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Campus & Community
Facing future with hands-on empathy for others
Surgeries transformed Elaine Dong’s face and her future, freeing her to mix visual arts with the art of medicine.
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Campus & Community
Making sense of climate costs
Ph.D. graduate Jisung Park focuses on the natural environment’s effects on society—a boyhood interest that grew first in Kansas, then sharpened in Seoul.
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Nation & World
Kasich: Be open to ideas
In a visit to Harvard Kennedy School, Ohio Gov. Kasich urged that cooperation replace rancor in American political life.
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Campus & Community
Harvard professor recognized with portrait
Professor Orlando Patterson is the 17th honoree of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations’ Portraiture Project.
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Campus & Community
The mystery of the brain examined
“Toward an Artificial Brain” brought the results of a Harvard-led effort to Allston with an Ed Portal discussion.
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Arts & Culture
Rare artifacts from the Harvard Theatre Collection
A photo gallery examines the Harvard Theatre Collection , which was founded in 1901, making it one of the oldest collections of its kind in the world.
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Campus & Community
Behind the art
Organized by an all-volunteer group of students, community members, and trained artists, the opera offers undergrads the opportunity to learn on the job while rubbing shoulders with seasoned professionals.
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council meeting held April 26
On April 26 the members of the Faculty Council approved preliminary versions of the University Extension School courses for 2017–2018 and of “Courses of Instruction” for 2017–2018.
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Nation & World
The challenges facing higher ed
Excellence, access, and affordability are top concerns for higher education, Faust and other presidents say in Washington discussion.
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Nation & World
The sexual exploitation of child migrants
A new report from Harvard’s FXB Center for Health and Human Rights examines the “emergency within an emergency” of sexual exploitation of child migrants.
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Health
Study signals need to screen genes for stem cell transplants
Research suggests that genetic sequencing technologies should be used to screen for mutated cells in stem cell cultures, so they can be excluded from scientific experiments and clinical therapies.
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Arts & Culture
Arts First at 25
Since 1992, Arts First has had a profound effect on more than just the students who go on to become professional artists.
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Health
New vista for brain disorder research
For the first time, researchers describe the types of cells generated in brain organoids, networks of nerve cells, and show the greater diversity, complexity, and response to stimulation developed for nine months and longer.
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Campus & Community
Albert Henrichs, professor of Greek literature, dies at 74
Albert Henrichs, longtime Harvard scholar and Eliot Professor of Greek Literature, dies at 74.
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Arts & Culture
Creative momentum at the Ed Portal
Partnership between the University and the Allston-Brighton community has shaped a world of creativity and inspiration at the Harvard Ed Portal.
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Campus & Community
Progress in diversifying faculty
At Harvard, the percentages of women and minorities on the faculty have reached new highs, study says.
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Arts & Culture
The art of the matter
Maximum fuss is a matter of course for Harvard history professor and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore.
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Health
The balance in healthy aging
To grow old well requires minimizing accidents, such as falling, as well as ailments
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Campus & Community
New faculty deans appointed
Sean Kelly and Cheryl Chen named faculty deans of Dunster House, while L. “Maha” and Amala Mahadevan will oversee Mather House.
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Science & Tech
Five-minute warnings
The Harvard University Center for the Environment has produced 35 videos in which experts in various fields describe work related to climate change.
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Arts & Culture
When words spell danger
Six writers at risk discussed their work during an event at Harvard.
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Nation & World
For U.S. military, ideals must matter
The world expects ethics and honor from American troops, service academy chiefs say at Harvard panel.
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Campus & Community
John Lithgow: An actor’s journey
John Lithgow sat down with the Gazette to talk about how he got his start in acting, his formative years in theater on campus, and his deep affection for Harvard.
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Nation & World
Thoughts on JFK at 100
Harvard Kennedy School pays tribute to the enduring ideals and principles of President John F. Kennedy on the anniversary of his 100th birthday
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Science & Tech
Pick climate or economics
To make a difference on climate change, author Naomi Klein says, government and business would have to shift their ways, and likely won’t.
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Arts & Culture
Classical space, modern dance
Performed entirely in silence, the modern dance piece “Catalogue (First Edition)” perfectly complemented the library and museum stages where noise is kept to a minimum.
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Campus & Community
Grad Council opens floor to global leaders
The eighth annual Harvard Graduate Council’s Leadership Conference brought industry leaders from around the globe to share their experience.
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Arts & Culture
A hidden Declaration
A discovery of the Declaration in the south of England set a pair of researchers on a two-year journey into American history.
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Campus & Community
‘I had the conviction that my ideas were correct’
Interview with Nobel Prize winner Martin Karplus as part of the Experience series.
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Campus & Community
Student projects turn campus into ‘living lab’
Five grants from the Harvard Campus Sustainability Innovation Fund were awarded for student research projects.
