August | 2010 | Harvard Gazette

By Paul Massari, Harvard Staff Writer / August 31, 2010

Harvard convocation ceremony welcomes the Class of 2014.

Tags: Class of 2014/Convocation/Crimson Key Society/Drew Faust/Evelynn Hammonds/Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Freshman Programming/Harvard Band/Harvard Glee Club/Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum/Katie Steele/Kuumba Singers/Memorial Church/Michael Smith/President Drew Faust/Radcliffe Choral Society/Rev. Peter J. Gomes/Thomas Dingman/Veritas Shield
Categories: Campus & Community, Harvard Traditions

Summer the Harvard way

By Colleen Walsh , Harvard Staff Writer / August 31, 2010

Harvard goes into overdrive in the summer months with a new crop of students ready to learn, and a variety of outreach programs developed for the local community.

Tags: Cambridge-Harvard Summer Academy/Harvard Business School/Harvard Medical School/Harvard Summer School/Harvard Summer School Chorus/Phillips Brooks House Association/Project Success/Summer Pops Band/Summer School Orchestra/The Crimson Summer Academy
Categories: Campus & Community, In the Community

I’ll get mine, Jack

By Steve Bradt, Harvard Staff Writer / August 31, 2010

A new paper suggests that the mutually beneficial relationships that species create are maintained mostly because of simple self-interest.

Tags: E. Glen Weyl/Hosts/Mutualism/Naomi E. Pierce/Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/Self-interest/Steve Bradt/Symbionts/Symbiosis
Categories: HarvardScience, Life Sciences

Access Harvard on mobile device

By Tania deLuzuriaga, Harvard Staff Writer / August 31, 2010

As of Sept. 1, members of the Harvard community will have everything they need to know about the University in the palms of their hands. Harvard has launched a strategic mobile initiative to package content from across the University for display on handheld devices.

Tags: Campus Maps/Course Catalogs/Directories/Handheld Devices/Harvard Alumni Affairs and Development/Harvard Digital Communications and Communications Services/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications/iCommons/iMobileU/Internet/iPhone/iPhone Application/Mobile Initiative/Mobile Web/Office of the University CIO/Open-Source/Paul Bergen/Perry Hewitt/Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project/President Drew Faust/Smartphone/Tania deLuzuriaga/University News
Categories: Campus & Community, On Campus