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  • Nation & World

    The teetering Greece

    With talk of austerity and bailout terms as the backdrop, experts gathered at the Center for European Studies to discuss the Greek debt crisis in depth. They were not optimistic that a solution is near.

  • Arts & Culture

    Scrolling through the galleries

    A series of virtual tours enables a deep dive into selected pieces at the Harvard Art Museums.

  • Health

    A new understanding of Alzheimer’s

    Using the principle of natural selection, researchers have outlined a new model of the disease suggesting that mitochondria — power plants for cells — might be at its center.

  • Campus & Community

    Innovation Lab appoints new managing director

    Jodi Goldstein has been appointed the Evans Family Foundation Managing Director of the Harvard Innovation Lab.

  • Nation & World

    From prison to poverty

    Harvard sociologist and Radcliffe fellow Bruce Western recently completed a study tracking 122 incarcerated men and women in the Boston area who were released back into society. Western’s research helps shed light on how poverty, along with unaddressed problems, helped shape his subjects’ lives.

  • Health

    Malaria: Down but not out

    Anti-malaria efforts have made progress in recent years, but authorities have to keep up the pressure if they are to defeat an illness that is not only ancient, but resilient, speakers at Harvard said.

  • Health

    The entire egg

    Harvard Professor Walter Willett underlined the distinction between dietary and blood cholesterol, and stressed whole foods rather than any single nutrient as key to a healthy diet.

  • Nation & World

    The talented Georges Doriot

    Exhibition at Harvard Business School’s Baker Library celebrates the rich career of one of the School’s most influential faculty members, Georges Doriot.

  • Campus & Community

    Eva Longoria celebrates Harvard diversity

    Acclaimed actress Eva Longoria was presented the 2015 Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year award at the 30th annual Cultural Rhythms festival in Sanders Theatre on Saturday.

  • Nation & World

    Lessons learned in astronaut school

    In a recent EdCast, NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson shares her thoughts on women and STEM education, her personal journey as a student, and her time in space.

  • Campus & Community

    Brown named to National Academy of Engineering

    Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital Professor Emery N. Brown, who also holds appointments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was named to the National Academy of Engineering in early February.

  • Health

    Shelter for the psyche

    Harvard psychiatrist Jacqueline Olds offers some tips for coping with the snow and the dark days of winter.

  • Arts & Culture

    Legacy of resolve

    Escaped slave and abolitionist Lewis Hayden’s work goes on, through the students who receive the scholarship established in his name at Harvard Medical School.

  • Campus & Community

    Patrick named Commencement speaker

    Deval L. Patrick, who recently concluded two terms as governor of Massachusetts, will be the principal speaker at the Afternoon Exercises of Harvard’s 364th Commencement in May.

  • Campus & Community

    Buoyant welcome for Ed Portal reboot

    The reimagined Harvard Ed Portal, a 12,000-square-foot space devoted to teaching and innovation, opened its doors Feb. 21 at Western Avenue and North Harvard Street in Allston.

  • Science & Tech

    Climate engineering: In from the cold

    Harvard Professor David Keith says that two new reports by the National Academy of Sciences are likely to boost a deeper look at possible geoengineering options for climate engineering.

  • Nation & World

    Code like a girl

    HGSE panelists outlined ways to counter the shortage of women pursuing careers that require a STEM education, particularly in computer science.

  • Arts & Culture

    ‘Revolutionary’ writing earns prize nomination

    One of the nation’s largest and most prestigious literary awards, the George Washington Book Prize recognizes the best new books on early American history.

  • Arts & Culture

    Evaluating the Oscars

    Film critic A.O. Scott spoke with the Gazette about the current crop of Oscar contenders, and Hollywood’s trends.

  • Campus & Community

    Not a straight path

    Matthew DeShaw ’18 writes about making room for his passions, and listening to mentors, in his shopping-week decisions.

  • Science & Tech

    Playing the ‘envelope game’

    Harvard researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind model, dubbed the “envelope game,” that can help researchers to understand not only why humans evolved to be cooperative but why people evolved to cooperate in a principled way.

  • Arts & Culture

    A.O. Scott reviews himself

    In a question-and-answer interview, New York Times film critic and Harvard alumnus A.O. Scott explains his craft, and how he came to it.

  • Health

    Obesity epidemic needs new approach

    Researchers call the notion that obesity is driven by either personal choice or the environment a false dichotomy, and suggest that these competing perspectives be merged to show the reciprocal relationship between the individual and the places he or she lives and eats.

  • Science & Tech

    Mysterious link between galaxy and black hole

    A new study of football-shaped collections of stars called elliptical galaxies provides insights into the connection between a galaxy and its black hole. This new research was designed to address a controversy in the field.

  • Nation & World

    A different kind of drug research

    In a question-and-answer session, the leaders of a Radcliffe Institute seminar on America’s long “war on drugs” shared why they are looking back at history and ahead for fresh answers.

  • Science & Tech

    Less corporate, more mindful

    Harvard Law School grad and former Pixar CFO Lawrence Levy was on campus to talk about leaving corporate life to promote the benefits of meditation with his nonprofit Juniper Foundation.

  • Campus & Community

    Grasping a rung on the ladder

    The Rev. Jonathan Walton spent close to two weeks in January taking part in the Mamelodi Initiative, an education and community-enrichment program co-founded several years ago by Harvard graduate Richard Kelley ’10. The program helps prepare students for college.

  • Arts & Culture

    Slavery’s lost lives, found

    Historian Richard Dunn talks about his new book, a sweeping historical analysis of life on two plantations in Jamaica and Virginia across the final decades of slavery.

  • Campus & Community

    Covering the snow

    Photo gallery: Harvard staff members keep the campus running throughout record snowfalls.

  • Arts & Culture

    Toward total war

    Experts on World War I gathered for a conference on the “great seminal catastrophe” of the 20th century.