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Science & Tech
Building a robot, developing a nation
Harvard College sophomore Sela Kasepa looked for robotics competitions that Zambian youth could join, and found FIRST Global, an annual student robotics Olympiad.
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Campus & Community
At Law School, honor for the enslaved
President Drew Faust and University officials unveiled a plaque to honor and remember slaves whose labor helped fund the bequest establishing Harvard Law School 200 years ago.
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Arts & Culture
Harvard jazz leader, amid his Cuban roots
Harvard jazz leader and instructor Yosvany Terry returns to his musical roots in Cuba, where his destiny was formed.
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Health
Assumptions of how antibiotics work may be incorrect
Researchers have discovered that bacteria respond to antibiotics very differently — exactly opposite, in fact — inside the body than they do on a petri dish.
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Science & Tech
Voting-roll vulnerability
Online attackers may be able to purchase enough personal information to alter voter registration information in as many as 35 states and the District of Columbia, a new study says.
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Science & Tech
Branching out from her own tree of knowledge
Seattle Times environmental reporter Lynda Mapes turned her fellowship year at Harvard Forest into a book titled “Witness Tree.”
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Arts & Culture
Student actress or acting student?
Ashley LaLonde ’20 may soon have the enviable dilemma of choosing between following her dream to Broadway or continuing her studies at Harvard.
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Campus & Community
Making friends, building dreams
Young refugees living in Dorchester learned English at a summer camp taught by Harvard students. Morning classes were followed by afternoon field trips to places such as the Boston Children’s Museum and harbor islands.
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Arts & Culture
For hungry young writers, a kindred guide
Celebrated writer Michael Pollan talks to the Gazette about joining the Creative Writing Program as the Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer.
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Campus & Community
To aid flood victims, forget goods. Send money
As members of Harvard’s Texas Club prepare a vigil, University experts offer advice on how best to help those in need from the flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey.
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Health
Role of gut bacteria in averting Type 1 diabetes
Study finds guardian gene that protects against Type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases exerts its pancreas-shielding effects by altering the gut microbiota.
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Nation & World
Where Washington actually works
On Capitol Hill, the everyday business of government rolls along, aided by many Harvard-trained officials.
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Campus & Community
Faust issues clarion call to fight racism
Harvard President Drew Faust called for listeners to take a stand against bigotry and racism during the first Morning Prayers of the academic year.
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Arts & Culture
A break from the usual bloodsuckers
Harvard Film Archive has programmed films by Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow and others for its “Night of the Vampire.”
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Campus & Community
Forceful convocation message
In her final convocation address, Harvard President Drew Faust urged freshmen to challenge assumptions, connect with classmates, and embrace diversity.
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Arts & Culture
A Cuba-Harvard connection, with a beat
The Harvard Jazz Bands make and learn music, absorb culture on summer tour of Cuba.
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Campus & Community
The gates that frame Harvard Yard
The 25 gates in Harvard Yard manage a rare feat: They are pragmatic and artistic at the same time.
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Health
Making the most of a dead lizard in the snow
The extreme winter of 2013–2014 created conditions for a Harvard grad student to expand his work on green anole lizards into study of natural selection in action.
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Science & Tech
Revising the language of addiction
Harvard experts say that changing the language of addiction is key to fighting the stigma attached to it.
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Health
Mimicking birdsongs
After discovering that the complexity inherent in birdsongs results from a controllable instability in the organ used to create them, researchers at the Harvard Paulson School have developed a mimicking device.
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Health
Inflammation reduction cuts risk of heart attack, stroke
Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s clinical trial confirms its “inflammatory hypothesis” — reducing inflammation cuts the risk of future cardiovascular events.
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Science & Tech
Voices from the Incas’ past
An undergraduate deciphers the meaning of Incan knots, giving long-dead native South American people a chance to speak.
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Campus & Community
Topping off Smith Campus Center
The midpoint of the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center renovation project was celebrated in a traditional topping-off ceremony.
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Work & Economy
On internet privacy, be very afraid
Cybersecurity expert Bruce Schneier, a fellow with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, discusses what consumers can do to protect themselves from government and corporate surveillance.
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Science & Tech
Paying the price of surviving childhood cancer
Study finds out-of-pocket health care costs can lead to financial problems for survivors of childhood cancer.
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Campus & Community
Freshmen arrive, with boxes
Harvard’s Class of 2021 settles into its dorms with family and friends helping them make the transition on the official move-in day.
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Campus & Community
A letter leads to Harvard
Michael Medaugh, who in seventh grade exchanged notes with Harvard President Drew Faust, worked hard and is now a College freshman.
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Campus & Community
Designed for living, learning
The sunny, modular home architect Richard Rogers designed for his parents in the 1960s now serves as an urban studies lab for the Graduate School of Design.
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Science & Tech
The social cycle of repression
A Harvard study links an individual’s psychological basis for enforcing group hierarchies to national indicators.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Cambridge Senior Luncheon marks its 42nd year
The 42nd annual Harvard Cambridge Senior Luncheon brought nearly 1,000 senior citizens to Harvard Yard for the special event.
