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Campus & Community
Echoes of war, seeds of hope
Harvard President Drew Faust spoke about war and its painful aftermath during a visit to Ho Chi Minh City University for Social Sciences and Humanities.
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Campus & Community
Turning College dreams into reality
Shaunte Butler ’14 studied neurobiology as an undergraduate and is now in her first year at Yale Medical School. For the Miami native whose single mother worked two jobs to raise her children, Harvard’s generous financial aid helped make her College dreams a reality.
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Nation & World
How China and the U.S. might collide — or not
Panelists in a Kennedy School forum assessed the threat of future conflict between the United States and China.
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Campus & Community
Masquerade Ball puts One Harvard up front
The 7th Annual Masquerade Ball on March 4 included special guests such as Grammy-nominated R&B singer Karina Pasian and Miss Boston 2017, Gabriela Taveras.
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Health
Critical step found in DNA repair, cellular aging
The body’s ability to repair DNA damage declines with age, which causes gradual cell demise, overall bodily degeneration, and greater susceptibility to cancer. Experiments in mice suggest a way to thwart DNA damage.
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council meeting held March 22
On March 22 the members of the Faculty Council heard five-year legislated reviews of the Electrical Engineering concentration and of the Mechanical Engineering concentration. They also voted to endorse a…
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Campus & Community
Problems solved at Harvard’s math lounge
At almost any time of day, you’ll see students working out problem sets, attacking homework, or chilling with headsets in the revamped Austin and Chilton McDonnell Common Room.
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Health
The machinery of hearing
New research not only sheds new light on how hearing works, but could help clarify how it deteriorates over time.
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Science & Tech
Using a smartphone to screen for male infertility
New findings indicate that a smartphone-based semen analyzer can identify abnormal semen samples based on sperm concentration and motility criteria with approximately 98 percent accuracy.
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Campus & Community
David Rockefeller dies at 101
David Rockefeller, a business leader and prominent member of a storied family who was a generous benefactor to Harvard and once headed the Overseers, dies at 101.
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Nation & World
Danger in the internet echo chamber
Harvard Law School’s Cass R. Sunstein says as social media has made the world smaller and more connected, it’s also driven people further apart, pushing them into fragmented camps, which threatens democracy.
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Arts & Culture
The magic and moonlight of Winslow Homer
American artist Winslow Homer’s evocative oil painting “Summer Night,” depicting a scene along the Maine coast, is on loan to the Harvard Art Museums from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. The local museums’ director Martha Tedeschi, a Homer scholar, discussed the artist and his work.
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Arts & Culture
Hitting the books after hitting a wall
Miguel Garcia ’17 found meaning and salvation in his humanities studies after a bout with mental illness forced him to take a sabbatical in his Junior year.
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Campus & Community
Hard work pays off as medical students get to Match Day
On Match Day 2017, more than 150 Harvard Medical School students learned where they will spend the next three to seven years of their training.
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Campus & Community
FAS staff acknowledged for their contributions
The dozens of FAS staff who gathered in University Hall on March 9 were honored as Dean’s Distinction award winners, with 59 recipients receiving a total of 61 awards.
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Campus & Community
With Overseers president, interacting is key
Harvard Board of Overseers President Kenji Yoshino reflects on his six-year term on the board, with a look both backward and forward.
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Science & Tech
Creative path through Harvard Forest
David Buckley Borden, a Bullard Fellow at Harvard Forest, is using art to make a point about sustainability and conservation.
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Health
Progress in treating hearing loss
Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers have developed a drug cocktail that unlocks the potential to regrow inner-ear hair cells, which could help combat hearing loss.
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Arts & Culture
No rest for the witty
In the current political climate, using humor as a legitimate form of discourse is on par with scholarly essays and newspaper op-eds.
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Campus & Community
In support of international students
In the wake of the U.S. government’s second travel ban on people from a handful of countries, the University is offering a network of support to its international students who might be affected.
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Campus & Community
Harvard sweeps Yale with 6-4 and 4-3 wins
With two wins over Yale this past weekend, Harvard men’s ice hockey will move on to the ECAC semifinals in Lake Placid, N.Y.
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Science & Tech
More money, same results
A new study led by Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers examines the impact of individual physicians’ spending patterns on patient outcomes.
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Campus & Community
13 Allston-Brighton nonprofits to receive grants
Thirteen local nonprofits were selected to receive Harvard Allston Partnership Fund grants totaling $100,000 to support programs in the Allston-Brighton community.
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Arts & Culture
When potatoes become art
“Analogia I” by Victor Grippo is one of the Harvard Art Museums’ many works by artists who were redefining the global artistic landscape in the second half of the 20th century. The piece incorporates a series of potatoes connected to electrodes and a meter that registers the energy they produce.
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Nation & World
The hollow threat of nukes
As President Trump signals that he wants to expand the nation’s nuclear arsenal, two experts at a Harvard forum argued that some of the touted advantages of being a nuclear power have been overstated.
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Campus & Community
Tips on guiding parents through media maze
As part of the Harvard Ed Portal Faculty Speaker series, Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Joe Blatt shared his research on ever-changing technology and media’s impact on children.
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Health
Study flags later risks for sleep-deprived kids
Children ages 3 to 7 who don’t get enough sleep are more likely to have problems with attention, emotional control, and peer relationships in mid-childhood, according to a new study led by a Harvard pediatrician.
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Campus & Community
Get sorted
It’s Housing Day 2017 at Harvard, first with dorm assignments, and then with revelry.
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Campus & Community
Finalists named in President’s Innovation Challenge
Harvard Innovation Labs announced the 15 finalists for this year’s President’s Innovation Challenge. The grand prize winner will be named May 9.
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Science & Tech
Robots, exoskeletons, and invisible planes
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, is the rare government agency that is all about change, in this case endlessly improving technology that has military applications.
