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  • Science & Tech

    What it means when ‘The Doctor Is Out’

    What happens when homophobia hits the hospital? “The Doctor Is Out: A Conversation with Dr. Mark Schuster on Being a Gay Physician at Harvard” was part of Harvard Medical School’s Diversity Dialogue series.

  • Science & Tech

    Harvard creates Global Institute

    A multidisciplinary project to investigate climate change, energy security, and sustainable development in China has received the first $3.75 million grant from the new Harvard Global Institute.

  • Campus & Community

    Faculty Council meeting held Oct. 14

    On Oct. 14 the Faculty Council met with Provost Garber to ask and answer questions as representatives of the faculty and heard an update on the library.

  • Nation & World

    Facing ‘the challenge of our generation’

    Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the array of foreign policy challenges facing the United States, speaking with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Graham Allison.

  • Health

    Working to break heroin’s grip

    Specialists in addiction see promise in a more comprehensive approach to treating opioid abuse, aided by medication.

  • Arts & Culture

    South Asia Institute hosts exhibit for Nepal

    Harvard’s South Asia Institute (SAI) is hosting an exhibit and fundraiser to help the country of Nepal and its people rebuild after the devastating earthquake of April 25. Thousands of Nepalese citizens were killed; tens of thousands more were injured and made homeless, while many of the city’s magnificent buildings and places of worship were…

  • Campus & Community

    All told in gold

    While Harvard is known for its trademark crimson, it’s the flourishes of amber and suntanned illuminations scattered across campus that surprise and resonate.

  • Arts & Culture

    Body of work

    An émigré physician at Harvard Medical School has written a book about the multitude of anatomy-based English expressions.

  • Science & Tech

    What drones can do

    HUBweek drone demonstration at Harvard Stadium showcases potential usefulness of flying robots.

  • Science & Tech

    Big data, massive potential

    Across Harvard, programs and researchers are mining big data, vast quantities of computerized information, often revolutionizing their fields in the process.

  • Health

    Relaxation response proves positive

    Relaxation-response techniques, such as meditation, yoga, and prayer, could reduce the need for health care services by 43 percent, according to a Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital study that looked at participants in a relaxation-response-focused training program.

  • Nation & World

    Marianne Williamson brings spirituality to politics

    Marianne Williamson, the internationally acclaimed spiritual leader, will discuss the moral evolution of America, starting from its founding, in her talk “On Consciousness, Spirituality, and Politics in America” at Harvard Divinity School on Oct. 14.

  • Health

    Closer view of the brain

    A team of researchers has succeeded in imaging — at the nano scale — every item in a small portion of mouse brain. What they found, Lichtman said, could open the door to, among other things, understanding how learning alters the brain.

  • Health

    Basic care increases odds when headed to the hospital

    Patients with trauma, stroke, heart attack, and respiratory failure who were transported by basic life support ambulances had a better chance of survival than patients who were transported by advanced life support ambulances, a study of Medicare patients in urban counties nationwide found.

  • Arts & Culture

    Art that lights the mind

    A photographer and a neurobiologist explored the science and art behind seeing during a HUBweek lecture at the Harvard Art Museums.

  • Campus & Community

    Education as a tool against inequality

    Harvard President Drew Faust tells U.S. mayors’ panel that addressing inequality nationally begins with investing in education.

  • Science & Tech

    To sample climate concerns, look at nature

    A panel of climate change experts at Harvard said that nature is telling us where we need to make changes to lessen future climate change impact: the places flooded or otherwise damaged in past storms.

  • Arts & Culture

    Israel’s Grossman reflects

    The celebrated Israeli novelist David Grossman reflects on writing and warfare. The right has won the debate in his country, he says, but hope for peace remains.

  • Health

    A whale of a tale

    Great whales’ microbiome shares characteristics with both plant eaters and predators, study finds.

  • Arts & Culture

    Radcliffe Fellow sheds light on the science of poetry

    Inspired by her love of science and her exploration of the universe’s mysteries, Sarah Howe wrote a poem dedicated to Stephen Hawking. A video has Hawking reading Howe’s poem, marking National Poetry Day, Oct. 8.

  • Arts & Culture

    Chasing wonder to the finest detail

    “Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” author Rebecca Skloot, at Radcliffe as a visiting scholar, talks about her new book project, on the bond between humans and animals.

  • Nation & World

    Once the honeymoon is over

    “What Should We Do After ‘I Do’?: Conversations on the Challenges that Remain for the LGBTQ Community” focused on the future of a diverse movement. The conference was co-sponsored by the Harvard Gender & Sexuality Caucus and the Harvard Alumni Association.

  • Health

    Easier way to fix hearts

    Catheter aided by UV light allows repairs of heart holes without requiring surgery.

  • Health

    History as mosh pit

    Today’s discoveries in DNA technology are as exciting as another era’s moon missions, opening avenues of scientific inquiry and invigorating even longstanding fields, speakers at a Radcliffe science symposium on DNA said.

  • Arts & Culture

    Barbara Klemm comes to Harvard

    The distinguished German photojournalist Barbara Klemm will show her works this month in the Center for European Studies (CES) exhibit titled “West Meets East,” which commemorates the 25th anniversary of the reunification of Germany.

  • Nation & World

    Matching policy to power of addiction

    The crisis in heroin addiction has mobilized law enforcement, public health officials, and scholars to push for substantial changes to drug policy.

  • Arts & Culture

    A cultural institution

    While volumes of poetry, sadly, may not sell the way, say, a Stephen King novel does, Ifeanyi Menkiti knows firsthand that poetry’s gifts are priceless. That’s why, in 2006, he purchased the Grolier Poetry Book Shop, a historic literary enclave down an unassuming Harvard Square side street.

  • Arts & Culture

    A miracle of preservation

    HarvardX’s MOOC “The Book” uses technology to mine ancient texts and bridge the modern and the medieval.

  • Nation & World

    The spirituality of Africa

    Though larger religions have made big inroads, African spirituality, a belief system based in openness and adaptation, endures, says Harvard religion professor Jacob Olupona.

  • Science & Tech

    Countering the cyberintruders

    Harvard officials recommend steps to keep computer networks safe from cyberattacks.