The Scoop
A New Quest for Consciousness
In the 10 minutes before the official start of class, Professor Anne Harrington somehow managed to cover descriptions of Gilbert Ryle’s classic “category mistake” critique of mind-body dualism, Richard Feynman’s self-experimentation on falling asleep, and the layout of her course’s Canvas site.
Brittany Charlton’s Fight for Funds
In January, speaking out would have endangered both Brittany Charlton’s professional work and threatened the center’s longevity. However, when the funding cuts were announced, Charlton felt she had nothing to lose. She made the decision to fire her executive director, who had only joined the team a few months ago. On April 2, she sued the NIH.
Environmental Concentrators Are on Unsteady Ground
Students and faculty in environmental fields recognize that public sector jobs, particularly within the federal government, are less available and less stable. “Scrambling is probably the right word,” says Eamon C. C. OCearuil ’25, an ESPP concentrator and peer concentration advisor.
‘Killing a Generation of Scientists’: Two HMS Researchers on the Toll of Funding Cuts
Harvard School of Public Health professor Nancy Krieger ’80 tells a similarly sudden story. At 5:45 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28 — the evening that the first terminations began — Krieger received a letter from the NIH saying that her grant, which funded a study on ways to analyze the impacts of discrimination on health, had been canceled.