Month: April 2016

  • Nation & World

    How our bodies harness energy

    Robert A. Lue, faculty director of the Harvard Ed Portal, offered his audience insight into his upcoming HarvardX course “Cell Biology: Mitochondria,” during a talk on April 21.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Painting unveiled of College’s first African-American graduate

    Officials unveiled a painting of Richard Theodore Greener, Harvard College’s first African-American graduate, in Annenberg Hall.

    3 minutes
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    The architect as artist

    In honor of his creative achievements, architect Frank Gehry received the Harvard Arts Medal in a ceremony that marked the kickoff to Arts First, Harvard’s four-day celebration of student and faculty creativity.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    My dinner with Dr. Hawking

    A day after attending Stephen Hawking’s talk at Harvard, reporter Peter Reuell received an invitation from Cumrun Vafa — would he be interested in attending a dinner party in Hawking’s honor?

    4 minutes
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    Style by degrees: Harvard Business School

    Harvard Business School students, staff, and faculty are known for their sleek, polished style – sometimes with a hint of the unexpected.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    She followed her star

    Moiya McTier ’16 blends her loves of space science and writing in a double concentration in astronomy and folklore and mythology, leading to a science fiction senior thesis.

    4 minutes
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    A monk with one foot in the world

    Buddhist monk Tajay Bongsa wants to unite social and economic progress with dual master’s degrees in theology and business.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Guarding the dazzle of the past

    The Gazette visited the Weissman Preservation Center to see how conservators preserve Harvard’s rare and unique collections.

    5 minutes
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    Faculty Council meeting held April 27

    On April 27, the members of the Faculty Council approved preliminary versions of the University Extension School courses for 2016–2017 and Courses of Instruction for 2016–2017.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Advancing ingenuity

    Between academic discovery and product development lurks a lull in research funding that inventors call the “chasm of death,” where a prototype or a proof of concept can feel just…

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Humanizing the humanities

    Leaving a legacy of curriculum innovation and diplomacy, Dean of Arts and Humanities Diana Sorensen steps down after 10 years of elevating the division.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    SurgiBox wins $70,000 President’s Challenge

    SurgiBox, a collapsible, safe, and aseptic surgery device, won this year’s $70,000 grand prize in the President’s Challenge.

    4 minutes
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    New weapons against agricultural pests

    Using phage-assisted continuous evolution (PACE) technology developed by Harvard professor David Liu and his co-workers, a team of researchers has evolved new forms of a natural insecticidal protein called “Bt toxin,” which can be used to help control Bt toxin resistance in insects.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    On-the-job learning

    The Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) offers local teenagers the chance to work at Harvard, and offers Harvard departments a way to fill temporary staffing needs while strengthening its connection to the community.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    World Trade Organization, front and center

    Top academics, government officials, legal practitioners, and representatives from major think tanks, NGOs, and financial institutions meet this week at Harvard Law School to debate the present and future of the World Trade Organization.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Nicco Mele named director of Shorenstein Center

    Nicco Mele, the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Journalism at the University of Southern California, is the new director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Taking his thesis on the road

    Michael Meo, who will graduate from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in May, led 22 people of all ages and abilities on a grueling 1,000-mile bicycle trek through the Mexican desert, which became the subject of his master’s thesis.

    7 minutes
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    Comic genius

    Cartoonist and visiting lecturer Peter Kuper spoke to the Gazette about comics as an art form, and some of the comic materials in Harvard’s collections.

    7 minutes
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    Sharing his creative gifts

    South Carolina native Joshuah Campbell, who is graduating with joint degrees in music and French, has discovered the serious side of performing.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A true giant

    On the 400th anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes’ death, the Gazette sat down with Professor Mary Gaylord to talk about the lasting influence of “Don Quixote.”

    11 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Checkup for finance ministers

    Nine finance ministers from developing countries gathered at Loeb House to discuss the importance of health to a nation’s economic performance and explore ways for health and finance ministers to work together.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Air Force ROTC returns to Harvard

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and Harvard President Drew Faust signed an agreement Friday to bring the Air Force ROTC program officially to campus.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Three diplomatic women

    Three diplomats discuss the demands of life as a U.S. ambassador and advise HKS students as they prepare to enter the Foreign Service.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Inequality runs deeper than health law

    The Affordable Care Act has narrowed health disparities along class and race lines, but not nearly as much as needed.

    4 minutes
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    A way with other words

    Sexism, racism, and even neglect can stand in the way of a great writer receiving a Nobel Prize. But of all the barriers, it is language that remains the most…

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A quest for happiness

    A gift from the Lee Kum Kee family in Hong Kong will fund a new Harvard center to study how to increase happiness and, by extension, health.

    5 minutes
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    Changing your body, from the top down

    A Harvard Launch Lab startup headed by a Harvard Business School grad is focusing on the “battle between the ears” to transform people’s bodies, opening another front in the battle against obesity.

    6 minutes
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    An A.R.T. season to provoke, immerse, entertain

    The American Repertory Theater’s new season takes aim at some important topics, including class, gender identity, turning points in Irish and Argentinian history, and the crisis facing American education.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    For Ana Tijoux, hip-hop is home

    Growing up, Ana Tijoux didn’t know where to call home. As the France-born-and-bred daughter of Chilean parents living in political exile, she felt conflicted about her identity — until she…

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Pursuing sustainability

    William Clark, co-author of a new book on sustainable development, discusses connecting science and practice, balancing conservation with use.

    13 minutes