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Chemistry Giant Charles Lieber Avoids Prison Time


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This week on The Harvard Crimson’s Newstalk, Miles J. Herszenhorn ’25 and Managing Editor Brandon L. Kingdollar ’24 join host Frank Zhou ’26 to discuss the sentencing of renowned nanoscience pioneer and convicted felon Charles Lieber: the trial and downfall of an American chemist once named “the leading chemist in the world” and its impact on U.S.-China educational collaboration. Also in this episode, Asher J. Montgomery ‘26 discusses how Harvard Kennedy School students gathered outside the office of HKS Dean Douglas W. Elmendorf to deliver an open letter signed by hundreds for increased access to mental well-being support at HKS.

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