Tag: FAS
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Leading Harvard economist Emmanuel Farhi dies at 41
Macroeconomist and Harvard Professor Emmanuel Farhi, who made important contributions to real-world fiscal policy, died unexpectedly on July 23 at 41 years old.
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Three students in 3 countries share in the ‘Postcards From Here’ series
Jaidyn Probst ’23 of Redwood Falls, Minn., Maarten de Vries ’21 of Elten, Germany, and Luke Walker ’22 of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, share what life is like back home in the Postcard From Here series.
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Snow White and the darkness within us
Harvard Professor Maria Tatar collected versions of the tale of Snow White from around the world and explains how they give us a way to think about what we prefer not to.
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Study suggests undetected cases help speed COVID-19 spread
Modeling study offers fresh insights into stealthy nature of coronavirus and how easily it jumps from person to person.
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Fighting bigotry with art
The Wave started as a pan-Asian literary and arts magazine, but its mission changed with the rise of racism and xenophobia after pandemic.
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‘Two Poets and a River’: Worlds of love in the Wakhan Valley
Ethnomusicologist Richard Wolf has been contemplating the rupture between two countries in his a film about poet-singers in Tajikistan and in Afghanistan.
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3 takes on dealing with uncertainty
In these volatile times, three Harvard professors share insights from their fields on how to handle uncertainty.
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Faculty of Arts and Sciences will bring up to 40% of undergraduates to campus this fall
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences decides it will bring up to 40 percent of undergraduates, including all first-year students, to campus for the fall semester.
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‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?’
A 4th of July community reading to explore the resonance of Frederick Douglass’ famous speech, reflect on the past, and what comes next.
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Examining COVID’s impact on Asians and Pacific Islanders
Harvard’s Sociology Department and UNESCO look at rise in various aspects of racism.
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Art for justice’s sake
Students activate, donate in movement to fight inequity, promote police reform.
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College names new faculty deans for five Houses
Faculty deans have been appointed to Cabot, Quincy, Winthrop, Eliot, and Kirkland Houses, effective July 1.
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Student-athletes pleased with time on teams, but balancing commitments difficult
Results of first-ever study of Harvard Athletics to be used for strategic planning as program approaches centennial.
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Explain your thesis in 3 minutes
A contest has College seniors who spent months researching and writing their theses distill those hours of work and hundreds of pages of analysis into a 3-minute pitch.
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Though museums are closed, the work continues
Since Harvard’s museums went online, staffs have tackled the enormous task of updating, adding, and editing data for millions of items housed in University collections.
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Horizontal helper
Cassandra Extavour and Leo Blondel provide the strongest suggestive evidence yet that at least part of a specific gene came from bacterial genomes.
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Conan arrives, and the crowd goes wild! (Not really)
Comedian Conan O’Brien ’85 addressed the Class of 2020 Thursday as part of an afternoon of virtual ceremonies that captured the joy, poignancy, and humor of the day.
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Walking with my baby; an eclectic ‘MixTape’; and taking people back to the ballgame
Stories from Harvard faculty, students, and staff about work and life in the pandemic.
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Sounds of silence
Despite COVID-19, the sound of the Lowell House bells can still be heard from a distance
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Leaving a mark on campus
The new art exhibition “Windows of Harvard” can be seen from the streets and sidewalks, or viewed online.
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Scenes from the socially distant
In this latest dispatch, Harvard staff, faculty, and students share their life from afar.
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Once on this island
Marvin Merritt IV ’20 was born and raised on the small island of Deer Isle, Maine, the centerpiece for his senior thesis and a single destination in this artist’s journey.
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Erin McDermott named athletic director
Erin McDermott has been named the John D. Nichols ’53 Family Director of Athletics, Harvard announced today.
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Five faculty members named Harvard College Professors
Five faculty members have been named Harvard College Professors for their contributions to undergraduate teaching.
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New faculty: David Joselit
David Joselit joined the department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies this semester as a professor of visual studies.
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A time of need and a desire to help
COVID-19 spurs inspiration in student volunteers who find ways to make a difference amid the pandemic’s disruption and loss
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Life at a distance
How Harvard faculty and staff continue to adapt to social distancing as they stay the course.