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Nation & World
A U.N. leader looks back
In a Q&A session, Kennedy School fellow Ban Ki-moon reflects on his decade-long tenure as United Nations general secretary.
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Campus & Community
Inspired by physics and art
Julia Grotto ’17 combines art, science, and public service to paint a complete picture of her life at Harvard.
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Work & Economy
Black leadership, front and center
Harvard Business School course focuses on case studies of black business leaders and their challenges.
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Campus & Community
Support that matters
The annual Celebration of Scholarships dinner brought together students who benefit from financial aid and donors who support the program.
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Health
Probe of Alzheimer’s follows paths of infection
Starting with microbes, Harvard-MGH researchers outline a devastating chain of events
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Campus & Community
A call to do justice
A graduate of West Point, David E. White Jr., J.D. ’17, came to Harvard Law School after a tour in Afghanistan as a lieutenant and platoon leader. At the Law School, he honed his passions for leadership, public service, and justice.
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Health
The power of picturing thoughts
A new Harvard study shows that people create visual images to accompany their inner speech even when they are prompted to use verbal thinking, suggesting that visual thinking is deeply ingrained in the human brain.
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Nation & World
The fallout from Comey’s firing
Harvard Law School Professor Alex Whiting discusses the legal issues swirling around President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey.
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Campus & Community
Challenge to meet future needs accomplished
Three student ventures have been recognized with 2017 President’s Innovation Challenge awards, and three runners-up also won awards.
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Science & Tech
Human stem cells model the kidney’s filtration barrier
Researchers say their glomerulus-on-a-chip lined by human stem cell-derived kidney cells could help model patient-specific kidney diseases and guide therapeutic discovery.
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Arts & Culture
‘Vanity Lane’ wasn’t always an easy path
Graduate student La’Toya Princess Jackson ’19 presents her original ballet, “Vanity Lane,” during DanceFest at Arts First.
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Campus & Community
Misty Copeland, offstage
Misty Copeland, the American Ballet Theatre’s first black principal dancer, shares her life story with students.
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Campus & Community
Harvard yield highest since 1960s
Nearly 84 percent of students admitted to the Class of 2021 have chosen to matriculate at Harvard College. The last time the yield reached this level was in 1969.
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Campus & Community
‘There were just so many things that I was curious about’
Interview with Professor Joseph Nye as part of the Experience series.
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Campus & Community
Being ‘smart’ about her education
Amanda Rich found the Harvard Extension School a perfect landing spot for her third degree.
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Science & Tech
Sorrow, frustration, hope in opioid crisis
The Ed School and the Harvard Chan School brought together experts to discuss the nation’s opioid crisis in separate panel events.
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Campus & Community
Business School Professor David A. Garvin dies at 64
David A. Garvin, Harvard Business School’s C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, died at his home in Lexington, Mass., on Sunday, April 30, after a long battle with cancer. He was 64 years old.
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Arts & Culture
JFK speaks from his Harvard past
A new exhibit marking JFK’s centennial includes an audio file believed to be the earliest voice recording of the future president.
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Nation & World
A newly stable France, Europe
Arthur Goldhammer, an analyst of French politics, discusses the impact of France’s presidential election on that nation and on Europe.
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Campus & Community
Paving the way to entrepreneurship
Harvard-based program exposes high school students to the excitement and challenges of entrepreneurship.
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Science & Tech
Drone’s-eye view
Researchers in recent years have begun applying the emerging technology of the drone aircraft to research efforts, and are now even using them to quickly create 3-D maps of ancient sites in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
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Arts & Culture
The world in an exhibit
As Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology turns 150, a new exhibit highlights its pioneering efforts and the legacy of its cultural history.
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Campus & Community
Abell and Palandjian to lead Overseers
Scott A. Abell ’72 has been elected president of Harvard’s Board of Overseers for the academic year 2017-18. Tracy P. Palandjian ’93, M.B.A. ’97, will serve as vice chair of the Overseers executive committee for 2017-18.
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Campus & Community
Harvard faculty named to National Academy of Sciences
Eight Harvard faculty elected as members of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Nation & World
Harvard in Southeast Asia
Harvard President Drew Faust traveled to Vietnam and Singapore in March to speak about the benefits of higher education.
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Nation & World
Ask the undocumented
Amid Trump’s shifting harsh immigration policies, the Gazette talked with four Harvard undocumented students, all protected from deportation under a federal program, about their hopes and concerns.
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Nation & World
The lessons on Russian intelligence
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Mike Rogers, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, discuss Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
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Health
To age better, eat better
Much of life is beyond our control, but dining smartly can help us live healthier, longer
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Campus & Community
5 awarded Harvard College Professorships
The five faculty members named Harvard College Professors this month all share a talent for making their respective subjects come alive in the classroom.
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Campus & Community
Lowell House on May Day
In an annual ritual, Lowell House residents rise early to greet May Day by the river.
