Year: 2015

  • Nation & World

    On MOOCs and more

    Provost Alan Garber issues a white paper on digital and residential education at Harvard.

    3 minutes
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    Taking care on painkillers for kids

    Harvard addiction specialist on FDA’s OxyContin OK: We have to respond to both patients and population health, a tricky task.

    9 minutes
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    ‘An important piece of the pie’

    Harvard’s Widener Library welcomed more than 500 staff members from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences for a fall celebration featuring conversation and pie.

    3 minutes
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    Battling religious illiteracy

    A Q&A with Professor Ali Asani, in advance of a visit to Harvard by religious leader Aga Khan, probes the worldwide erosion of pluralism when it comes to respecting beliefs.

    11 minutes
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    A revitalized Science Center

    Plan re-envisions the Science Center as a dynamic commons, technology-integrated library.

    6 minutes
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    For HUD, much done, more to do

    During a conference in Atlanta, Harvard President Drew Faust, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro, and others discussed half a century of efforts to battle inequality in housing.

    4 minutes
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    A digital portrait of Colonial life

    The website of the Colonial North American Project so far includes 150,000 images of diaries, journals, notebooks, and other rare documents from the 17th and 18th centuries.

    4 minutes
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    An inside view from Powell, complete with regrets

    Retired four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell expanded on the “intensely human experience” of high-level negotiations in a conversation at HLS.

    6 minutes
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    Neurons reprogrammed in animals

    Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers have shown that the networks of communication among reprogrammed neurons and their neighbors in the brains of living animals can also be changed, or “rewired.”

    4 minutes
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    Winthrop House do-over

    Renewal plans for Winthrop House have been adjusted in response to community feedback.

    5 minutes
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    Form, setting, space, light

    Legendary fashion designer Calvin Klein spoke at the Harvard Graduate School of Design Monday evening about how the language of architecture has influenced his 40-year career and now, the rest of his life.

    7 minutes
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    Being colorblind to race is not the answer

    Tufts Associate Professors Keith Maddox and Sam Sommers explore racism and “the colorblind line” at the kickoff of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Diversity Dialogues series.

    3 minutes
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    Harvard backs diverse campus communities

    Arguing for the freedom of colleges and universities to continue to use a well-rounded admissions process that considers the whole person to build diverse campus communities, Harvard University has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin.

    3 minutes
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    ‘Black Lives Matter’ co-founder honored for her work

    Following the death of Trayvon Martin, Alicia Garza posted a Facebook message proclaiming “Black lives matter,” a phrase that would quickly go viral and spawn a movement. On Friday she received the Robert Coles “Call of Service” award for starting that movement and the work that has followed.

    4 minutes
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    Designing outside the box

    A Harvard Graduate School of Design salon on Tuesday will probe the cross-disciplinary approach to creativity and creative solutions to problems.

    4 minutes
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    The path to profits in Africa

    Africa’s richest man shared the story of how he transformed a company with four cement trucks into a continent-spanning conglomerate, during a session organized by the Harvard Center for African Studies.

    5 minutes
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    Improvements in U.S. diet lower premature deaths

    Two new studies from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shed light on critical dietary issues facing Americans. One showed how dietary changes have reduced premature death. The second found intervention in childhood obesity less costly than the health care that followed.

    4 minutes
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    ‘Transgender in America’ shares an intimate journey

    Tiq Milan, a writer and journalist who carved a niche for himself as a media advocate and one of the leading voices for transgender equality, shared his thoughts and his story during “Transgender in America,” a panel discussion at Harvard.

    4 minutes
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    New realities in care

    Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, says the University has the talent, resources, and leadership to steer progress in improving health around the world.

    12 minutes
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    A voice for creative leadership

    Since August, Deborah Borda has been a Hauser Leader-in-Residence at the Center for Public Leadership at the Kennedy School, where she has been sharing her passion for the arts and imparting life lessons to leaders-in-training.

    6 minutes
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    Football, food, and friends

    Guests from Allston-Brighton and Cambridge attended a Harvard football game and festivities as part of Community Football Day.

    2 minutes
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    Microbiomes could hold keys to improving life

    A group of 48 scientists from 50 institutions in the U.S. has formed the Unified Microbiome Initiative Consortium (UMIC). The UMIC’s goal is to drive cutting-edge microbiome research, enabling breakthrough advances in medicine, ecosystem management, sustainable energy, and production of commodities.

    5 minutes
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    School testing a mixed bag, study says

    HGSE researcher finds mixed results among students in Texas schools in the 1990s: Some did better, and others were worse off.

    4 minutes
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    Lessons of the brain: The Phineas Gage story

    During a construction explosion in 1848, an iron bar pierced the brain of foreman Phineas Gage. He survived, and his experiences opened a window into trauma and recovery.

    2 minutes
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    Harvard’s efforts to feed the hungry recognized

    Harvard University Dining Services’ Crista Martin was named a Cambridge Food Hero at City Hall last week. She shared the award with Food for Free’s Executive Director Sasha Purpura.

    2 minutes
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    ‘Free the Law’ will provide open access to all

    A collaboration between Harvard Law School and Ravel Law has created a program called “Free the Law,” which will make American law open and publicly available to anyone with Internet access for the first time in history.

    4 minutes
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    Experts share ideas on the future university

    A conference on future universities suggested that building them successfully will require meeting campus needs, online connections, and community concerns.

    5 minutes
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    In annual report, a slight surplus

    A slight surplus atop a strengthening financial foundation marked the 2015 fiscal year, according to Harvard financial leaders, who spoke with the Gazette as the University released its annual financial report.

    13 minutes
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    Faculty Council meeting held Oct. 28

    On Oct. 28 the members of the Faculty Council heard an update on new systems and information security.

    1 minute
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    Amid the Old Burying Ground

    Cambridge’s Old Burying Ground is the final resting place of Harvard presidents and paupers alike, and has centuries of tales to tell.

    20 minutes