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Science & Tech
Midwest summer storms threaten ozone, study warns
Summer storms in the central U.S. create the same chemical reactions damaging ozone in the Arctic, warns a Harvard study calling for a closer look at the region’s UV radiation risk.
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Work & Economy
Teaching Uber instead of HBS students
Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei takes leave from classroom to reform the workplace culture at Uber.
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Science & Tech
Will business fill the Paris void?
Q&A with HBS Professor George Serafeim on the response among corporate leaders to the U.S. exit from the Paris climate agreement.
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Campus & Community
Celebrating Harvard Heroes
Sixty Harvard Heroes, exceptional employees from across the University, on Monday basked in the applause of hundreds of colleagues, friends, and family members who gathered to recognize their achievements.
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Arts & Culture
A record of ruins, before the war
From 1993 to 1999, historian Frank Kidner traveled to Syria to document and study the the country’s classical ruins, taking over 9,000 photographs of the architecture, topography, and people.
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Nation & World
Diplomacy in a changing world
At a time when American commitments to major global institutions and agreements are a hot issue around the world, the Harvard Marshall Forum celebrated the legacy of one of America’s greatest humanitarian outreach efforts: the Marshall Plan, $13 billion in U.S. aid to a faltering Western Europe after World War II.
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Nation & World
For Supreme Court justices, faith in law
In Harvard visit, Supreme Court Associate Justices Gorsuch, Breyer emphasized their deep faith in the rule and primacy of law.
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Arts & Culture
Skip the fake, snag the masterpiece
Harvard curator Edouard Kopp launched a workshop to illuminate the tricky terrain of the fine art market.
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Arts & Culture
Tef Poe and friends ‘break bread’ at Ed Portal
More than 100 people attended a free performance by 10 hip-hop and soul artists, featuring a full rendition of Warren Center Fellow Tef Poe’s latest album, “Black Julian.”
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Health
Tackling childhood obesity with a text message
Two interventions that link clinical care with community resources helped improve key health measures in overweight or obese children at the outset of a study, as reported in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Campus & Community
30 years of the Safra Center
At Harvard’s Safra Center, which just celebrated its 30th anniversary, a student intern learns about ethics, and the evolving issues that surround them.
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Campus & Community
Teens discover exciting side of science
A group of Cambridge Rindge and Latin students recently completed a marine biology internship that placed them in labs of local universities, including Harvard.
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Health
Nudging families away from fruit juice
Harvard-affiliated diabetes specialists are calling for fruit juice to be cut from the federal WIC supplemental nutrition program for low-income families.
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Science & Tech
New robotic exosuit could push the limits of human performance
Harvard researchers have demonstrated that a tethered soft exosuit can bring those dreams of high performance closer to reality.
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Nation & World
The troubling U.S.-China face-off
In a new book, the Harvard Kennedy School’s Graham Allison looks at how the power struggle between Athens and Sparta in classical Greece offers important insights into the looming complexities as China’s meteoric rise threatens to displace the U.S. as the dominant world power.
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Campus & Community
John Manning to lead Harvard Law School
John Manning, the Bruce Bromley Professor of Law and deputy dean at Harvard Law School, an eminent public-law scholar with expertise in statutory interpretation and structural constitutional law, will become the School’s next dean on July 1.
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Arts & Culture
Images of Harlem, then and now
Dawoud Bey’s photographs of the keystone, changing neighborhood of Harlem are part of a new Cooper Gallery exhibit.
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Science & Tech
Figuring out superconductors
A team of physicists has taken a crucial step toward understanding superconductors by creating a quantum antiferromagnet from an ultracold gas of hundreds of lithium atoms.
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Science & Tech
Probing the Black Death for lead pollution insights
The natural level of lead in the air is essentially zero, according to research backed by data from the 14th-century Black Death, when mining and smelting ceased.
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Campus & Community
Radcliffe honors news pioneers
Judy Woodruff and the late Gwen Ifill were honored with the 2017 Radcliffe Medal for their groundbreaking work in journalism.
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Campus & Community
Among the graduates
This 360 video puts you in the shoes of a Harvard student experiencing graduation as it unfolds.
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Campus & Community
Create a sense of purpose for all, Zuckerberg urges
One of Harvard’s most famous dropouts returned to receive a degree and encourage the Class of 2017 to go out and make a difference in the world.
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Campus & Community
Mark Zuckerberg’s Commencement address at Harvard
Mark Zuckerberg’s speech (as written) for Harvard’s 366th Commencement.
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Campus & Community
Revelry amid the raindrops
A full day of coverage from Harvard’s 366th Commencement.
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Campus & Community
‘When the law and conscience intersected’
Sally Yates, who President Trump fired as acting attorney general when she refused to enforce his tightened travel regulations, said Wednesday that she acted out of a belief that defending the executive order would have meant falsely claiming it was not directed at Muslims.
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Campus & Community
7,066 degrees and certificates awarded at Harvard’s 366th Commencement
Today the University awarded a total of 7,066 degrees and certificates.
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Campus & Community
Harvard awards 10 honorary degrees
Harvard’s Afternoon Program speaker Mark Zuckerberg will be among the 10 who will receive honorary degrees during the University’s 366th Commencement.
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Campus & Community
Before turning the tassel, a look back
From huge honors to technological breakthroughs, stunning triumphs to major milestones, the University in 2016–17 had much to celebrate.
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Campus & Community
Apathy not an option, Biden says
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden tells College seniors to avoid apathy and help shape their nation, during Class Day speech in Harvard Yard.
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Campus & Community
3 alumni to receive Harvard Medal
The Harvard Alumni Association has announced that three alumni will receive the 2017 Harvard Medal.
