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How Should We Commemorate the American Revolution?

Suffolk University historian Robert Allison, PhD ’92, chair of Revolution 250, discusses the consortium's effort to celebrate “the founding of our country, while exploring the complexities that brought our nation into being and that continue to impact our culture and values.”

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A Soldier dressed in a Revolutionary War period uniform holds a lantern during the Opening Ceremony for the US Army (USA) 31st Signal Symposium Event, at Fort Gordon, Georgia (GA).
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On Odysseys and Omelets

While ancient languages can help broaden our vocabularies and clarify unknown words, often they simply provide a starting point for tracing the remarkable journeys words make from their origins down to our times.

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Winslow Homer watercolor painting of a schooner at sunset
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Why AI is Making 'Soft Skills' More Valuable Than Coding

Harvard labor economist David Deming, PhD '10, argues that technology doesn't end work; it reprices skills. And as AI makes intelligence abundant, the next skill to be repriced upward may be one we barely think of as a skill at all. 

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David Deming
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Custom Blood Vessel Grafts Made in Minutes

The work, led by Michael Peters, PhD '25, a former student in the lab of Harvard SEAS Professor Kit Parker, demonstrates rapid manufacturing of life-saving vascular implants.

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Cover of Advanced Materials magazine showing an illustration of custom blood vessels.
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Bigger Benefits for Kindergarten’s Oldest Boys

New research led by PhD candidate Matthew Jacob finds boys born just after the cutoff, who start kindergarten relatively old for their grade, enjoy far more advantages than previously known.

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Lead author Matthew Jacob, a graduate affiliate of Harvard’s Opportunity Insights research lab.
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