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Campus & Community
Harvard readies for 369th Commencement
Harvard University will hold its 369th Commencement on May 28.
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Campus & Community
Martin ‘Marty’ Baron to speak at Commencement
Martin “Marty” Baron, widely regarded as one of the leading newspaper editors of his era, will be the principal speaker at the Afternoon Program of Harvard’s 369th Commencement on May 28.
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Science & Tech
The ‘right’ diet
Professor Emily Balskus and her team have identified an entirely new class of enzymes that degrade chemicals essential for neurological health, but also help digest foods like nuts, berries, and tea, releasing nutrients that may impact human health.
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Work & Economy
Business leaders see U.S. unprepared for economic downturn
New research from HBS faculty on the state of U.S. competitiveness finds that the business community may hold the key to dismantling a dysfunctional political system that threatens the nation’s economic outlook.
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Arts & Culture
Good things come in ancient packages
Project to make complete visual digital records of three 3,000-year-old coffins turns up a painting of a deity.
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Science & Tech
A crisper CRISPR
Fewer off-target edits and greater targeting scope bring gene editing technology closer to treating human diseases.
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Health
‘Game Changers’ puts muscle behind plant-based diet
“The Game Changers” brought a panel of athletes and experts to tout the benefits of a plant-based diet to Harvard.
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Health
Coronavirus likely to infect the global economy
A Harvard Business School expert says effects will strengthen as manufacturers everywhere feel the pinch of slowing one of the world’s largest economies.
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Campus & Community
Koma Gandy Fischbein ’95 elected chief marshal
Koma Gandy Fischbein ’95 will serve as chief marshal at Harvard’s 369th Commencement on May 28.
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Campus & Community
Matchmaker, matchmaker put me in your algorithm
After 25 Valentine’s Days, Datamatch, a student-run online matchmaking service that pairs Harvard students for a date, is going nationwide.
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Health
Targeted drug shows promise in advanced kidney cancer
Harvard researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a novel targeted drug that shows promise in advanced kidney cancer by interfering with the abnormal blood vessel formation that fuels tumor growth.
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Campus & Community
Before entrepreneurial culture became a thing
Harvard Student Agencies provides students the opportunity to learn how to start and run a business.
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Science & Tech
Going where the diversity is
Two graduate students from Arnold Arboretum have created the Mamoní Valley Preserve Natural History Project, an ongoing series of student-led field expeditions designed to increase our understanding of how biodiversity can persevere in the face of climate change, deforestation, and human disturbance.
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Health
Coronavirus likely now ‘gathering steam’
Harvard’s Marc Lipsitch said evidence indicates that the international cordon keeping coronavirus cases bottled up in China is a leaky one, and it’s likely that the relative handful of global cases reported so far are undercounted. If true, that will lead to widespread illness internationally, including in the U.S.
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Science & Tech
New details about mumps outbreaks of 2016‒17
Studying the mumps virus genomes in 2016 and 2017 filled in gaps about how the disease was spreading in Massachusetts and elsewhere in the U.S.
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Health
Heatwave = heat stroke = ER visit
Bringing climate change into the examining room by discussing links between a warming environment and the everyday health of patients.
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Campus & Community
New Corporation member named
Diana L. Nelson ’84 will become the newest member of the Harvard Corporation effective July 1.
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Campus & Community
A pitch perfect welcome
Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year, Ben Platt, gets a musical tour of Farkas Hall and a performance by the Radcliffe Pitches a cappella group.
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Arts & Culture
Now that she has the floor
Tap dancer Ayodele Casel swings into the spotlight — and brings her predecessors with her.
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Work & Economy
Women less inclined to self-promote than men, even for a job
Harvard Business School’s Christine Exley talks about her recent research that indicates women’s reluctance to self-promote, compared to men’s, may be more persistent than previously understood.
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Science & Tech
Getting the brain’s attention
New technology helps dissect how the brain ignores or acts on information
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Campus & Community
As the nation shifted from ‘Negro’ to black
Kent Garrett and Jeanne Ellsworth’s “Last Negroes at Harvard” chronicles the lives of the groundbreaking 18 black members of the Class of 1963.
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Campus & Community
Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility releases annual report
The 2019 Annual Report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR), a subcommittee of the President and Fellows, is now available on the Shareholder Responsibility Committees’ website.
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Nation & World
The war against colonial slavery
As part of the 1776 Salon series at the American Repertory Theater, Harvard Professor Vincent Brown will discuss his book, “Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War.”
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Science & Tech
How I hacked the government (it was easier than you may think)
Though no expert coder, Max Weiss ’20, a government concentrator uses bots to show an agency its website vulnerability.
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Health
Antioxidant reverses most BPA-induced fertility damage in worms
Treatment with a naturally occurring antioxidant, CoQ10, restores many aspects of fertility in C. elegans worms following exposure to BPA. The findings offer a possible path toward undoing BPA-induced reproductive harms in people.
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Arts & Culture
‘Stand Up’ for best song
Recent alums Joshuah Campbell and Gabe Fox-Peck discuss their Best Song Oscar nomination for “Harriet.”
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Nation & World
What remakes a legend most?
Greek Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis presented his plans for “Reinventing Athens” during a talk at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies.
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Science & Tech
Collaboration generates most complete cancer genome map
An international team of 1,300 scientists has generated the most complete cancer genome map to date, bringing researchers closer to identifying all major cancer-causing genetic mutations.
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Campus & Community
Three honored for inspiring students
Three faculty have been named recipients of the 2019 Fannie Cox Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching.
