Month: January 2015

  • Nation & World

    Smith Campus Center, re-envisioned

    Harvard unveiled its initial design concepts for the new Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center during two open houses.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Rhythm and motion

    Here’s a sound and snapshot sample of Wintersession classes in action.

    1 minute
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    Robert Kirshner receives Wolf Prize

    Harvard’s Clowes Professor of Science Robert P. Kirshner ’70 will share the 2015 Wolf Prize in Physics with Professor James Bjorken of Stanford University. They will split the $100,000 award.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A lefty’s lament

    A southpaw science writer comes to terms with research on handedness by the Kennedy School’s Joshua Goodman.

    5 minutes
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    Hamburger receives Anneliese Maier Research Award

    Jeffrey Hamburger, the Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture and a world authority on the religious art of the Middle Ages, is among this year’s recipients of the Anneliese Maier Research Award.

    2 minutes
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    Faculty Council meeting held Jan. 28

    On Jan. 28, the Faculty Council met to change the status of the Standing Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights to an instructional program committee.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Exploration, transformation

    The fifth annual Harvard College Wintersession featured a host of events, from print-making on clay tablets to yoga classes to programming featuring prominent alumni.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Harvard University Housing establishes new rents for 2015–16

    In accordance with the University’s rent policy, Harvard University Housing charges market rents. To establish the proposed rents for 2015–16, Jayendu Patel of Economic, Financial, & Statistical Consulting Services performed and endorsed the results of a regression analysis on three years of market rents for more than 2,900 apartments.

    6 minutes
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    Snark and recreation

    “Parks and Recreation” star Amy Poehler livened up Harvard Square as Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year.

    3 minutes
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    Beyond the lab and library

    For the past seven years, January has been a time when students in Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences can delve into topics they might not otherwise have the chance to explore — everything from the mating habits of insects to writing grant proposals to various imaging techniques.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Flaherty retrospective to include Irish gem

    The Harvard Film Archive is launching a retrospective of the work of Robert J. Flaherty, a pioneer in documentary film. “Folklore and Flaherty: A Symposium on the First Irish-Language Film” will be held on Feb. 19 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Harvard Film Archive.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Strong showings

    The Crimson men’s ice hockey will compete in the Beanpot tournament on Feb. 3, facing off against second-ranked Boston University. Harvard is nationally ranked in both men’s and women’s ice hockey.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Lentz to step down

    After successfully rebuilding the Harvard Art Museums, and more than a decade at the helm, Director Thomas W. Lentz will step down on July 1.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Escalating the fight against breast cancer

    Harvard had a role in creating Mexico’s decade-old comprehensive health plan for the poor — and now University researchers are helping close stubborn gaps in breast-cancer care.

    14 minutes
  • Nation & World

    LaBrie, 76, substance abuse researcher affiliated with HMS

    Richard Anthony LaBrie, 76, of Watertown, who long held an affiliation with Harvard Medical School (HMS), died Dec. 31, 2014.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Harvard Campaign has early impact

    With The Harvard Campaign in mid-stride, its early impact already can be seen and felt across campus and beyond.

    10 minutes
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    New director for Women’s Center

    Naisha Bradley has been named director of the Harvard College Women’s Center.

    2 minutes
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    Answering the bell

    U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren returned to Harvard, along with others, to advocate that undergraduates consider careers in public service, as part of the “Public Interested” conference.

    5 minutes
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    Harvard’s Odyssey unlocks big data

    Harvard faculty and researchers are using big data to answer society’s most challenging questions, and doing it with the help of FAS Research Computing (FASRC). Founded in 2007, FASRC had one goal: to provide Harvard faculty, students, and staff with leading-edge computational resources.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    In 1944, Broadway subversion

    In 1944, the young and gifted creators of ‘On the Town’ quietly stirred diversity into their groundbreaking musical, Professor Carol Oja recounts in her new book.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Upholding complexity

    Pulitzer Prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks returns to the American Repertory Theater with her new play, “Father Comes Home From the Wars.”

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Greening the Harvard Art Museums

    The revitalized Harvard Art Museums have earned LEED Gold status for their energy efficiency.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Boston’s leaky pipes add to greenhouse-gas buildup

    A Harvard-led study reveals that an aging natural-gas distribution system short-changes Boston-area customers and contributes to greenhouse-gas buildup. Depending on the season, natural gas leaking from the local distribution system accounts for 60 percent to 100 percent of the region’s emissions of methane.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The case for (community) college

    While seeking economic relief for the middle class during his State of the Union address, Obama formally proposes making community college tuition-free.

    6 minutes
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    In the Civil War, roots of carnage

    It is often said that the modern era began in the death and devastation of World War I, but Harvard President Drew Faust said during a speech at the University of Cambridge that such destruction started in the American Civil War.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Standing up for ‘Selma’

    “Selma” director Ava DuVernay discussed the film with Henry Louis Gates in an event sponsored by Harvard’s Hutchins Center.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Democracy, debated in Parliament

    Harvard Professor Michael Sandel led members of the United Kingdom’s House of Commons and House of Lords, along with students and members of the public, through an intense discussion on the nature and importance of democracy, as part of a first-of-its-kind program held in the Speaker’s House in Parliament.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Making a case for democracy

    Michael Sandel, the renowned political philosopher and professor, will debate the meaning of democracy at the Palace of Westminster in London as part of the BBC’s “Democracy Day.”

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Vitamin D protects some against colorectal cancer

    A new study by investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute demonstrates that vitamin D can protect some people with colorectal cancer by perking up the immune system’s vigilance against tumor cells.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    My memories of Dr. King

    Harvard Divinity School Professor Harvey Cox was a longtime friend of Civil Rights icon the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The clergymen had similar interests and a desire for social justice and equality.

    9 minutes