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Campus & Community
Edward Louis Keenan Jr., 79
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Feb. 7, 2017, the following Minute was placed upon the records.
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Nation & World
The problem with U.S. secrets
A Harvard Kennedy School panel sees a major threat to good governance when U.S. presidents decide to keep sweeping secrets.
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Science & Tech
Catalyzing discovery
In a trio of studies published earlier this month, researchers have shown that the process of catalysis is more dynamic than previously imagined, and that molecular forces can vastly influence the process.
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Science & Tech
Study opens door to better sleep, work, health
Harvard study is the first to show that working in high-performing, green-certified buildings can improve employee decision-making using objective cognitive simulations.
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Campus & Community
Judy Woodruff and the late Gwen Ifill named Radcliffe medalists
“NewsHour” co-anchors Judy Woodruff and the late Gwen Ifill will be awarded Radcliffe medals on Radcliffe Day, May 26.
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Nation & World
Drawing wisdom from the young
Speaking at a student conference at the Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin said the young may be able to prompt Americans to work together again politically.
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Science & Tech
Not your average paper airplane
Students threw paper airplanes in class for inspiration, not trouble, in a workshop led by a record-setting designer.
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Arts & Culture
Drawing wisdom from drawings
A new exhibition at the Harvard Art Museums offers up a diverse sampling of the museums’ rich collection of drawings, while highlighting the creativity of Harvard’s classrooms.
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Arts & Culture
A study in contrast: Copley’s America, America’s Copley
Historian Jane Kamensky’s new book explores the life and times of painter John Singleton Copley.
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Campus & Community
Actor John Lithgow to receive Harvard Arts Medal
Award-winning actor John Lithgow ’67, Ar.D. ’05, is the recipient of the 2017 Harvard Arts Medal, which marks the opening of Arts First at Harvard.
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Campus & Community
A pudding pot for Ryan Reynolds
Hasty Pudding welcomes ‘Deadpool’ actor Ryan Reynolds as its Man of the Year.
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Campus & Community
Honoring the Crimson line
Harvard officials, staff, administrators, faculty, alumni, and students stood alongside alumni veterans and active servicemen and -women at a reception at Pusey Library for an evocative exhibition that traces the interwoven histories of two of the country’s oldest institutions: Harvard and the U.S. military.
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Health
Playing catch-up on marijuana
The Gazette speaks with the Medical School’s Staci Gruber, who thinks that state marijuana legalization policy has run ahead of science.
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Science & Tech
The unsettling chemicals around us
There are thousands of unapproved chemicals, often banned elsewhere, in the U.S. environment, panelists at a Harvard forum say.
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Science & Tech
Inaugural DataFest reflects a growing interest
The inaugural session of the Harvard DataFest conference brought attention to Harvard’s growing interest in data science.
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Science & Tech
A revised portrait of psychopaths
A study suggests that while psychopaths do feel regret, however, it doesn’t affect their choices.
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Campus & Community
Queries, and support, on travel concerns
Town hall session outlines Harvard’s programmatic safety net for community members during this period of tightened immigration.
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Nation & World
Sizing up Gorsuch on style, substance
Law School scholars react to President Trump’s nomination of Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
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Science & Tech
Adaptive learning featured in HarvardX course
A course featuring adaptive learning explores the technological feasibility, implications, and design of such a system to improve massive open online courses.
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Nation & World
Pursuing veritas in a ‘post-truth’ era
Top reporters and editors discuss the future of news, as well as the opportunities and the challenges the industry faces in what many observers call the “post-truth” era.
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Arts & Culture
A vocal stand
Harvard Choruses will join a performance of Grammy-winning composer Craig Hella Johnson’s “Considering Matthew Shepard” Feb. 5 at Symphony Hall.
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Arts & Culture
Novelist Perrotta headlines LITFest
Novelist Tom Perrotta, who headlines Harvard’s LITFest on Feb. 4, talks with a television co-writer and a Harvard instructor about the craft.
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Campus & Community
Working in the service of others
The sixth annual Public Interested Conference brought together nearly 150 Harvard alumni who shared their experiences in the public service sector.
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Nation & World
Neil M. Gorsuch ’91 nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court
Neil M. Gorsuch, a 1991 graduate of Harvard Law School (HLS), is President Donald Trump’s pick as the next justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, it was announced Tuesday night.
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Nation & World
Fraught moment for religious freedom
A Divinity School conversation focused on religious freedom in the wake of President Trump’s executive action on immigration.
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Campus & Community
Adding security at Harvard
Harvard encourages computer users to watch out for and report phishing expeditions, which are increasing.
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Campus & Community
Finding comfort at home and here
A Harvard undergraduate who now calls two coasts home learns to bridge the 3,000-mile gap.
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Campus & Community
My 21 years in Cambridge
A Harvard undergrad reflects on leaving home, but staying put.
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Science & Tech
Drawing the eye to extinction
A new exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History brings an artist’s view to the ongoing extinction crisis affecting the planet.
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Campus & Community
First you see, then you see again
See Harvard through a collection of double exposure images, where iconic elements of the University campus overlap and converge in surprising ways.
