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Science & Tech
New tool aids in sensing magnetic fields
In their quest to build a tool that uses atomic-scale impurities in diamonds to sense magnetic fields, a pair of Ph.D. candidates from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences have developed a method that can simultaneously detect magnetic fields in various directions: “It’s like listening to four FM radio stations at once and having…
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Nation & World
Harvard admissions trial begins today
As Harvard prepares to defend its admissions policies in U.S. District Court in Boston Oct. 15, the University’s new president delivered an unambiguous message: “The College’s admissions process does not discriminate against anybody.”
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Health
Study signals a limit to cancer’s complexity
New findings on cancer driver mutations creates hope for targeted therapy. “It appears there is a limit to cancer’s complexity,” says one of the study’s researchers, Martin Nowak of Harvard University.
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Arts & Culture
From the page to the stage
Composer and writer Min Kahng talks about how he created his musical “Four Immigrants” in advance of his Harvard visit.
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Campus & Community
New faculty: Lauren Williams
The Gazette sits down with Lauren Williams, the second woman to be tenured in Harvard’s Math Department and the Seaver Professor at the Radcliffe Institute.
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Campus & Community
Harvard’s sacred spaces
New and old sacred spaces at Harvard encourage pause and reflection, for religious and mindful communities alike.
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Campus & Community
After the inauguration, the celebration
The installation of Larry Bacow was followed by a giant block party in the Old Yard, with the entire Harvard community invited.
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Campus & Community
Bacow: ‘I am delighted to begin’
Larry Bacow was inaugurated as Harvard’s 29th president on Friday, the culmination of a two-day celebration that drew together faraway friends, colleagues from other universities, and members of the Harvard community for a range of events that ended with a block party.
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Health
Faith-based approach in battling malaria
Harvard Divinity School and the Harvard Chan School came together to discuss how education, trust, and acknowledging the role of faith in community members’ lives is crucial to helping curtail malaria in Africa.
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Campus & Community
HUBweek returns with fresh ideas
Harvard University, The Boston Globe, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are partnering again to present HUBweek, an idea festival. HUBweek brings together individuals and groups pushing the bounds of innovation in their industries.
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Arts & Culture
Why did Jill Lepore write an epic of U.S. history? It’s a long story
Lepore speaks with the Gazette about our shared past, her central argument, Supreme Court fan mail, and more.
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Campus & Community
Welcoming No. 29
Larry Bacow will be officially installed as Harvard’s 29th president on Friday.
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Arts & Culture
The poetic perspective
Amanda Gorman, the inaugural U.S. youth poet laureate and a Harvard junior, wrote a poem for Harvard President Larry Bacow’s inauguration based on the University’s history, Bacow’s love of running, and his approach to the job that emphasizes the long-term nature of achievement and the importance of working together toward change.
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Campus & Community
A pioneering mind for the power of design
As a sophomore at Wellesley College, Adele Fleet Bacow was attracted to architecture and art. Soon, after enrolling in a course on urban sociology, she found a passion that combined…
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Science & Tech
The down side to wind power
Researchers have determined that large-scale wind power would require more land and cause more environmental impact than previously thought.
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Campus & Community
Larry Bacow’s listening tour
New Harvard President Larry Bacow has been on a listening tour in advance of his inauguration Oct. 5.
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Science & Tech
A cautionary tale for Silicon Valley
John Carreyrou, the reporter who broke the story about the problems of the blood-testing company Theranos, explains the rise and fall of the Silicon Valley firm, and sees it as a cautionary tale.
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Science & Tech
Crunch time for the human race
Astrophysicist and cosmologist Martin Rees discusses his new book, “On the Future: Prospects for Humanity,” and shares his thoughts on climate change, artificial intelligence, robotics, and more.
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Nation & World
A troubled, but perhaps stronger, Europe
A panel of foreign policy analysts assesses the deeply strained relationship between the U.S. and Europe and consider what the future holds.
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Campus & Community
400 students make Harvard history
Harvard Extension School’s inaugural convocation filled a need to honor all students, particularly the online and distance learners, for their academic milestone after being admitted to a degree program.
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Campus & Community
Joseph John Harrington, 69
Professor Harrington helped improve the quality of life in communities with problems with clean drinking water and sanitation.
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Campus & Community
Don Craig Wiley, 57
Professor Wiley was one of the most influential molecular-structural biologists of the late 20th century.
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Science & Tech
Soft robotic arm acts as extension of human hand
Scientists at the Wyss Institute and colleagues have created a highly flexible soft robotic arm, giving biologists intuitive control over a module by wearing a glove equipped with wireless soft sensors that respond to their own hand and finger movements.
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Science & Tech
Why your online data isn’t safe
With a spate of massive data privacy breaches in the last two years, Harvard Law Professor Urs Gasser, executive director of the Berkman Klein Center, discusses whether regulating big tech is the answer.
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Campus & Community
Art of chess
Players bond and battle during Community Chess Weekend at Harvard’s Smith Campus Center.
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Campus & Community
Expanded Counseling and Mental Health Services
Paul Barreira and Barbara Lewis discuss the expansion of Counseling and Mental Health Services in the Smith Center, and how it broadens their mission.
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Arts & Culture
The serious business of comics
During Harvard visit, artist Scott McCloud explains how comics can promote a new way of seeing.
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Campus & Community
An update on Harvard’s diversity, inclusion efforts
In a Q&A session, presidential adviser and strategist John Silvanus Wilson discusses progress implementing the recommendations of the Presidential Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging.
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Arts & Culture
Special exhibits mark Bacow inauguration
To honor its past and its future, Harvard will offer special exhibits on Oct. 4 and 5 during the inauguration of Larry Bacow, the University’s 29th president.
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Arts & Culture
Anthropology with a family touch
Eight expeditions to the Kalahari Desert by a Cambridge family in the 1950s yielded more than 40,000 photographs that captured hunter-gatherer cultures on the verge of disappearing. Many of the photos are now on view at Harvard’s Peabody Museum in a new exhibit, “Kalahari Perspectives: Anthropology, Photography, and the Marshall Family.”
