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Federal Prosecutors Move to Drop Criminal Charges Against HMS Researcher Kseniia Petrova
Federal prosecutors asked a judge on Tuesday to dismiss the criminal case against Kseniia Petrova, the Harvard Medical School researcher who has been fighting deportation proceedings since February 2025.
Harvard Study Predicts Environmental Risks for Alzheimer’s
A team of Harvard researchers built a model to predict risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia from nearly 200 environmental exposures, according to a study published last month.
Ecologist Michelle Mack Advocates For Forest-Based Solutions to Curb Wildfire Emissions
Targeted firefighting and planting fewer flammable trees could help slow a cycle of warming and worsening wildfires in North America’s boreal forest, Northern Arizona University ecologist Michelle Mack said Thursday.
Space Law Expert Calls 1967 Treaty Too Vague for Modern Moon Race at Radcliffe Symposium
The United States and China are racing to establish a foothold on the moon, and international space law is not equipped to govern the competition, space law expert Michelle L.D. Hanlon said at a Harvard Radcliffe Institute symposium Monday.
Karl Deisseroth ’92 Awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine
Karl A. Deisseroth ’92 was one of three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
Harvard Medical School Study Reveals How Cells Respond to Viral Infections
A new Harvard Medical School study uncovered a mechanism that cells use to rapidly respond to certain viral infections, a finding that researchers say could eventually improve vaccines and gene therapies.
Anthropic Chief Economist Says Company Is Exploring Ways to Steer AI Toward Augmenting Workers
Anthropic’s Chief Economist Peter B. McCrory said Wednesday that his team is exploring whether the artificial intelligence company can steer its technology toward augmenting workers rather than replacing them.
Garber Blasts Trump’s Proposed Order Politicizing NIH Grants on Alumni Call
Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 slammed the White House’s bid to politicize the approval of National Institutes of Health research funding as “unprecedented” during a Tuesday Zoom call with alumni.
Harvard Astronomers to Lead NASA-Funded Research on New Roman Space Telescope
Four principal investigators at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics won NASA funding to study data from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the agency’s newest flagship observatory, which launched in August to survey wide swaths of the sky.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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