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Arts & Culture
Ahead: ‘Hamilton,’ Boston Calling, and more
It’s possible to start making concert and theater plans now, when most of the best seats are still available. This is when the year’s big-ticket events are booked and announced, the better to build a buzz around them.
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Science & Tech
Beauty in the eye of the microscope
Through these images from Harvard researchers, the ordinary becomes extraordinary.
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Campus & Community
Learning to understand their own DNA
Harvard gives local high school students hands-on experience with biotechnology.
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Campus & Community
Hasty Pudding names Paul Rudd its 2018 Man of the Year
Hasty Pudding Theatricals at Harvard University has named actor Paul Rudd its Man of the Year.
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Campus & Community
Rogers to step down as VP for alumni affairs and development
Tamara Rogers will step down from her position as vice president for alumni affairs and development at the end of this calendar year, the University announced on Thursday.
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Nation & World
Can Olympics bridge two Koreas?
In light of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, John Park of Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs offers his perspective on the complex relationship between the two Koreas.
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Health
Researchers probe stomach surgery’s ‘miracle’ secrets
Harvard researchers are bringing an engineer’s perspective to a medical mystery — how does gastric bypass surgery do so much more than reduce weight?
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Health
Driven by ego? This book’s for you
Harvard-trained psychiatrist Mark Epstein talks about his new book, “Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself.”
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Campus & Community
Mila Kunis named Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year
Hasty Pudding Theatricals at Harvard University has named actor Mila Kunis the 2018 Woman of the Year.
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Campus & Community
In Cincinnati, Faust makes case for college
Harvard President Faust makes the case for college to high school students in Cincinnati, speaks at alumni gathering.
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Science & Tech
OpenScholar forms startup
OpenScholar will become a startup to expand University’s versatile web-publishing platform to next level.
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Campus & Community
Staying curious for 40+ years
Harvard University’s Tuition Assistance Program celebrates 40 years of offering lifelong learning.
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Nation & World
Beyond ‘I Have a Dream’
An interview with Professors Tommie Shelby and Brandon Terry, co-editors of “To Shape a New World, Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr.”
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Science & Tech
For answers on coral conservation, she followed the fish
A new study suggests that efforts to restore coral reefs have a positive impact on fish populations, both short- and long-term.
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Campus & Community
Quidditch, anyone? Inside Harvard club sports
Teddy Roosevelt boxed. Neil deGrasse Tyson wrestled. For generations, Harvard students have turned to physical activity for a break from study.
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Science & Tech
As climate changes, so will wine grapes
Though vineyards might be able to counteract some effects of climate change by planting lesser-known grape varieties, scientists and vintners need a better understanding of the wide diversity of grapes and their adaptions.
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Nation & World
‘The Space Between Us’
Assistant Professor of Government Ryan Enos talks about his new book, “The Space Between Us,” in which he explores the influence of geography in politics and daily life.
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Campus & Community
Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility releases annual report
The 2017 Annual Report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility has been released.
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Nation & World
Daily life and death on the U.S.-Mexico border
Using her training as a first responder, Harvard anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte offers a front-line perspective on the tensions at the border between Mexico and the U.S.
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Nation & World
What’s next for the Mormon Church?
Harvard Divinity School Professor David Holland examines the legacy of Thomas S. Monson, the recently deceased president of the Mormon Church.
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Campus & Community
The objects of their reflection
Whether it’s an Indonesian spell book or a light bulb from the 1880s, the Harvard library’s holdings have charmed students and illuminated their research.
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Campus & Community
Bol to step down as vice provost
Peter K. Bol will step down at the end of the summer as Harvard’s vice provost for advances in learning to return to the faulty and to his teaching and research on China’s history.
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Campus & Community
Time, nature shape Harvard Yard
Landscape designer contrasts photos of Harvard Yard from before its 1990s restoration with photos taken from the same perspective today.
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Science & Tech
Single metalens focuses all colors of the rainbow in one point
Harvard researchers have created the next generation of flat lenses, developing a “metalens” that can focus all the colors of the spectrum at the same time. The new design opens up the field for wearable optic devices.
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Science & Tech
Study uncovers botanical bias
Climate change studies that rely on herbarium collections need to account for biases in the data, new research says.
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Nation & World
The women’s revolt: Why now, and where to
The women’s revolt against sexual harassment and abuse: why now, and where to.
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Nation & World
Tax on university endowments passes
Harvard President Drew Faust said that the tax bill represents an unprecedented attack on the tax-exempt status of nonprofits and charities because it taxes, for the first time, income for such an institution’s core mission — in this case, education.
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Science & Tech
Improved image of supermassive black hole
Improved image allows astronomers to follow filament much closer to the galaxy’s central black hole.
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Campus & Community
The human element: Remembering Calestous Juma
: Calestous Juma, 64, who died Dec. 15 after a long illness, was a professor of the practice of international development at Harvard Kennedy School and director of the Belfer Center’s Science, Technology, and Globalization Project.
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Campus & Community
Professor Paola Arlotta awarded George Ledlie Prize
Developmental neurobiologist Paola Arlotta has been awarded the George Ledlie Prize by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.
