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Campus & Community
University to begin transition to unobserved COVID-19 testing
After approval from the FDA, Harvard University will begin to transition to unobserved, self-administered COVID-19 screening tests for all individuals authorized to live or be on campus as part of continued efforts to monitor and control the virus.
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Arts & Culture
In translation, he found his raison d’être
Thomas Piketty translator Arthur Goldhammer talks about his circuitous route to success in a field he never studied.
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Health
‘Robust protection’
BIDMC-led research team reports vaccine protection against severe COVID-19-related pneumonia and death.
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Campus & Community
Harvard partners with national labs on quantum computing
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the U.S. Department of Energy announced the creation of five new Quantum Information Science Research Centers across the country. Harvard researchers will play important roles in three of the centers.
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Campus & Community
‘Find your way to heal this world’
In the University’s first-ever virtual first-year Convocation, President Lawrence S. Bacow on Tuesday urged the Class of 2024 to “find your way to heal this world.”
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Campus & Community
An empty square, a full summer, teaching tuba
In “Postcards From Home,” three students share thoughtful insights on how the pandemic is changing their lives and those around them.
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Science & Tech
Differing diets of bonobo groups offer insights into how culture is created
According to new study, bonobo hunting tendencies show proof of culture
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Science & Tech
Where the wild things are — now that humans are locked down
Researchers led by Christian Rutz, 2019–2020 Grass Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, are examining human impact on wildlife using data collected during the pandemic quarantine.
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Work & Economy
Opening health care access to trans community
Soltan Bryce, an M.B.A. student and trans man, leads the growth of a digital startup that’s bringing much-needed health care to the historically neglected trans community.
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Health
Strong signals
Study findings support use of county-level cell phone location data as tool to estimate future trends of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nation & World
Helping teachers and principals confront their own racism
Interview with Sarah Fiarman and Tracey Benson, former school principals and HGSE graduates, who co-wrote “Unconscious Bias in Schools: A Developmental Approach to Exploring Race and Racism” to help teachers and school leaders start conversations about race in schools.
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Campus & Community
First-years make their move
For first-years, move-in day offers excitement, with a touch of anxiety.
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Nation & World
Why some Americans refuse to social distance and wear masks
Michael Sandel offers up his thoughts on what we owe others in the age of coronavirus.
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Nation & World
Crowd-sourcing the story of a people
Tiya Miles, a professor of history and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, spoke to the Gazette about the vital role of public history in shaping American cultural understanding.
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Health
The value of talking to strangers — and nodding acquaintances
How COVID-19 is evaporating our casual connections and taking an important source of happiness.
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Nation & World
Defining a centennial
A panel discussed the political experiences of Black women in the years between the ratification of the 19th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Health
Breathing freely
Mass General study shows the benefits of inhaled nitric oxide therapy for pregnant patients with severe and critical COVID-19.
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Science & Tech
Synthetic lining in small intestine may help treat diabetes, obesity
Researchers have developed a synthetic lining that could deliver drugs in a sustained way to the small intestine, offering hope for those suffering from lactose intolerance, diabetes, and obesity.
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Campus & Community
National Science Foundation awards $20M to launch artificial-intelligence institute
Harvard partners with MIT, Northeastern, and Tufts to launch NSF artificial intelligence institute.
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Campus & Community
GSAS students come to campus
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences welcomed students to campus, with 50 populating its four residence halls.
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Campus & Community
Using data science for social good
In April, the Harvard College Data Analytics Group, a student-led nonprofit organization, created 17 COVID-19 response teams that partnered with 16 organizations and municipal governments to tackle elements of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Campus & Community
Two online classes aim to bridge all Harvard students, Schools
Professors Michael Sandel and Daniel Schrag are inviting all Harvard degree students to join in two University-wide courses this fall designed to spark conversation and mutual learning across the campuses.
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Nation & World
How rape culture shapes whether a survivor is believed
New political science research from Harvard Kennedy School faculty and alumna finds that rape culture bias not only is real, but it shapes how people determine what a believable case looks like, who is likely a victim, and in what circumstances rape is less likely to take place.
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Campus & Community
In a word
Stories from Harvard faculty, students, staff about writing’s place in a pandemic and playing host to Renée Fleming.
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Science & Tech
Cutting surgical robots down to size
In a collaboration between Harvard and Sony, engineers have brought surgical robotics down to the microscale by creating a new, origami-inspired miniature manipulator to improve precision and control.
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Health
$30M commitment supports development of therapies for viral infections
Harvard University and AbbVie have announced a $30 million collaborative research alliance to study and develop novel therapies against emergent viral infections, with a focus on those caused by coronaviruses and by viruses that lead to hemorrhagic fever.
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Campus & Community
Sheree Ohen named first FAS associate dean of diversity, inclusion, and belonging
Sheree Ohen has been named the inaugural associate dean of diversity, inclusion, and belonging for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Claudine Gay, Edgerley Family Dean of FAS, announced today. Ohen will begin her tenure Sept. 28.
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Nation & World
Faith in the ballot
How white evangelicals tour the nation’s capital and redeem a Christian America.
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Campus & Community
Defending those yearning to breathe free
Housed at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, the Harvard Representation Initiative was created to provide legal representation to undocumented members of the Harvard community, as well as others whose immigration status is at risk.
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Campus & Community
New Overseers, Alumni Association directors elected
Five alumni have been elected as new members of Harvard University’s Board of Overseers and six as directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA).
