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Nation & World
Viewing Ukraine’s war-torn health care through a personal lens
Ukrainian American physicians from Harvard Medical School and affiliated hospitals gathered virtually Tuesday to share experiences with the war.
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Arts & Culture
Becoming Julia Child
A culinary expert at Schlesinger Library, which holds the celebrity chef’s archival collection, examines her enduring legacy.
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Health
Eating one avocado a week may lower heart disease risk
A Harvard study finds that people who eat two or more servings of avocado each week may lower their risk of cardiovascular disease compared to people who rarely eat avocado.
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Campus & Community
Theodore C. Bestor, 69
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 5, 2022, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Theodore C. Bestor, Reischauer Institute Professor of Social Anthropology, was placed upon the records. Professor Bestor was a major force in the emergence of the social anthropology subdiscipline of East Asian…
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Campus & Community
Jerome Kagan, 92
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 5, 2022, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Jerome Kagan, Daniel and Amy Starch Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Kagan Kagan pioneered the integration of biological and psychological methods.
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Campus & Community
Robert Duncan Luce, 87
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 5, 2022, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late R. Duncan Luce, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Luce was a renowned mathematical psychologist.
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Campus & Community
James Sidanius, 75
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 5, 2022, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late James Sidanius, John Lindsley Professor of Psychology in Memory of William James and Professor of African and African American Studies, was placed upon the records. Professor Sidanius was a widely recognized…
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Campus & Community
Seeing like anthropologist through camera’s lens
Ryan Christopher Jones brings an anthropologist’s eye to his work as a freelance journalist. After finishing his liberal arts degree at the Extension School, he’ll be pursuing a Ph.D. in anthropology at Harvard this fall.
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Health
Siren call of daylight saving must be resisted, scientists say
Research, experience point to cancer link and other risks, suggesting standard time would be better year-round choice.
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Arts & Culture
A funny thing happened in comedy
Radcliffe event focusing on gender looks at changes taking place as once-marginalized performers shake things up.
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Nation & World
Weatherhead fellow aims to pair social justice, sports
Ex-pro soccer player Justin Morrow, founder of Black Players for Change, focuses on raising diversity in leadership roles.
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Health
HIV drug shows promise against metastatic cancer
A drug widely used in HIV therapy has shown to stop disease progression in 25 percent of patients with fourth-line metastatic colorectal cancer.
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Health
Cost of distancing may outweigh benefits for healthy adults
Harvard experts say loneliness, isolation raise risk of depression, anxiety, heart ills.
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Nation & World
Rebuilding Ukraine after ‘great de-developer’
Worse than chemical and nuclear weapons may be the utter and widespread destruction of conventional arms, a Harvard humanitarian expert said.
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Campus & Community
Entering a second decade of innovation
The 11th annual President’s Innovation Challenge names 25 finalists.
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Campus & Community
Tracy Palandjian elected to Harvard Corporation
Tracy Pun Palandjian ’93, M.B.A. ’97, a Boston-based nonprofit leader, former Harvard Overseer, and recognized expert on impact investing, will become the newest member of the Harvard Corporation, the University announced Monday.
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Campus & Community
Taeku Lee joins Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Taeku Lee is a leading scholar on racial and ethnic politics, identity formation, and inequality.
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Nation & World
Black progress, white anger
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. spoke at the latest virtual JFK Jr. Forum, which is part of the “Reckoning with the Past, Rebuilding the Future” speaker.
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Health
The price of a pre-pandemic lifestyle
Scientists conducted a simulation study that projected the future of the COVID-19 pandemic in every state.
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Arts & Culture
A gallery of their own
Four artists who happen to work at Harvard during their other hours say why the creative arts are important to theme.
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Nation & World
Russian actions speak louder than withdrawal promises, analyst says
Amid hopeful signs of progress in the war in Ukraine, a Harvard expert on the region takes an “actions speak louder than words” approach to Russian promises.
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Campus & Community
Harvard to expand financial aid starting with Class of ’26
The change aims to ease the pressures of expenses and remove economic barriers to attending Harvard College.
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Nation & World
Joseph Stiglitz warned of wealth gap in 2012 — and it’s gotten worse
Joseph E. Stiglitz discusses how inequality has affected the country over the last decade during an HKS lecture Monday evening.
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Science & Tech
You call that a wildcat?
Hopi Hoekstra documents whether NCAA team mascots are really what they say they are. Here’s a bracket-buster: Many of them aren’t.
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Campus & Community
Allyson Hobbs is elected Class of 1997’s chief marshal
Allyson Hobbs ’97, whose award-winning writing, scholarship, and teaching tackle the history and lasting impact of race in the U.S., will serve as this year’s chief marshal of alumni.
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Science & Tech
Whimsical steampunk tour of quantum thermodynamics
New book uses examples of a genre that blends futuristic technology with Victorian style to explain concepts of revolutionary new science.
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Nation & World
Wait — what if Will Smith was just being a man?
A psychologist who works with adolescents reflects on messages boys receive about male aggression as world reacts to violence at the Oscars.
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Health
Bringing the cancer fight back down to earth
Halving deaths and other Biden goals are in reach, experts say, but let’s forget about “moonshot” and focus on resources and prevention.
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Nation & World
Bearing witness to Ukraine war through eyes of refugees
Documentary photographer and alum travels world to raise awareness of plight of those fleeing violence, persecution.
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Campus & Community
Rhapsody in blue
Gazette photographers use the cyanotype printing process to capture Harvard Yard trees.
