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Stephanie Dragoi
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Sameera Fazili ’00 Brings Humor and Perception to Economic Policy
Sameera Fazili ’00 entered college as a pre-med. But after taking a detour into human rights work and law, she became an economic adviser for the Obama and Biden administrations.
The Strauch Committee Considers Equal Admissions for Women
The Strauch Committee — tasked with determining whether to combine the Harvard-Radcliffe admissions offices and deciding whether to continue to enforce gender ratios in admissions — released its final report in 1975.
‘We’re Counting On You’: Students, Speakers Share Hope and Resolve at HSPH Convocation
As the Harvard School of Public Health reels from cuts to its research funding, graduates and their families celebrated the wide-ranging impact of their work at last Wednesday’s convocation.
HSPH Convocation 2025
Students gathered at the Agganis Arena at Boston University for the Harvard School of Public Health’s 2025 Convocation.
Pro-Palestine Caps at HSPH Convocation 2025
As Harvard School of Public Health Dean Andrea A. Baccarelli addressed the crowd at the school’s 2025 Convocation, some students wore caps decorated with pro-Palestine messaging.
A Profession ‘Under Siege’: Speakers Urge Students To Defend and Uplift Medicine at HMS Class Day
Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine’s Class Day speakers urged graduates to unite in support of medicine amid funding uncertainty and public health skepticism, taking veiled jabs at the Trump administration after a Commencement marked by pride and defiance.
Labor Groups Urge Harvard To Protect Non-Tenure-Track Faculty With Endowment Funds
A coalition of Harvard and Boston-area labor organizations passed out flyers around the entrances to Harvard Yard before Thursday’s Commencement ceremony began, urging attendees to call on the University to use endowment funds to protect non-tenure-track faculty.
Cambridge Super PACs: The Biggest Names Not on the Ballot
Local super PACs, through fundraising and endorsements, have reshaped political discourse throughout Cambridge, raising the stakes — and the price tag — of the city's elections.
In Cost-Cutting Measure, Dana-Farber Offers Early Retirement Program for Researchers
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute announced a Voluntary Early Retirement Program for research-focused staff — a cost-cutting measure introduced amid uncertainties over the future of research funding.
Harvard Built the Biotech Industry in Cambridge, Then Let It Go. Now It Wants Back In.
Over the decades, Kendall Square has become a hub of biotech innovation and a popular location for up and coming life sciences firms. Now, a Harvard-backed Allston is entering the Cambridge biotech scene.
New Cancer Hospital for Dana Farber Leaves Healthcare Experts Skeptical
When the Dana Farber Cancer Institute announced that it was opening a new, $1.7 billion, 300-bed inpatient cancer hospital in 2028 along with Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, the announcement seemed to promise good news for the region. But healthcare experts aren’t so sure.
FDA Layoffs, Funding Cuts Cast Shadow Over Biopharma Industry
Amid a raft of federal changes cutting funding and capacities at the Food and Drug Administration, investors are soon expected to pull back from the biotech industry, representing a blow to a primary engine of the Boston area’s economic growth.
