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Health
Compound protects nerve cells targeted by diseases
Harvard researchers have identified a compound that helps protect the cells destroyed by spinal muscular atrophy, the most frequent fatal genetic disease of young children.
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Campus & Community
Samantha Power returns to Harvard
The 28th U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations has been named to a joint faculty appointment at the Law School and Kennedy School.
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Nation & World
The ties between Berlin, Istanbul
Expatriates from Berlin and Istanbul who live in each other’s cities offer insights to help guide policymakers.
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Campus & Community
Funny how the brain works
Brooke Bourgeois has evolved from a science newbie into a senior about to graduate with a degree in neurobiology and her sights set on medical school. Funny thing, though, she’s also a performer and an artist.
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Campus & Community
A session to foster inclusion, belonging
More than 750 trade experiences, ideas at Sanders Theatre session to encourage a more inclusive Harvard.
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Nation & World
Behind the Gorsuch nomination
Just a day after Neil Gorsuch survived a political firestorm and was sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Kelly Ayotte, the former senator from New Hampshire, talked about her experience guiding him through the confirmation process.
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Campus & Community
Harvard boosts on-campus reuse of online course content
HarvardX boosts on-campus reuse of online course content.
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council meeting held April 12
On April 12 the members of the Faculty Council heard the five-year legislated review of the rules regarding the awarding of degrees summa cum laude and a report on English honors. They also discussed the Faculty Council election results and potential changes to the Handbook for Students.
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Campus & Community
Harvard faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences today announced the election of 228 new members, including 13 Harvard faculty.
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Campus & Community
For her, home is the heart of the matter
Dana McKinney, M.Arch ’17, M.UP ’17, hopes to use design creativity to affect social change.
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Campus & Community
Biden named Class Day speaker
Joe Biden, recent vice president and six-term U.S. senator, will deliver the annual Class Day address to the graduating Class of 2017 at Harvard.
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Campus & Community
From Harvard to stardom and back
“A Celebration of Harvard Artists” marks the 25th anniversary of the University’s annual Arts First festival and Harvard’s ongoing commitment to supporting the study and practice of the arts across campus.
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Health
Good genes are nice, but joy is better
Harvard study, almost 80 years old, has proved that embracing community helps us live longer, and be happier
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Nation & World
Student focuses on what it takes to make Muslim leaders
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Ph.D. student Nancy Khalil looks at the difficulty of finding and training Muslim imams. The Harvard Horizons Scholar will present her research on April 12.
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Science & Tech
Light years ahead
Q&A with Dava Sobel, whose new book “The Glass Universe” explores pioneering work by female analysts at the Harvard College Observatory.
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Arts & Culture
A transformative trip
A required course for classics concentrators at Harvard, “Regional Study of Sicily” student writer Matthew DeShaw says it is “unlike any other class I have taken.”
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Campus & Community
Strong Pulitzer showing for Harvard
Harvard University was well-represented in this year’s Pulitzer Prizes, announced Monday, with honors for sociologist Matthew Desmond in general nonfiction, David Fahrenthold ’00 in national reporting, Colson Whitehead ’91 in fiction, and composer Du Yun who received a Ph.D.
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Campus & Community
Art of combining chemistry and architecture
Maille Radford, the first student to graduate with joint degrees in chemistry and history of art and architecture, has her sights set on a museum career.
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Campus & Community
Maura Healey named 2017 chief marshal
Maura Healey ’92, attorney general for the commonwealth of Massachusetts, has been elected by her Harvard and Radcliffe College classmates to serve as chief marshal at Harvard’s 366th Commencement ceremony on May 25.
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Campus & Community
Nothing common about it
The Cabot Science Library is reopening as a dynamic student commons and high-tech space for study and research.
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Health
Bringing big data to the farm
Digital technology and big data will power the next big advance in the business of farming, the head of a “digital agriculture” firm told a Harvard audience.
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Campus & Community
Gay Marine helps change history
As the first American to be injured in the Iraq War, Marine Eric Alva shares the story of being gay in the military at Harvard’s final Faculty of Arts and Sciences Diversity Dialogue.
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Work & Economy
The internal marriage tax of women M.B.A.s
Study says that female M.B.A. students may downplay their career ambitions if they sense doing otherwise will harm their marriage prospects.
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Nation & World
For Ruby Sales, long road to hope
Civil Rights icon Ruby Sales will talk about her life and activism in a visit to the Divinity School.
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Arts & Culture
Cassandra Wilson’s voice of wisdom
Acclaimed jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson is at Harvard this week to work with students and share her insights and experiences in music.
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Campus & Community
Seizing his chance to grow
Harvard’s Financial Aid Initiative has helped Michael Wingate make the most of his education.
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Nation & World
Reporting live from the front lines of history
Ann Compton talked about the landmark events she has covered in her 40-year career as an ABC News reporter and White House correspondent. Compton was the guest speaker at Harvard Extension School’s Lowell Lecture.
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Health
Understanding life, here, there, and everywhere
Harvard’s Origins of Life Initiative has grown along with the rise in interest in how life first arose on Earth and whether it exists on other planets.
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Campus & Community
John Max Rosenfield, 89
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 4, 2017, the following Minute for John Max Rosenfield, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of East Asian Art, Emeritus, was placed upon the records.
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Campus & Community
Svetlana Boym, 54
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 4, 2017, the following Minute was placed upon the records.