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Nation & World
U.S. literacy crisis keeps getting worse
Education experts call decline in U.S. student scores a crisis with potential economic, political fallout. But, they say, it’s fixable.
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Nation & World
Bearing witness in war zones
Award-winning filmmaker, photographer recounts three decades of trying to produce images that bring about positive change
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Arts & Culture
Power sees much to admire in ‘Diplomat’ — except that deodorant thing
Former ambassador sits down with star, showrunner to separate fact, fiction in hit series about foreign service officers
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Nation & World
Far right’s breakthrough year in Germany
Panelists at the Center for European Studies weigh what AfD’s rise means for German politics
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Nation & World
Does the Alaska election lawsuit have a chance?
Scholar says DOJ’s Sullivan claim has ‘no legal basis,’ adding: ‘There can’t be a federal interest in ensuring that the right partisan candidate wins.’
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Arts & Culture
‘They cast no reflection, yet they are a mirror’
Monsters take many forms in our Halloween book recommendations — from vampires to demonic cats to ancient sea reptiles
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Nation & World
Why American electorate isn’t holding up its end on keeping informed
Kennedy School panel blames information overload, social media political bubbles, reduced transparency in government
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Arts & Culture
Hannah and the Janes
New A.R.T. rock opera looks backward to era before Roe v. Wade, finds resonance with today’s post-Roe world
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Campus & Community
Parting words from a scholar who stepped up
Tomiko Brown-Nagin reflects on work as Radcliffe dean and as leader of high-stakes University initiatives
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Health
Time to leave?
‘Case for Quitting’ author Lindsay Crouse on why you’re wrong when you answer ‘persevere’
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Science & Tech
‘The bulk of the benefit and the threat is actually humans.’
Isaac Kohane cautions against both doomer and utopian visions of AI: ‘We have agency here.’
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Arts & Culture
What Paul Farmer and Joan Kleinman taught Arthur Kleinman about wisdom
Physician and anthropologist says it all comes down caregiving in new collection written with colleagues, rooted in their course ‘Quests for Wisdom’
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Arts & Culture
Selective nostalgia
Half a century after curator’s road trip collecting photos of American life, a look at what’s inside — and outside — the frames
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Health
Who should take GLP-1s?
Experts dig into what we’ve overlooked in rush to embrace ‘magical’ weight-loss drugs
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Science & Tech
Should parents be wary of Silicon Valley’s influence in schools?
Times reporter says students need ‘tech civics’ to understand value, drawbacks amid breakneck advance of tools like AI
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Work & Economy
Your neighbor’s no Bezos, but he might be ‘stealthy wealthy’
Insights on tax policy, inequality from economist who co-wrote ‘The Everywhere Millionaire’
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Campus & Community
Rowin’ in the rain
Spirits high despite gray skies for 61st Head of the Charles Regatta
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Campus & Community
The idea of a university
MLK Lecture honoree argues goal should prepare students for jobs, and to be responsible, principled citizens
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Science & Tech
Is it already too late to reduce catastrophic AI risk?
New Kennedy School ‘pre-mortem’ lays out threats, vulnerabilities, and possible steps, warns firms must act now
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Arts & Culture
Making music is magic. Understanding it is even better.
Why Sophia Zervas traded a career in the arts for academia
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Science & Tech
How to know if you’re wrong
Acknowledging your vast ignorance is a good first step — but don’t stop there
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Arts & Culture
Designing for world in flux
Exhibit at Graduate School of Design highlights innovation that makes possible structures, projects that balance efficacy, affordability, efficiency
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Arts & Culture
Writing a novel? Just like being a fashion designer.
Douglas Stuart, Booker winner for ‘Shuggie Bain,’ traces career path at Mahindra event
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Campus & Community
‘Our focus has been on resiliency.’
University leaders welcome strong financial results, reiterate deep commitment to research in face of ‘substantial and sustained’ challenges
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Science & Tech
‘I don’t know if this is going to turn out well.’
With a split-screen view of a turbulent tech revolution, Michael Brenner makes a case for the value of human guidance
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Health
How can a book make you cry?
New Nobel laureate Karl Deisseroth draws line from his early interest in power of words to research on how brain works
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Science & Tech
My chatbot is my boyfriend. What’s the harm?
Sherry Turkle’s ‘Artificial Intimacy’ is a book-length response to ‘fundamental lie we’re telling ourselves’
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Campus & Community
State-of-the-art performance space in A.R.T.’s new home to be named Blavatnik Theater
Move builds on businessman and philanthropist’s longstanding ties to University, commitment to advancing innovation, education, arts
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Health
Living longer, disease-free
Healthy Aging Symposium convenes experts to discuss everything from ‘Nutrition 3.0’ to biology of dogs
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Nation & World
Which grade is most important to a child’s development?
Stats suggest high stakes for one year in particular
