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Arts & Culture
Life in wartime, etched in sound
Radcliffe Fellow and Boston Globe critic Jeremy Eichler is working on two books examining music and memory against the backdrop of World War II.
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Campus & Community
Law School receives Scalia papers
The family of the late, influential Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia has donated his papers to the Harvard Law School Library.
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Campus & Community
Discovering the humanities at Harvard
Harvard’s brightest share their stories in a new video highlighting the value of studying art and culture.
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Science & Tech
7 projects win funding for climate change solutions
Seven Harvard projects will share $1 million to help battle climate change across a range of academic boundaries.
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Campus & Community
Probing how colleges benefited from slavery
Hundreds of listeners from Harvard and beyond packed a Radcliffe auditorium on Friday for a series of wrenching discussions about the historical role of universities in the propagation of slavery.…
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Campus & Community
A day of Hillary at Harvard
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Harvard Friday for several private sessions with students and faculty to discuss some of the challenges she faced as the nation’s top foreign policy representative from 2009-13.
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Campus & Community
Lectures That Last offers clear message
Faculty from each of Harvard’s 12 graduate Schools addressed a full house at the seventh annual Lectures That Last event held at Harvard Business School’s Burden Auditorium on Feb. 23.
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Arts & Culture
Reviving the past, one revision at a time
Ahead of a Harvard visit, Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan talks about the research behind her forthcoming historical novel, “Manhattan Beach.”
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Work & Economy
For retail, the revolution is televised
For retail, the revolution is being televised, or at least delivered through online screens.
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Science & Tech
Making math more Lego-like
A trio of Harvard researchers has developed a new 3-D pictorial language for mathematics with potential as a tool across a wide spectrum, from pure math to physics.
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Health
Underwater photography inspires conservation
Keith Ellenbogen captures the ecosystems deep within the oceans, bringing them to life through his underwater photography.
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Campus & Community
The focus is Harvard and slavery
A new exhibit at Harvard’s Pusey Library, “Bound by History: Harvard, Slavery, and Archives,” contains much of what researchers have uncovered so far related to Harvard’s ties to slavery. But experts say there is much more to be found.
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Health
Study shows differences in effects of ‘real’ and ‘sham’ acupuncture
Researchers saw improvement in carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms after “real” acupuncture and brain remapping. The study also found no physiologic improvements from “sham” acupuncture.
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Campus & Community
Rings for the Class of ’18
The Class of ’18 received their Harvard rings on Junior Parents Weekend.
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council meeting held March 1
On March 1 the members of the Faculty Council met with Provost Garber to ask and answer questions as representatives of the Faculty. They also heard a report on the…
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Nation & World
If it’s going to rain, Mr. President, just say so
The Kennedy School’s Mary Graham talks about her new book, “Presidents’ Secrets: The Use and Abuse of Hidden Power.”
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Campus & Community
Unveiling Lowell House renewal
Central to Lowell House renewal is Otto Hall, named in recognition of a gift from Alexander Otto ’90, M.B.A. ’94.
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Campus & Community
A voice for others
Rihanna received the Harvard Foundation’s Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award during an hourlong ceremony before a raucous crowd that had waited hours to get a coveted seat inside jam-packed Sanders Theatre.
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Science & Tech
A mother’s influence
Researchers have shown, for the first time, that chimpanzees learn certain grooming behaviors from their mothers. Once learned, chimps continued to perform the behavior long after the deaths of their mothers.
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Campus & Community
Understanding Harvard’s ties to slavery
During a Q&A in advance of a conference on slavery at American universities, Harvard President Drew Faust explains the expanding effort in Cambridge to document the painful realities of the past.
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Health
The changes in drug research, testing
In December, Congress passed a bipartisan law to boost federal medical research spending and to ease the approval of new drugs. In a panel discussion, experts at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health talked about its pros and cons, including whether it will be funded, and whether the relaxed drug approval guidelines are…
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Nation & World
In Europe, nationalism rising
After the twin triumphs of Trump and Brexit, right-leaning European parties see fresh paths to political power.
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Nation & World
Focus on the future of food
At the Global Food+ 2017 summit, a panel heard 24 capsule discussions on the future of food in key areas, along with concerns about how to feed the world.
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Health
For better health, reduce greenhouse gases
The “Harvard Chan: This Week in Health” podcast sits down with Aaron Bernstein, associate director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard Chan School, to discuss how climate change will impact health and health care costs.
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Work & Economy
A closer look at the post-election stock rally
A new Kennedy School paper looks at early investor reaction to Donald Trump’s presidency.
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Nation & World
Conservatives want results
With the Republican Party controlling Washington, one might consider this the best of times for the conservative movement. Yet the consensus at a Kennedy School forum was often just the opposite.
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Arts & Culture
Bogie, Bergman, and the Brattle
Harvard scholars weigh in on the range of factors that have made “Casablanca” one of the most beloved movies in history.
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Campus & Community
Actress Viola Davis named Harvard Artist of the Year
The Harvard Foundation has named Oscar-nominated actress Viola Davis as the 2017 Artist of the Year for her powerhouse performances across TV, film, and theater and philanthropic dedication to her Rhode Island hometown.
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Health
Gut details
New findings have the potential to help researchers more accurately identify microbiome enzymes and quantify their relative abundance.
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Nation & World
To understand Trump, learn from his voters
To understand Donald Trump’s rise to power, Harvard Professor Michael Sandel says, it’s important to learn from his voters, who are concerned about economic inequality, professional hubris, dignified work, and patriotism.
