Month: January 2010

  • Nation & World

    Learning from toys

    Using magnetic toys as inspiration, researchers tease out structures that echo self-assembled clusters of atoms and molecules.

    4 minutes
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    Pudding Pot princess

    Actress Anne Hathaway visits Harvard for a tour, a short parade, and a Pudding Pot as Woman of the Year.

    4 minutes
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    Freshman at State of Union

    Harvard freshman Janell Holloway was among the guests sitting in first lady Michelle Obama’s congressional box during the State of the Union speech Wednesday.

    4 minutes
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    Faculty Council meeting, Jan. 27

    At its seventh meeting of the year on Jan. 27, the Faculty Council reviewed proposals to rename the Department of Literature and Comparative Literature and to establish a new concentration in biomedical engineering.

    1 minute
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    Looking at cooking

    Harvard biology professor Richard Wrangham talks about the importance of cooking in human origins.

    5 minutes
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    Multiple interests

    Howard Gardner, creator of the theory of multiple intelligences, reflects on his past breakthrough discoveries and his present policy interests during a presentation at an Askwith Forum.

    5 minutes
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    Attracting stronger federal workforce

    Q&A with David T. Ellwood, dean of the Harvard Kennedy School: Acting in time on the government workforce.

    1 minute
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    ‘Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness’

    PBS will air “Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness,” a documentary that examines the towering influence of controversial anthropologist Melville Herskovits, on Feb. 2 at 10:30 p.m. as part of the series “Independent Lens.” Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal will host the program.

    1 minute
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    HBS talks iPad

    Four Harvard Business School professors offer their early thoughts on prospects for the new Apple iPad.

    1 minute
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    Perfect landing

    New research suggests that barefoot running is far less stressful on feet than running in shoes, if runners learn how to alter their strides properly to reduce impact.

    4 minutes
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    Barefoot running easier on feet than running shoes

    New Harvard research casts doubt on the old adage, “All you need to run is a pair of shoes.”

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Blood tells old cells to act young

    Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center (JDC) have taken a major step toward eventually understanding — and perhaps slowing — the aging process. In a series…

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Holloway goes to Washington

    When President Obama delivers his first State of the Union address tonight (Jan. 27), Harvard freshman Janell Holloway ’13 will be watching from the first lady’s box in the U.S. House chamber.

    1 minute
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    Top surgeon Atul Gawande urges doctors to use ‘The Checklist’

    But surgeon Atul Gawande, who teaches at Harvard Medical School, says medicine today is so complex that even the sharpest doctors can no longer keep everything they need to know in their heads.

    1 minute
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    Hasty Pudding is set

    Actress Anne Hathaway will parade through Harvard Square as Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year this Thursday (Jan. 28). Man of the Year Justin Timberlake will be honored on Feb. 5.

    1 minute
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    Dream works

    Two former mayors from other nations recount how they took over troubled cities and installed controversial but effective measures to solve urban problems and re-engage the public.

    4 minutes
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    HKS’s Belfer Center creates Ernest May Fellowship

    The Belfer Center has announced the Ernest May Fellowship, a new initiative to help build the next generation of men and women who will bring professional history to bear on strategic studies and major issues of international affairs.

    1 minute
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    Timberlake is Hasty’s man

    Hasty Pudding Theatricals names its 2010 Man of the Year, Justin Timberlake.

    3 minutes
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    Where the wild things are

    An exhibit of photos by photographer Amy Stein at the Harvard Museum of Natural History explores the boundaries between humankind and nature.

    3 minutes
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    Harvard Stadium

    A history of Harvard Stadium and how it changed the face of American football.

    1 minute
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    Genes linked to breast cancer drug resistance

    Harvard researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered a “gene activity signature” that predicts a high risk of cancer recurrence in some breast tumors that have been treated with…

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    An orphanage regroups

    The family of a Harvard undergraduate in Haiti struggles to provide food, shelter, and safety to their orphanage complex there.

    4 minutes
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    Harvard opens Haiti relief fund

    Harvard University has established an emergency relief fund to assist employees who have been directly affected by the tragedy unfolding in Haiti.

    2 minutes
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    Sperm Of A Feather Flock Together

    Males compete for females’ attention. It’s a pattern seen throughout the animal kingdom. But new research shows that kind of male-male competition persists even after animals have mated.

    1 minute
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    U.S. newborns are weighing less, study finds

    Birth weights in the United States are on the decline, a study has found. The report, released Thursday, found a small but significant decrease in average birth weights from 1990 to 2005, for reasons that scientists say are unclear…

    1 minute
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    Judging the campaign finance ruling

    In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling striking down corporate limits on campaign financing, several Harvard faculty members weigh in on what the ruling means and where it’s likely to lead.

    6 minutes
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    Relief for Haitian city

    Putting aside their winter-break activities, an ad-hoc Harvard relief team in the Dominican Republic helps to ship boatloads of relief supplies to the coastal Haitian city of Jacmel.

    6 minutes
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    U.S. birth weights dip

    A study that analyzed data from 36,827,828 U.S. babies born at full-term between 1990 and 2005 has found that birth weights decreased by up to 2.78 ounces during that time frame.

    3 minutes
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    Study finds decline in birthweight of full-term infants

    Thirteen-pound babies may make headlines, but they aren’t the norm. In fact, U.S. infants are getting smaller, according to Harvard researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute’s Department of…

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Students help Haiti

    When the massive earthquake hit Haiti, a group of Harvard students working on a water purification project in the Dominican Republic switched gears to help transport supplies across the border.

    1 minute