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Campus & Community
How I wrote my Harvard essay
Late nights. Discarded drafts. That one great idea. Harvard first-years reflect on the agony and the ecstasy of writing their admissions essay.
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Campus & Community
When a sigh isn’t just a sigh
The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, the spoof of the Nobel Prize that honors obscure science research, is set for Sept. 12 at Sanders Theatre.
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Campus & Community
Black hole project nets Breakthrough Prize
The nearly 350 astronomers, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates who worked for more than a decade to capture the first-ever image of a black hole have been named the recipients of the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.
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Campus & Community
Two receive Roslyn Abramson Award
Ya-Chieh Hsu and Durba Mitra receive Roslyn Abramson Award for excellence in teaching undergraduates.
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Campus & Community
New director named for University Health Services
Professor and physician Giang T. Nguyen, head of student health services at Penn, viewed as a champion of diversity and inclusion.
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Campus & Community
Recipe for a new Gen Ed course
Harvard’s new Gen Ed courses tackle subjects from racial justice and philosophy to music and engineering.
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Health
PTSD linked to increased risk of ovarian cancer
A new study finds that women who have greater numbers of PTSD symptoms are at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer.
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Science & Tech
Lessons in learning
Study shows students in ‘active learning’ classrooms learn more than they think
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Campus & Community
Growing connections
For her Service Starts with Summer project, South Carolina native Izzy Goodchild-Michelman ’23 spent six weeks working on a farm, revamping the educational Seed to Table curriculum that serves elementary and middle-school students.
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Campus & Community
Big statue on campus
Whether you’re standing at the Harvard Statue in the morning, noon, or evening, the scene is almost always the same: Crowds of five, 10, or 50 converge to take a photo with the statue. For some, the statue is the embodiment of the University. For others a photo with it is just a box to…
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Science & Tech
Hunters, herders, companions: Breeding dogs has reordered their brains
Erin Hecht, who joined the faculty in January, has published her first paper on our canine comrades in the Journal of Neuroscience, finding that different breeds have different brain organizations owing to human cultivation of specific traits.
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Campus & Community
Bacow urges listeners to welcome civil discourse
Universities should be centers for open debate and discussion, where different opinions and perspectives are welcomed, Harvard President Larry Bacow said during the first Morning Prayers of the fall term.
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Campus & Community
The gathering of the first-years
Harvard College’s Class of 2023 assembled for convocation under threatening skies. Harvard President Larry Bacow urged the students to avoid stepping-stones and embrace the unexpected.
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Campus & Community
At your service
More than 1,500 first-year students rolled up their sleeves and went to work across Greater Boston on Thursday for the Class of 2023 Day of Service.
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Campus & Community
If at first you don’t succeed…
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan came to HLS to impart words of wisdom and encouragement to first-year law students as one of the highlights of the orientation week.
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Campus & Community
Their favorite things
The Gazette asks first-year students to name the most cherished thing in their suitcases.
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Science & Tech
Fighting flora with fauna
Scientists at the Arnold Arboretum are employing a species of predator moth to fight the invasive swallow-wort vine.
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Arts & Culture
Last dance, last chance
The curtain comes down Sept. 7 on the immersive, disco-insistent “Donkey Show” after a decade-long run at A.R.T.
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Campus & Community
The marvel of fruit rotting
“Fruits in Decay,” a new exhibit in the Glass Flowers gallery at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, depicts the marvel of rotting fruit.
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Science & Tech
Pancreas on a chip
Islet-on-a-chip technology allows clinicians to easily determine the therapeutic value of beta cells for any given patient.
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Nation & World
Amazon blazes could speed climate change
Harvard biologist and longtime Amazon rainforest researcher Brian Farrell discusses how the forest fires raging in Brazil are threatening the planet’s climate, and how to stop them.
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Campus & Community
Service in any language
This summer, Ben Elwy made use of his passion for language in his hometown of Wellesley through a project with Harvard’s Service Starts with Summer Program (3SP). He designed and taught a program to elementary school students called Arabic and Cultural Education (ACE) at the Wellesley Free Library.
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Science & Tech
A gentle grip on gelatinous creatures
To study jellyfish and other fragile marine life without damaging them, researchers developed ultra-soft underwater grippers that catch and release jellyfish without harm.
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Science & Tech
Exposing how pancreatic cancer does its dirty work
New research has found that pancreatic cancer actively destroys nearby blood vessels and replaces them with cancerous cells, blocking chemotherapy from reaching tumors. This insight could lead to new treatments that act by preventing cancer’s colonization of blood vessels.
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Campus & Community
Making themselves at home in Harvard Yard
No blood, but some sweat and a few tears were on display as first-years moved into their Harvard Yard dorms Tuesday.
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Campus & Community
College announces new leadership for Phillips Brooks House
Charles Warren Professor of the History of American Education Julie Reuben of the Graduate School of Education has been chosen as the inaugural faculty director, and Travis Lovett has been named assistant dean of civic engagement and service at Phillips Brooks House.
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Science & Tech
How a zebrafish model may hold a key to biology
Martin Haesemeyer set out to build an artificial neural network that worked differently than fish’s brains, but what he got was a system that almost perfectly mimicked the zebrafish — and that could be a powerful tool for understanding biology.
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Campus & Community
John H. McArthur dies, was Business School dean from 1980-95
John H. McArthur, a member of the Harvard Business School community for more than six decades, including as dean from 1980 to 1995, died on Aug. 20.
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Nation & World
Searching for deeper learning
An interview with HGSE professor Jal Mehta about the book “In Search of Deeper Learning” he co-authored with Sarah Fine, Ed.M. ’13, Ed.D. ’17. The book examines the American high school and where students are experiencing deeper learning, which involves engagement, joy, and a sense of community.
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Health
Mental health as a diversity issue
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Diversity Summer Panel focuses on the impacts of mental illness in the workplace and what can be done about it.
