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Science & Tech
Building connections
Harvard University doctoral candidate Andy Cohen survived getting stuck in a blizzard, and is a better engineer because of it.
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Campus & Community
Authors of their own stories
Dan Lobo ’14, founder of Harvard College First Generation Student Union — now known as Harvard Primus, and Alejandra Iglesias ’21, president of Primus, discuss the first-gen Red Book.
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Science & Tech
New laser paves way for better imaging, communications
Harvard researchers have developed a totally new type of laser that can reach terahertz frequencies offering short-range, high-bandwidth wireless communications, very-high-resolution radar, and spectroscopy.
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Science & Tech
Physics, real and fictional
A Harvard study is exploring the way humans’ sense of “intuitive physics” of the real world leaves fingerprints on the fictional universes we create.
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Science & Tech
A second look at evolution
Researchers find clues to evolution in the intricate mammalian vertebral column.
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Campus & Community
Bacow meets with global alumni
Leaders of Harvard clubs and groups gather in Amsterdam in a first-ever conference
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Health
Harvard Chan School, Apple, and NIH launch women’s health study
Harvard Chan School, Apple, and NIH have officially launched a groundbreaking study that has potential to become the largest-ever study of women’s health.
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Health
Faster testing for illicit drugs
The landscape of the illegal drug trade changes constantly, particularly amid the current opioid crisis. Law-enforcement officers regularly find or confiscate pills, powders, and other substances and need to know…
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Work & Economy
A conversation on capitalism
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban on real-world education, Trump, Warren, and sexual harassment in the front office of his NBA team.
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Campus & Community
‘A perfect fall weekend’
A perfect fall weekend, and a welcome from Harvard President Larry Bacow, greeted first-years’ family and friends.
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Science & Tech
A better candidate for chemo delivery
A new technique called ELeCt (erythrocyte-leveraged chemotherapy) can transport drug-loaded nanoparticles into cancerous lung tissue by mounting them on the body’s own red blood cells.
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Campus & Community
Brown-Nagin on her own path and Radcliffe’s
Radcliffe Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin reflects on her first year in the job and looks forward to Radcliffe Engaged, her new initiative to connect with Harvard and the community beyond.
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Campus & Community
Preserving Africa’s culinary heritage
Chef Selassie Atadika talks about new African cuisine in a ‘Science and Cooking’ lecture
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Science & Tech
Survival of the fittest takes a hit
By re-barcoding the DNA of yeast, researchers were able to follow evolution for approximately 1,000 generations, finding surprises along the way.
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Arts & Culture
Lessons of ‘West Side Story’
Cast and crew of Harvard’s new production of West Side Story wrestle with the classic musical’s racial, ethnic, and political complications
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Campus & Community
Hundreds rally to defend DACA
A crowd of 250 students, faculty, and staff gathered on the steps of Harvard’s Memorial Church on Veterans Day for a Defend DACA rally that was part of a nationwide student walkout.
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Campus & Community
The path to sustainable commuting
Photographers capture the Harvard community taking steps toward a more sustainable commute.
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Work & Economy
Hate your open office?
An article authored by Ethan Bernstein’s attempts to explain why in-person interactions dropped so dramatically in open offices.
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Nation & World
Rise in social mobility of DACA recipients
Harvard Professor Roberto Gonzales talks about the findings of his report, the impact the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has had on the lives of thousands of young people who have benefited from it.
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Campus & Community
Reopen for business and pleasure
Harvard and Boston officials celebrated the reopening of Smith Field in Allston after extensive renovations.
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Campus & Community
Director of health services to step down
After 15 years in the post, Paul Barreira will step down as director of Harvard University Health Services, effective Nov. 18.
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Campus & Community
One L, only harder
The following is excerpted from Haben Girma’s memoir “Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law.”
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Arts & Culture
Art and the history of indigenous America
In a first-year seminar, students study portraits of indigenous American leaders to learn about art, identity, and the history of indigenous peoples.
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Health
Is eating red meat OK, after all? Probably not
Red meat recommendations and meat from plants: Chan School Nutrition Department head Frank Hu talks about recent developments in diet.
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Arts & Culture
The heart of the matter
In a Radcliffe talk, an expert on regenerative medicine and a transdisciplinary artist explore the heart as organ and metaphor.
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Science & Tech
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
Research suggests that errors resulting from variability in motor function are a feature, not a bug, of our nervous system and play a critical role in learning.
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Nation & World
Brokering an opioid settlement
Alexandra Lahav, a fellow at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute, explains how a global settlement could handle the more than 2,000 lawsuits filed against drug companies and distributors.
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Campus & Community
From the service to school
Portraits of four veterans who transferred from community college to Harvard.
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Arts & Culture
Gilbert and Sullivan drop the mic
For six decades, Harvard’s Gilbert and Sullivan players have staged romping and boisterous productions.
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Campus & Community
Stanley Lieberson, 84
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 5, 2019, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Stanley Lieberson, Abbott Lawrence Lowell Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Lieberson made wide-ranging contributions to the study of race and ethnicity, cultural and linguistic change, and…