ludwig Straub Wins 2026 John Bates Clark Medal
Harvard Economics professor Ludwig Straub thought he had missed a spam call. Instead, it was the American Economic Association informing him that he had been awarded the 2026 John Bates Clark Medal — one of the most prestigious honors in economics.
Judge Rules U.S. Unlawfully Canceled Harvard Medical School Researcher’s Visa
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the government unlawfully canceled the visa of Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova, arguing that Customs and Border Protections overstepped their jurisdiction.
Harvard Center for Latin American Studies Cuts Revista Magazine Due to Budget Constraints
Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies has discontinued ReVista, the center’s magazine on Latin America, ending a nearly 28-year run as the center grapples with a looming budget deficit.
‘It’s Really Unfortunate’: Students Say SEAS Layoffs Have Strained Labs, Courses, and Support Networks
As SEAS grapples with budget pressures and staff cuts, students say the consequences are showing up in disrupted courses, unfixed machines, and shrinking support.
Harvard Library Tests AI Tools to Help Researchers Navigate Collections
Harvard Library is beginning to integrate artificial intelligence into its systems in an effort to make its vast collections easier to search and analyze.
Progress on Cardiovascular Disease Care in the U.S. Has Stalled Despite Treatment Advances, New Report Finds
Progress against cardiovascular disease in the United States has slowed — and in some cases reversed — over the past 15 years, despite major advances in treatment, according to a new Harvard-led report published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Harvard Psychiatrist Pushes Back on Robert Kennedy’s Claim That Keto Diets ‘Cured’ Schizophrenia
Harvard Medical School assistant professor Christopher M. Palmer said Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’76 overstated his research when he claimed that Palmer had “cured schizophrenia using keto diets,” warning that the remark risked misleading patients with serious mental illnesses.
Donors Raise $50 Million for Ph.D. Fellowships After FAS Admissions Cuts
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences has raised $50 million from donors to endow new Ph.D. fellowships, an effort to stabilize graduate funding months after the school sharply reduced doctoral admissions amid financial pressure.
Bill Ackman Says He Has Funded Francesca Gino’s Legal Defense Since June 2024
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill A. Ackman ’88 said he has been funding the legal defense of Francesca Gino, a former Harvard Business School professor accused of research fraud, since June 2024, challenging his alma mater in yet another high-profile dispute.
Ten Stories That Shaped 2025
At Harvard, 2025 opened with a showdown — and never relented. Federal demands threatening the University’s funding and autonomy plunged Harvard into a sustained clash with the Trump administration. The pressure reshaped budgets, shuttered diversity offices, and cast international students’ visa status into doubt. Amid the turmoil, President Alan M. Garber ’76 secured a permanent extension at Harvard's helm. Here, The Crimson looks back at the 10 stories that shaped Harvard — and Cambridge — in 2025.
Harvard Researchers Turn City Trash into Sustainable Jet Fuel
Everyday trash, food waste, and even discarded metal and rubber scraps can be used as a source of sustainable aviation fuel, Harvard researchers concluded in a new study published last month in the journal Nature Sustainability.
Undergrad Researchers Find Harvard Owned, Sold Indigenous Land in Maine
Scholars have spent years studying Harvard’s colonial-era land holdings in New England. Now, undergraduate research on the University’s ownership of Indigenous land in Maine is helping push the research forward.
$100M Prize Helps Broad Institute Disease-Monitoring Project Survive ‘Bruising’ Federal Funding Cuts
Sentinel, a project based at Harvard and MIT’s Broad Institute that aims to track the spread of pathogens in Africa and prevent future infectious disease outbreaks, earned a $100 million award last month through the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change competition.
FDA Approves New Drug for Treating Most Common Type of Lung Cancer, Based on Broad Institute Research
The Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval on Wednesday for a new drug developed by researchers at the Broad Institute that treats non-small cell lung cancer — the most common type of lung cancer, which had until recently few treatments.
Harvard Law School Library Releases Digitized Evidence From Nuremberg Trials
Researchers at the Library’s Nuremberg Trials Project digitized more than 750,000 pages of archival materials, including evidence and transcripts, previously only accessible in physical form in HLS’ library system.
Stanford Professor Says The Gender Gap in Test Scores Widened After Covid-19 at Ed School Talk
Standardized test scores dropped nationwide after the pandemic, but Reardon’s research found that scores for female students fell significantly compared to their male peers — especially those in low-income, under-resourced school districts.
Pew Research Center Notes Global Decline in Religiosity at Harvard Divinity School Talk
The associate director of the Pew Research Center discussed the global decline in religion at Harvard Divinity School on Monday.
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