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Health
Hip replacement needed a ‘light bulb moment.’ Getting there was painful.
In his new book, “Vanishing Bone,” Harvard surgeon William Harris described setbacks on the path to breakthrough collaboration that corrected a major problem in hip replacement surgery.
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Arts & Culture
Honored or not, these films won critic’s heart
Ahead of the Academy Awards, David Edelstein ’81 talks up his favorite films of the past year.
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Nation & World
Stirrings of a new nuclear arms race
The Department of Defense’s new review of U.S. nuclear policy and capabilities calls for an end to decades of disarmament efforts and a return to superpower arms race, not just with Russia but China. The added dimension of cyber warfare further complicates matters.
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Arts & Culture
The topic is race, onstage and afterward
Poet Claudia Rankine’s new play places a conversation about race center stage and encourages audiences to continue to engage with the discussion after the curtain falls.
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Campus & Community
Inclusion is the key
Harvard College’s Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, which includes the Office of BGLTQ Student Life, finds new home in renovated space inside Grays Hall.
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Nation & World
Probing the past and future of #MeToo
The long history behind the #MeToo movement and its future impact were the focus of a discussion with Harvard scholars at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
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Arts & Culture
A turning point in memory
A panel at the Graduate School of Design discussed historical monuments, and new ways to create them.
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Science & Tech
For this flower, it’s ready, set, launch
Harvard researchers used high-speed video to not only quantify how fast the filaments in mountain laurel flowers move, but how they target likely pollinators.
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Science & Tech
An exosuit tailored to fit
Based on an algorithm, researchers can quickly direct the exosuit when and where to deliver its assistive force to improve hip extension.
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Nation & World
Goodbye James Bond, hello big data
A former chief of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service says technology and China’s rise are among the greatest national-security challenges facing the West.
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Campus & Community
Charles Slichter, longtime Corporation member, dies at 94
Charles Pence Slichter ’45-’46, A.M. ’47, Ph.D. ’49, an internationally known physicist who won the National Medal of Science in 2007 and served on the Harvard Corporation for a quarter-century, died on Feb. 19. He was 94.
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Arts & Culture
Visions pursued through darkest shadows
“Inventur — Art in Germany, 1943‒55,” at the Harvard Art Museums through June 3, features work that has drawn scant attention in the United States.
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Campus & Community
Lewis named Harvard Commencement speaker
U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a Civil Rights leader who has represented Georgia’s 5th District for more than 30 years, will be the principal speaker at the Afternoon Program of Harvard’s 367th Commencement on May 24.
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Science & Tech
James McCarthy recognized for climate change insights
Tyler Prize winner James McCarthy, a professor of biological oceanography and Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, remains optimistic that climate change is a solvable problem.
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Arts & Culture
Wielding data against doom and gloom
In his 2011 book, “The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined,” Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker argued that despite common assumptions, violence has dropped dramatically from biblical times…
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Science & Tech
Black hole blasts may transform ‘mini-Neptunes’ into rocky worlds
Researchers believe outbursts by a nearby supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way have transformed Neptune-like planets into rocky planets.
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Work & Economy
The quest to win over Amazon
Harvard Business School Professor Sunil Gupta discusses Amazon’s unusual sweepstakes competition to find a new location for its second headquarters, dubbed “Amazon HQ2.”
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Nation & World
Concern over a DACA deadline
An interview with Graduate School of Education Professor Roberto Gonzales, one of the organizers of the DACA seminar, a series of events that highlight diverse facets of immigration involving students.
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Nation & World
Worry in white, Christian America
The decline of white, Christian America from its long majority status has prompted national pushback, author says.
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Arts & Culture
New chapter for ‘The Odyssey’
Professor Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate the ancient epic “The Odyssey” into English, explains her milestone achievement.
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Science & Tech
Breakthroughs seen in artificial eye and muscle technology
Researchers combined a metalens with an artificial muscle to create an artificial eye that automatically stretches to simultaneously focus and correct astigmatism and image shift
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Campus & Community
Classroom theory, community action
Urban Health and Community Change,” a social studies course that debuted last semester, took students out of the classroom and into the Somerville community to roll up their sleeves and take practical action to help the less advantaged.
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Work & Economy
A business success based on openness
In an appearance at Harvard, businessman Ray Dalio explains the unorthodox principles behind his highly successful investment management firm.
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Nation & World
Isms stalk the land, but David Brooks hasn’t lost hope
New York Times columnist David Brooks touched on tribalism, community, and more in a discussion at the Ash Center.
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Nation & World
Turning protest into policy
Tired of waiting for change, a group of articulate high school students who survived the Feb. 14 mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., have taken the reins from adults to push for more gun safety regulations to prevent another mass shooting. A Harvard lecturer suggests what the movement may need next.
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Arts & Culture
Retracing Du Bois’ missteps
Radcliffe fellow Chad Williams is working on a book about what he considers one of W.E.B. Du Bois’ greatest missteps: “The Black Man and the Wounded World,” an unfinished history of the African-American experience during World War I.
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Arts & Culture
Decoding languages in the lab
Linguistics lab applies scientific methods to studying and understanding how people communicate.
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Campus & Community
Homeschooled en route to Harvard
Profiles of three students who were homeschooled before coming to Harvard.
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Campus & Community
Harvard rolls out program to protect pedestrians and cyclists
To protect pedestrians and cyclists, Harvard will soon require side guards be installed on large trucks that are on campus.
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Health
Electronic health records don’t cut administrative costs
A new study finds electronic health record systems doesn’t reduce costs for bill processing, leaving primary care services with an average $100,000 tab per provider.
