Tag: FAS
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Harvard students head for Supreme Court rally
They will join groups from other schools, activists, lawyers in support of campus diversity as justices hear admissions challenge.
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The boy king’s throne
On the 100th anniversary of discovering Tutankhamun’s tomb, an Egyptian jewel comes to Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East.
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Harvard mathematician Melanie Matchett Wood named MacArthur Fellow
The mathematician, known for her work in number theory, is one of 25 recipients of this year’s “genius” grants.
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Weaving a piece of Indigenous history
Diné student Keana Gorman seeks to preserve Navajo traditions, way of life.
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Want more diversity in corporate America? Get rid of some programs
New book by Frank Dobbin suggests getting managers actively involved instead of feeling defensive, resentful is the best way to create a more diverse corporate America.
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Celebrating a half-century of equity, achievement
Weekend competitions, events kick off yearlong Athletics Department tribute to transformational Title IX.
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Better predictions on rise of oceans on warming Earth
Harvard researchers take sea level fingerprints from theory to fact.
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What makes us human? It’s all in the hips
Study shows how pelvis takes shape and what genes orchestrate the process.
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Injecting sense of urgency on Pakistan relief
Harvard students mobilize to provide relief in Pakistan.
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New director plots fresh course for the CfA
As the first woman director of the Center for Astrophysics, Lisa Kewley talks about strategies for a new era in astronomy, growing up with a love for space, and challenges for women in the field.
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Want to know how cold it was in 1490? Ask a tree
Tree rings could hold clues to climate change and forest change.
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Braking for badges
Political scientist Theda Skocpol has traveled U.S. collecting “little works of art” that reflect nation’s history — badges of fraternal groups.
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Buffeted by unending tides of grief
Namwali Serpell’s novel explores reality, memory, and race, class of broken family after the death of a child.
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Solemn stewardship
A report by the Steering Committee on Human Remains in University Museum Collections was released by President Larry Bacow on Thursday.
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Rethinking Cuban art
The new exhibition hopes to revolutionize how Cuban art is considered through the inclusion of artists of African descent who were usually excluded from shows.
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Setting record straight on Queen Elizabeth II
The death of Queen Elizabeth II presents the perfect opportunity to set the record straight and perhaps embark on long-overdue changes, said Maya Jasanoff, X.D. and Nancy Yang Professor and Coolidge Professor of History.
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Meet the coach who once beat Serena
Head coach Traci Green recalls first meeting and reflects on how star, who is preparing to retire, has changed tennis and American culture.
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Why were reptiles such evolution success story?
Fast climatic shifts due to global warming coincided with high rates of morphological change in most reptiles.
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Look at life in lab
A summer program gives Harvard students firsthand experience with quantum research.
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Road map for immigrants in new land
Harvard students create resource for immigrants on housing, health care, education, food, wellness, transportation, and more.
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Think of them as utility players
New study shows that microglia cells “listen in” to neighboring neurons and change to match them.
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Using designs by Mother Nature, guiding flies, making things glow
Rowland Fellows at the cutting edge of science.
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Powerful summers in St. Louis
Students with the Commonwealth Project collaborate on community-led justice, cultural initiatives, and research in a region with longstanding economic and racial woes.
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Feeling ‘Clueless’? Here’s why Jane Austen never seems to get old
Harvard scholar highlights qualities that make Jane Austen ever-modern.
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Key to income inequality fight? Location, location, location
A new report finds that 80 percent of all young adults at age 26 had moved less than 100 miles from where they grew up, and just 10 percent moved more than 500 miles away. Even the enticement of higher-wage opportunities had little impact.
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Dreams of land deferred
“Castor and Patience” explores nation’s long history of systematic barriers to Black ownership.