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Campus & Community
A course that keeps teaching
Educators gathered at the Harvard Ed Portal for Data Wise, a new HarvardX course that will transform classroom dynamics and build “collaborative inquiry” among teachers. The Data Wise Leadership Institute will begin in June.
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Campus & Community
Unlocking doors
Dominique Donette, who is graduating from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, beat long odds in her quest to help empower the powerless.
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Campus & Community
Yield remains high for Class of 2020
Nearly 80 percent of applicants admitted to the Class of 2020 have chosen to enroll at Harvard College.
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Science & Tech
The high costs of imported pests
Scientists from Harvard Forest joined a group of experts calling for new regulations and stepped-up surveillance to stem a flood of invasive forest pests whose costs are borne by U.S. homeowners, cities, and towns.
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Campus & Community
‘If you’re not failing, you’re probably not trying as hard as you could be’
Interview with geneticist George Church as part of the Experience series.
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Arts & Culture
Ensler puts her life on stage
Playwright and activist Eve Ensler returns to the A.R.T. with a one-woman show, exploring how her work with women brutalized by sexual violence in the Congo helped her fight uterine cancer.
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Campus & Community
Five named Harvard College Professors
Five faculty members have been selected as Harvard College Professors, five-year appointments that provide them with extra support for research or scholarly activities, a semester of paid leave, or summer salary.
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Campus & Community
Funding the future
The Star Family Challenge makes grants every year to high-risk, high-reward research efforts that might not receive funding through other programs. This year’s recipients are Edo Berger, Katia Bertoldi, Edward Glaeser, Talia Konkle, and Bence Ölveczky.
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Campus & Community
Float like a butterfly, work like a bee
To give back, extracurricular whirlwind Jesus Moran ’16 will teach in an urban school next fall.
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Science & Tech
Biodiesel one slick solution, but more to come
By turning waste fryer oil into biodiesel, Harvard undergraduates turned a chemistry class into a living lab for understanding the multifaceted problems posed by global climate change and sustainable development.
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Campus & Community
New faculty deans appointed
Danoff Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana announced the appointment of the new faculty deans of Currier House. Professor Latanya Sweeney and Sylvia Barrett will take their posts this fall.
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Health
Gut-brain connection moves into MS territory
Using pre-clinical models for multiple sclerosis and samples from MS patients, a Harvard-affiliated team found evidence that changes in diet and gut flora may influence astrocytes in the brain, and, consequently, neurodegeneration, pointing to potential therapeutic targets.
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Nation & World
Bok Center celebrates 40 years
The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning celebrates its 40th anniversary with a conversation between President Drew Faust and President Emeritus Derek Bok and a symposium on educating.
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Science & Tech
Targeting the ills of climate change
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry helped launch a new Harvard climate change and global health initiative Thursday, saying that climate change impacts almost always affect human health.
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Campus & Community
Changing a community, from the ground up
Seven area residents were honored at the annual Allston-Brighton Legislators’ Breakfast by local elected officials and the Allston-Brighton Adult Education Coalition for their ongoing work in the community.
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Campus & Community
Boyd Irven DeVore dies at 79
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 3, 2016, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Boyd Irven DeVore, Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor DeVore played a major role in bringing evolutionary theory to the understanding of human behavior.
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Campus & Community
Doubling up at Harvard
Harvard staff photographers interviewed four sets of twins currently enrolled as undergraduates at Harvard College, to gain a glimpse into these unusual relationships.
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Health
Paper disc can quickly detect Zika virus in the field
Researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard have developed a workflow that could diagnose a patient with Zika within two to three hours. The goal of developing the low-cost, rapid paper-based diagnostic system for strain-specific detection of the Zika virus is its use in the field to screen blood, urine, or saliva samples.
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Campus & Community
‘Making Harvard a campus for all’
Citing the harmful impact created by gender discrimination affecting students at Harvard College, administrators announced that beginning in the fall of 2017, new students who join unrecognized single-gender social organizations will not be permitted to hold leadership positions in recognized student organizations and athletic teams.
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Arts & Culture
Photographing Native American cultures
“Seeds of Culture: The Portraits and Stories of Native American Women” is on view through May 28 at the Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery. The exhibit features 25 photos of Native American women, with interviews, written narratives, music, and song.
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Science & Tech
For groups in conflict, genes matter
Visiting professor Sasha Kimel examined whether information about genetic links can influence groups in conflict.
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Campus & Community
Ellen Langer joins group of geniuses
Ellen Langer, professor of psychology, is among the 2016 recipients of the Liberty Science Center Genius Awards.
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Nation & World
Losing the war on jihadism
Former top intelligence officials from the Central Intelligence Agency and Israel’s Mossad discussed threats from the Islamic State, issues involving Israel, and the future of the Iran nuclear deal.
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Campus & Community
A place where startups begin
Harvard Business School, the Ed Portal, and the Harvard i-lab gave 30 local high school students front-row seats to how entrepreneurship works.
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Campus & Community
Daniel Aaron, pioneer in American studies, dead at 103
Daniel Aaron, Victor S. Thomas Professor of English and American Literature Emeritus, dies at 103.
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Campus & Community
Winthrop House renewal to begin
Renewal work will begin on Winthrop House soon, as plans are detailed.
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Campus & Community
Faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
Five Harvard faculty members were elected to the National Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Arts & Culture
Creative, cultured, and diverse
The annual Arts First festival showcased many forms of imaginative expression and creativity across Harvard.
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Campus & Community
HBS Club of NY honors five
The Harvard Business School Club of New York will honor five alumni leaders at its 49th Annual Leadership Dinner on May 18 at the American Museum of Natural History.
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Campus & Community
A focus on veterans
Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership hosted a day of service for students to give back to veterans in the community.
