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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
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.
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Health
How our bodies harness energy
Robert A. Lue, faculty director of the Harvard Ed Portal, offered his audience insight into his upcoming HarvardX course “Cell Biology: Mitochondria,” during a talk on April 21.
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Campus & Community
Painting unveiled of College’s first African-American graduate
Officials unveiled a painting of Richard Theodore Greener, Harvard College’s first African-American graduate, in Annenberg Hall.
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Arts & Culture
The architect as artist
In honor of his creative achievements, architect Frank Gehry received the Harvard Arts Medal in a ceremony that marked the kickoff to Arts First, Harvard’s four-day celebration of student and faculty creativity.
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Campus & Community
My dinner with Dr. Hawking
A day after attending Stephen Hawking’s talk at Harvard, reporter Peter Reuell received an invitation from Cumrun Vafa — would he be interested in attending a dinner party in Hawking’s honor?
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Campus & Community
Style by degrees: Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School students, staff, and faculty are known for their sleek, polished style – sometimes with a hint of the unexpected.
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Campus & Community
She followed her star
Moiya McTier ’16 blends her loves of space science and writing in a double concentration in astronomy and folklore and mythology, leading to a science fiction senior thesis.
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Campus & Community
A monk with one foot in the world
Buddhist monk Tajay Bongsa wants to unite social and economic progress with dual master’s degrees in theology and business.
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Arts & Culture
Guarding the dazzle of the past
The Gazette visited the Weissman Preservation Center to see how conservators preserve Harvard’s rare and unique collections.
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council meeting held April 27
On April 27, the members of the Faculty Council approved preliminary versions of the University Extension School courses for 2016–2017 and Courses of Instruction for 2016–2017.
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Science & Tech
Advancing ingenuity
Between academic discovery and product development lurks a lull in research funding that inventors call the “chasm of death,” where a prototype or a proof of concept can feel just…
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Campus & Community
Humanizing the humanities
Leaving a legacy of curriculum innovation and diplomacy, Dean of Arts and Humanities Diana Sorensen steps down after 10 years of elevating the division.
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Campus & Community
SurgiBox wins $70,000 President’s Challenge
SurgiBox, a collapsible, safe, and aseptic surgery device, won this year’s $70,000 grand prize in the President’s Challenge.
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Health
New weapons against agricultural pests
Using phage-assisted continuous evolution (PACE) technology developed by Harvard professor David Liu and his co-workers, a team of researchers has evolved new forms of a natural insecticidal protein called “Bt toxin,” which can be used to help control Bt toxin resistance in insects.
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Campus & Community
On-the-job learning
The Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) offers local teenagers the chance to work at Harvard, and offers Harvard departments a way to fill temporary staffing needs while strengthening its connection to the community.
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Nation & World
World Trade Organization, front and center
Top academics, government officials, legal practitioners, and representatives from major think tanks, NGOs, and financial institutions meet this week at Harvard Law School to debate the present and future of the World Trade Organization.
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Campus & Community
Nicco Mele named director of Shorenstein Center
Nicco Mele, the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Journalism at the University of Southern California, is the new director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
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Arts & Culture
Taking his thesis on the road
Michael Meo, who will graduate from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in May, led 22 people of all ages and abilities on a grueling 1,000-mile bicycle trek through the Mexican desert, which became the subject of his master’s thesis.