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Arts & Culture
An American in Moscow
Sebastian Reyes ’19 took a course in Soviet film and ran with it — all the way to Russia.
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Health
A new era in the study of evolution
Harvard biologist Jonathan Losos talks about his new book, “Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution.”
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Campus & Community
In Memoriam: Saying goodbye to the Harvard Foundation’s founding director
Speakers and students shared their memories of S. Allen Counter during a service at the Memorial Church on Sept. 27.
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Health
Another climate change concern: Forced migration
Experts trace the fingerprints of climate change in the world’s mass migration crises, saying that the effects of shifting norma appear to play a role.
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Nation & World
To improve education, reallocate funds, DeVos urges
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos argued in favor of more school choice as a remedy for the nation’s beleaguered public education system during a protest-marked forum at the Harvard Kennedy School Thursday evening.
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Arts & Culture
Fathers, killers, God, and ‘Maus’
“Maus” author Art Spiegelman discussed art, existence, and Jewish identity during a visit to Harvard.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Global Institute grants expand scope
The Harvard Global Institute (HGI) will fund eight projects this year, three focusing on topics that are particularly relevant to China, five on issues that are salient to India.
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Nation & World
The un-dropouts
After a two-year absence helping cultivate a startup to a point of business stability, five students return to Harvard.
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Nation & World
Thurgood Marshall: The soundtrack of their lives
Five former law clerks of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall took part in a panel discussion at Harvard Law School about his life and legacy.
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Arts & Culture
Echoes of Capote and Warhol
“WARHOLCAPOTE” draws from 75 hours of conversations between Andy Warhol and Truman Capote recorded during the 1970s, when they discussed everything from the trials of fame to using their talks to create their own Broadway show.
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Arts & Culture
Museum leaders have more than just art on their minds
Radcliffe hosted directors from five Boston-area museums for a discussion titled “The Museum, the City, and the University.”
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Health
Feeling woozy? Time to check the tattoo
Harvard and MIT researchers have developed smart tattoo ink capable of monitoring health by changing color to tell an athlete if she is dehydrated or a diabetic if his blood sugar rises.
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Campus & Community
In the Yard, inside the dorms
A photo gallery of roommates in Harvard’s Class of 2020.
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Nation & World
An electoral French revolution
Two recent Harvard Kennedy School graduates talk about how their involvement in Emmanuel Macron’s insurgent campaign in France had roots in their time at Harvard.
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Campus & Community
Runners on a hot streak, for charity
More than 1,500 runners and spectators, a third of them from Harvard, turned out for the 14th annual Brian Honan 5K Run/Walk.
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Science & Tech
Not a popularity contest
New research from faculty at Harvard Business School and Harvard Medical School finds that a majority of college freshmen believe others have more friends than they do, when they often don’t.
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Work & Economy
Want to do well? Then do good
Harvard Business School Professor Steven Rogers told an audience at the Harvard Ed Portal that identifying problems and creating ways to solve them can change society, especially in underserved communities.
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Campus & Community
Freshman finds his footing
Malcolm Reid ’21 finds weeks on campus welcoming and busy.
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Campus & Community
New faculty members excited to share, and build, knowledge
New Harvard professors connected with colleagues and learned about resources for teaching and research in an event at the Faculty Club.
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Health
Calculator shows hidden costs of fatigued workforce
The new Fatigue Cost Calculator demonstrates the physical and financial tolls of sleep deficiency in the U.S.
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Science & Tech
The robots are coming, but relax
As artificial intelligence takes hold in more fields, you’ll likely have a job, analysts say, but it may be a different one.
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Nation & World
The Obama years, in photos
Pete Souza, former White House photographer for Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama, joined Ann Marie Lipinski at the JFK Jr. Forum to discuss his time photographing the First Families.
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Campus & Community
Welcome renewal at Winthrop
After more than a year of renovations at Winthrop House, returning students have discovered a residence that combines neo-Georgian character with 21st-century amenities.
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Health
Retracing Romer’s footsteps
A Harvard team finds a rare fossil in Nova Scotia while retracing the footsteps of Alfred Romer, the paleontologist who identified a gap in the record from the period when animals first crawled out of the ocean and began to walk on four legs.
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Nation & World
Santos receives 2017 Great Negotiator Award
Colombian President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Juan Manuel Santos was honored with Harvard Law School’s 2017 Great Negotiator Award for his work to end his country’s 52-year civil war.
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Arts & Culture
Giving Harvard a little more groove
Harvard’s newest assistant professor of music brings years of experience as a composer, pianist, choir director, and minister.
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Nation & World
Spotlight on populist plutocrats
A Harvard Law School conference will bring experts to analyze the phenomenon of populist plutocrats, political figures who, after being elected on ground-level campaigns, use the presidency to advance the interests of themselves and their allies.
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Arts & Culture
Alumni celebrate the arts
Generations of Harvard alumni came together on campus last weekend to celebrate the arts as a dynamic part of the University’s curriculum.
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Campus & Community
A garden filled with history
Harvard College alum and GSD student John Wang’s “100+ Years at 73 Brattle” is now installed as the winner of the third Radcliffe Institute Public Art Competition.
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Science & Tech
New England is losing 65 acres of forest a day
A new Harvard Forest report, “Wildlands and Woodlands, Farmlands and Communities,” calls for tripling conservation efforts across the region.
