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  • Arts & Culture

    Isaacson to deliver Rothschild Lecture

    Best-selling author and journalist Walter Isaacson will present the 2013 Maurine and Robert Rothschild Lecture, “The Genius of Jobs, Einstein, and Franklin,” on April 8 at the Radcliffe Gymnasium.

  • Campus & Community

    New support for nursing mothers

    Harvard has had lactation rooms on both the Cambridge and Harvard Longwood campuses for more than a decade. It most recently added two additional rooms and updated three others. The most recent room opened in Widener Library.

  • Nation & World

    Admissions, beyond a single test

    Inspired by Harvard College, Trinity College Dublin will pilot a holistic model for admissions.

  • Science & Tech

    Sharper view of matter

    In a breakthrough that could one day yield important clues about the nature of matter itself, a team of Harvard scientists has measured the magnetic charge of single particles of matter and antimatter with unprecedented precision.

  • Campus & Community

    Finalists selected in President’s Challenge

    Harvard University today announced the selection of 10 teams of finalists in the 2013 President’s Challenge for social entrepreneurship.

  • Campus & Community

    Oxtoby, Chang to lead Overseers

    David W. Oxtoby has been elected president of Harvard’s Board of Overseers for 2013-14. Lynn Chang will become vice chair of the board’s executive committee.

  • Nation & World

    More opportunities for women

    Speaking in South Korea at the conclusion of a five-day visit to Asia, Harvard President Drew Faust urged greater educational opportunities for women.

  • Arts & Culture

    The dark side of chocolate

    Exploring the sweet and dark sides of chocolate, a new course examines the history and food politics of the beloved treat.

  • Campus & Community

    Women’s basketball beats Hartford

    Harvard’s women’s basketball, making its fourth appearance in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, has advanced to the second round for a second straight year.

  • Campus & Community

    Harvard-HRI preserve affordability at Putnam Square Apartments

    Harvard University and Homeowner’s Rehab Inc. (HRI), a Cambridge-based nonprofit, have agreed to terms on a property transfer for the Putnam Square Apartments at 2 Mt. Auburn Streetthat will ensure the building remains affordable housing.

  • Arts & Culture

    New spaces for old friends

    What’s in store for the revamped Harvard Art Museums, set to open in fall 2014? On Wednesday evening, curators offered visitors a glimpse of how the museums’ collections will be showcased in the new building, with a nod toward the thoughtful, the innovative, and the interactive.

  • Nation & World

    Creator of skyscrapers

    Harvard College and Graduate School of Design alumnus Paul Tange is changing skylines across Asia through the work of his Tokyo-based architecture firm, Tange Associates.

  • Science & Tech

    The power of ‘thanks’

    In “Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed, and How We Can Stick to the Plan,” Francesca Gino, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, explores a range of fascinating subjects, including how emotions influence decisions and the often-thorny matter of understanding the perspectives of others. Blending social science and real-world examples, Gino’s book also highlights…

  • Science & Tech

    A vision of floating cities

    With the world’s sea levels rising and posing a long-term threat to coastal cities, Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi suggests building houses that float, but, taken together, still function as a community.

  • Campus & Community

    A look inside: Pforzheimer House

    Pfoho Pfridays use the newly renovated Junior Common Room to celebrate the weekend’s arrival at 5 p.m.

  • Health

    When timing is everything

    In a new paper, Christopher Marx, associate professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, says that beneficial mutations may occur more often than first thought, but many never emerge as “winners” because they don’t fall within the narrow set of circumstances required for them to dominate a population.

  • Campus & Community

    Allston Partnership fund extended

    Harvard University announced the extension of the Harvard Allston Partnership Fund (HAPF), bringing an additional $500,000 in grants to local nonprofits that serve and support the Allston-Brighton community.

  • Nation & World

    China’s stability during war, revolution, and unrest

    Daniel Koss, a doctoral student in Harvard’s Government Department, has spent nearly a year in China, studying how such a large, diverse nation could remain intact through decades of warfare, revolution, and unrest, and emerge to wield growing influence on the global stage.

  • Campus & Community

    Hidden Spaces: Beck-Warren House

    The latest bathroom technology is everywhere on Harvard’s campus: low-flush urinals, dual-flush toilets, metered faucets, and hands-free paper towel dispensers. But sometime, take a step into the past and enter Beck-Warren House, where the second-floor bathroom is so preserved it could be a museum.

  • Arts & Culture

    Poetic greetings

    A Woodberry Poetry Room exhibition features the “Phone-a-Poem” archive, a Cambridge-based service that for 25 years allowed callers to dial in and listen to a famous poet recite his or her work as it was played back on an answering machine.

  • Nation & World

    Harvard’s hand in shaping education

    Opening a weeklong visit to Asia, Harvard President Drew Faust on Monday called knowledge “the most important currency of the 21st century,” highlighting faculty research, student engagement, and online learning as central to Harvard’s global strategy.

  • Campus & Community

    Traveling different paths

    Twenty students who were chosen by lottery to join Professor Matthew Nock and Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds at her house for a “fireside chat.” The event was the second in a new series meant to connect undergraduates with faculty members in an open, informal, and welcoming atmosphere.

  • Nation & World

    A focus on violence

    During remarks at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Marian Wright Edelman, president and founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, addressed ways to combat violence in schools.

  • Campus & Community

    Gardner reaps the rewards

    A crowd of more than 100 teachers, school leaders, children, parents, Allston-Brighton residents, and Harvard University officials recently gathered at the Harvard Business School to encourage support for the Gardner Pilot Academy (GPA) and honor Lisa Moellman, the recipient of the second annual Gardner Champion Award.

  • Arts & Culture

    High art with a human touch

    Visionary architect and developer John C. Portman Jr., inventor of soaring atria in city hotels, stopped by the Harvard’s Graduate School of Design to offer advice and wisdom.

  • Nation & World

    A wild Rose in bloom

    Former dropout and wild child L. Todd Rose, an unconventional learner, is blazing new trails at the Ed School and has written a book about his journey, called “Square Peg.”

  • Campus & Community

    Houses become homes

    With another Housing Day, Harvard’s freshmen learn where they’ll be living next year, as the Houses colorfully compete to show the most spirit.

  • Health

    One gene, many mutations

    In a new paper, Harvard researchers show that changes in coat color in mice are the result not of a single mutation, but of many mutations, all in a single gene. The results start to answer one of the fundamental questions about evolution: Does it proceed by huge leaps — single mutations that result in…

  • Campus & Community

    Going back to the dance

    For the second straight year, the Harvard men’s basketball team is headed to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.

  • Campus & Community

    Faculty Council meeting

    On March 13, the Faculty Council heard a report on the capital campaign and discussed the proposed outside activities policy.