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Campus & Community
When a House is a bountiful home
Harvard roommates from varied backgrounds say that, in the College’s House system, their differences draw them together.
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Arts & Culture
‘Now I am the memory that’s left’
Patricia J. Williams changed the focus of her fellowship after the death of her mother last fall as she realized, “Now I am the memory that’s left.”
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Science & Tech
Team plans industrial-scale carbon removal plant
In a step to help fight global warming, Harvard Professor David Keith has a plan to repurpose existing technology to slash the costs of carbon capture.
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Arts & Culture
The proof is in the print
“Analog Culture” features approximately 90 prints from the celebrated Manhattan photo lab of Gary Schneider and John Erdman.
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Science & Tech
Virtual lab to extend reach of science education
Amgen and Harvard are teaming up to develop a free online education platform called LabXchange.
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Nation & World
Making soccer everyone’s game
A three-day symposium hosted by Harvard’s Weatherhead Initiative on Global History, titled “Participation, Inclusion and Social Responsibility in Global Sports,” probed issues of racism and inclusion.
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Campus & Community
STAGE struck
Phillips Brooks House Association’s STAGE worked with Cambridge and Boston youth on the fundamentals of theater, exploring plot, characterization, improvisation, and more.
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Arts & Culture
Michael Pollan takes a trip
Michael Pollan, author, lecturer, and science writer, experimented with psychedelics as part of his new book on the latest research in the field.
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Science & Tech
Creating piece of mind
A graduate student, who had a baseball-sized brain tumor, was curious to see what his brain looked like before the tumor was removed. This led him to colleagues who collaborated on a new 3-D printing technique.
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Campus & Community
Voicing their differences
The student group 21 Colorful Crimson performs a mix of covers and originals, with hopes of eventually recording an album of their own material.
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Health
Fired-up McCarthy takes leadership role at Harvard Chan School
The Harvard Chan School relaunched its center for health and environment with a new name, a new director, and a new collaboration with Google.
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Campus & Community
Take five, like, and share
Instagram series seeks to show Harvard students’ lighter sides, from their favorite music and TV to their quirks and pet peeves.
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Campus & Community
Noted Harvard physicist Richard Wilson dies at 92
Richard “Dick” Wilson, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics Emeritus, dies at 92. A memorial service is planned for June 24 at the Harvard Faculty Club.
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Campus & Community
Getting comfortable outside their comfort zones
The first installment in a new series on campus diversity as a cornerstone of a Harvard education.
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Campus & Community
The myriad moments of Commencement
The weeklong buildup to Commencement Day’s ancient and scripted rites is a feast for the eyes, the ears, the palate, but mostly the heart.
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Science & Tech
New light on dark matter
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics researchers explore dark matter particles that may carry an electric charge, and explain why that matters.
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Arts & Culture
Material interests
Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord discusses the process behind her handmade books nested in cradles of wood at Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum.
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Campus & Community
Vice president of Harvard Library to retire
Sarah E. Thomas will retire from her roles as vice president of the Harvard Library and University librarian and as Roy E. Larsen Librarian of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the end of this year.
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Health
Pig organs for human patients: A challenge fit for CRISPR
To help develop safe and effective cells, tissues, and organs for medical transplant into human patients, Harvard’s Office of Technology Development has granted a technology license to the Cambridge biotech startup eGenesis.
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Arts & Culture
A year that changed students, and students changed the world
“Harvard, 1968,” a new exhibition at Pusey Library, explores student and faculty experiences from a time of turbulence.
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Campus & Community
Hillary Clinton receives Radcliffe Medal
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received the Radcliffe Medal on Friday, an annual award honoring an individual whose life and work have had a “transformative impact on society.”
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Health
New research finds key players in MS progression
Researchers identify the key players involved in the gut-brain connection and their roles in the progression of neurologic diseases, such multiple sclerosis.
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Campus & Community
Bringing biology and mathematics together
The National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation have awarded a grant to Harvard scientists to create a research center aimed at bringing biologists and mathematicians together to answer some of the central questions about living systems.
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Campus & Community
Facing the future, Lewis and Faust see reason for hope
Harvard Commencement Speaker John Lewis exhorts graduates to get to work in the fight for justice.
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Campus & Community
Letter from a father to his graduating daughter
Ian Nicholson has some advice for his daughter Lauren as she graduates from Harvard.
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Campus & Community
Kasich urges grads to seek a deeper purpose
Philosophy, not politics, was the subject of Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s Commencement address at the Harvard Kennedy School on Wednesday. “This is not a public policy speech,” the 2016 Republican presidential contender told the graduates, as he challenged them to reach for a deeper purpose.
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Campus & Community
Six new Harvard Overseers elected
Six new officers have been elected to Harvard University’s Board of Overseers, and another half dozen as directors of the Harvard Alumni Association.
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Campus & Community
The ending as beginning: Commencement ’18
Harvard’s annual Commencement is both a conclusion and a start for those graduating. But the day also is a gathering of the far-flung Crimson clan under tents and trees in…
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Campus & Community
Reflections on Inequality in America Initiative’s first year
In its first nine months, Harvard’s Inequality Initiative pursued a three-pronged effort, beginning with a public symposium last fall.
