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Arts & Culture
Prescribing art in medicine
A Wintersession course studied compassion and suffering through the lenses of dance, music, and science.
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Campus & Community
Women’s basketball gets expert advice — and they win
President Drew Faust and College Dean Rakesh Khurana were on hand, and were named honorary coaches, at Harvard women’s basketball game victory.
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Health
Where lead lurks
A Harvard Chan School researcher has launched a website to connect citizens with data on the water coming through their taps.
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Campus & Community
Sifting data, seeking justice
Paola Villarreal, a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center, is using data visualization to shed light on inequality in health, housing, and more.
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Campus & Community
Humanities and science come together at conference
The sixth annual National Collegiate Research Conference (NCRC), considered the largest student-run undergraduate research symposium in the nation, brought an estimated 200 undergraduates from across the U.S. and abroad to Harvard’s campus Jan. 19–21.
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Arts & Culture
Shadows of Cuba’s past
An exhibit by Cuban mixed-media artist Juan Roberto Diago at the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery folds history into imagery.
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Arts & Culture
What’s in a (scientific) name
The Harvard Museum of Natural History is taking on names — both common and scientific — together with companion institutions in a series of new installations that introduce the public to the color and complexity of appellations.
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Campus & Community
Harvard University Housing establishes new rents for 2017–18
HUH 2017–2018 market rents will increase 3 percent on average across the 3,000-unit portfolio relative to last year’s rents, although within the portfolio rents on some units have been adjusted up or down based on current market conditions.
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Campus & Community
Hasty Pudding honors Octavia Spencer
The Hasty Pudding Theatricals honored actress Octavia Spencer two days after she received her latest Academy Award nomination.
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Health
New gene-delivery therapy restores partial hearing, balance in deaf mice
Harvard Medical School scientists and colleagues from Massachusetts General Hospital have partly restored hearing in mice with a genetic form of deafness. The new approach overcomes a longstanding barrier to gene therapy for inherited and acquired deafness.
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Campus & Community
Guidelines for Harvard’s 366th Commencement Exercises
To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard University’s Commencement Exercises, new guidelines are being proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre.
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Science & Tech
Advance in high-pressure physics
Nearly a century after it was theorized, Harvard scientists have succeeded in creating metallic hydrogen. In addition to helping scientists answer some fundamental questions about the nature of matter, the material is theorized to have a wide range of applications, including as a room-temperature superconductor.
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council meeting held Jan. 25
On Jan. 25 the members of the Faculty Council heard a report on the activities of the Standing Committee on Athletic Sports and met with the President to ask and…
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Campus & Community
A student’s Harvard Square hideaways
For an undergraduate, Harvard Square is busy and crowded, but it’s home, particularly when you know what parts of it make you happy.
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Campus & Community
Course change for Harvard Management Company
New Harvard Management Company head N.P. Narvekar announced a major reorganization of Harvard’s endowment management arm, including investment strategy shifts, workforce cuts, fresh hires, and changes in how compensation is calculated.
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Nation & World
A custom-tailored course
In Harvard Law School’s January term course on fashion law, students dealt with legal issues faced by the fashion industry, from intellectual property to franchising to sustainability.
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Campus & Community
The return of Winthrop House
When students move back into a renovated Winthrop House this fall, ahead of schedule, they’ll find transformed spaces and modern amenities as well as design touches that celebrate the residence’s rich history.
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Arts & Culture
Best choice for photography curator
Makeda Best has been named the new Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography at Harvard Art Museums.
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Arts & Culture
One stage, many stories
“Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women,” now at the A.R.T., is drawn from more than 75 interviews conducted by writer-producer Paul Lucas.
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Campus & Community
Octavia Spencer named Woman of the Year
The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the oldest theatrical organization in the United States, has named Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer as its Woman of the Year.
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Campus & Community
The long Crimson line
For almost 250 years, the U.S. military and Harvard have shared a deeply interwoven history. A Harvard University Archives exhibition at Pusey Library demonstrates the scope of this relationship.
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Science & Tech
Soft robot helps the heart beat
Researchers have developed a customizable soft robot that fits around a heart and helps it beat, potentially opening new treatment options for people suffering from heart failure.
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Arts & Culture
From Harvard to ‘La La Land’
The composer for “La La Land” met his Hollywood collaborator, Damien Chazelle, and charted his musical path while at Harvard.
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Health
New hope for children with brain tumors
A new study out of Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center suggests that precision medicine can provide vital care in treatment and diagnosis of pediatric brain tumors.
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Nation & World
And now: President CEO
Faculty at Harvard Business School discuss how Donald Trump’s experience as a businessman may inform his approach to the U.S. presidency.
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Science & Tech
Strengthening ties among women in physics
The Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics included lab tours, lectures, and practical discussion on research, grad school applications, how to deal with discrimination and implicit bias, and finding mentors.
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Campus & Community
Shareholder report available
The 2016 Annual Report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility, a subcommittee of the President and Fellows has been released.
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Campus & Community
Ensuring high standards
The Gazette sat down with Professor Scott Edwards, who chairs Harvard’s reaccreditation steering committee, to discuss the process ahead for the University.
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Arts & Culture
Even in ‘Hamilton,’ a glimpse of mediocrity
New research by Derek Miller, an assistant professor of English, highlights the starring role of “decidedly average” in the history of art.
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Campus & Community
Reynolds is Hasty’s Man of the Year
Versatile actor Ryan Reynolds is chosen as Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ Man of the Year.
