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Science & Tech
Wielding a laser beam deep inside the body
Robotic engineers from Harvard’s Wyss Institute and John A. Paulson School for Engineering and Applied Science have developed a laser-steering microrobot in a miniaturized 6 by 16 millimeter package that can be integrated with existing endoscopic tools.
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Campus & Community
Alumni committee nominates candidates for Overseers, HAA elected directors
From April 1-May 18, Harvard degree holders can vote for five anticipated vacancies on the Board of Overseers and for six openings among the HAA elected directors.
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Arts & Culture
Soundwalking around Harvard
Digital Sanctuaries Harvard is an app that invites the public on a virtual walk around and beyond Harvard’s campus through an ever-changing musical score.
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Health
Plant-based diet may feed key gut microbes
A large-scale international study uses metagenomics and blood analysis to uncover gut microbes associated with the risks for common illnesses such as diabetes, obesity, and heart disease.
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Nation & World
Democrats have both Congress and the White House — but not a free hand
In addition to winning the White House, Democrats will soon take control of Congress for the first time since 2007 after last week’s historic Senate runoff victories by the Rev.…
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Arts & Culture
To everything there is a season
Two online art exhibits from the Arnold Arboretum offer a seasonal view of the 281-acre preserve.
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Campus & Community
Richard Cooper, cutting-edge economist, dies at 86
Richard Cooper, cutting-edge economist, has died at 86. The professor of international economics also held many senior roles in U.S. government.
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Nation & World
Concern over storming of the Capitol
In a stunning display, violent insurgents who support President Donald Trump briefly occupied the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, disrupting its work on certifying the presidential election. Harvard faculty reacted critically, and President Larry Bacow said the rioters “assaulted the democratic process.”
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Health
Highly infectious coronavirus variant dampens prospects for summer return to normal
Will the British variant’s transmissibility upset summer plans?
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Nation & World
Harvard partners in national alliance to diversify STEM postdocs and faculty
Harvard is a partner in an effort to increase the number of postdoctoral researchers and faculty in STEM fields who come from historically underrepresented minority groups.
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Health
COVID-19 unmasked
A biology-based mathematical model indicates why COVID-19 outcomes vary widely and how therapy can be tailored to match the needs of specific patient groups.
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Campus & Community
Ezra Vogel, leading expert on East Asia, dead at 90
Ezra F. Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus, died Dec. 20 at Mount Auburn Hospital due to complications from surgery. He was 90. A remarkable contributor…
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Nation & World
Toppling the myth of meritocracy
The myth of meritocracy is not merely self-deluding, Michael Sandel argues in his new book, but it also fuels our divisiveness.
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Health
(Not) feeling the burn
A study of diet has found that by adhering to specific guidelines, women can reduce more than one-third of incidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms.
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Science & Tech
Astrochemist brings search for extraterrestrial life to Center for Astrophysics
Clara Sousa-Silva, whose expertise in phosphine as a biosignature gas was key to a recent analysis that may have detected life in the clouds of Venus, has moved to the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian for the final two years of her fellowship. She discusses the finding and the broader topic of the…
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Nation & World
TGIO (thank God it’s over)
With 2020 behind us, it is apparent that this January won’t be one for resolutions but rather anti-resolutions: the things we’d rather not see or do ever again, thank you.
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Health
Why run unless something is chasing you?
In his new book, “Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding,” Daniel Lieberman ’86 explores exercising myths.
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Science & Tech
Island investigations
New answers have emerged from the largest genome-wide study to date of ancient human DNA in the Americas.
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Health
Pregnant women with COVID-19 may not pass virus to newborn, study suggests
A new study has found that pregnant women with COVID-19 do not pass the virus to newborns, however, they may pass fewer-than-expected antibodies to newborns.
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Campus & Community
Top Gazette stories of 2020
As 2020 comes to a close we look back at some of the Gazette’s most-read stories of the year.
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Arts & Culture
Voices raised in glee
Glee clubs from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton mesh online in song to celebrate diversity and fellowship.
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Science & Tech
Research labs score perfect COVID safety records
Six months after reopening, Harvard’s labs report an unblemished safety record, important contributions to the state’s economy, and an array of scientific findings, albeit with the requisite frustration of operating during a pandemic.
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Campus & Community
747 admitted under early action program
Harvard College today accepted 747 students to the Class of 2025 from a pool of 10,086 who applied under the early action program.
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Work & Economy
COVID vaccine race leaders likely won’t be only ones to reap huge payday
The coronavirus pandemic will likely make some vaccine companies rich, but which companies and how rich relies on the still-murky future of the pandemic, a Harvard health policy expert said.
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Campus & Community
A dark year of sickness, reckoning, loss — and periodic bits of light
As 2020 comes to a close, Harvard faculty reflect on the past 12 months.
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Campus & Community
Extending a hand
Harvard student and ROTC member details some of the changes he’s experienced during the pandemic.
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Health
Rethinking health and human rights
Paul Farmer awarded Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture.
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Work & Economy
Departing Business School dean recalls a consequential decade
After a decade helming Harvard Business School, Dean Nitin Nohria talks about what he’s learned and walking away from the job he loves.
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Arts & Culture
Here they come a-caroling
On Christmas Eve, the Memorial Church and the Harvard University Choir will present an online service featuring student voices recorded individually from around the world.
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Science & Tech
Researchers take closer look at serrated teeth of ancient predator
Harvard researcher finds first saber-toothed animals had dinosaur-like teeth before dinosaurs did.
