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Nation & World
The making of two educators
Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust and her brother, Donald Gilpin, a retired English and drama teacher, shared their thoughts on pedagogy in a discussion at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Arts & Culture
‘The Global Philosopher’
Harvard Business School (HBS) and BBC Radio 4 have worked together to produce the first episode of “The Global Philosopher,” a program hosted by Harvard political philosopher Michael J. Sandel.
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Science & Tech
Warmer weather, finer wines
By examining more than 500 years of harvest records, researchers found that wine grape harvests across France, on average, now occur two weeks earlier than in the past, largely due to climate change. While earlier harvests are normally associated with higher quality wines, researchers caution the trend likely won’t last.
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Campus & Community
The costs of inequality: Across Harvard, efforts to improve lives
Harvard offers myriad programs to alleviate the inequality gap within the University, from neighboring communities to overseas.
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Arts & Culture
‘Average’ gets his ire up
Todd Rose, lecturer in education, debunks the myth of the “typical” learner in his new book, “The End of Average.”
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Health
Collaboration to develop cancer therapeutics
The Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator will collaborate with Merck to develop small-molecule therapy for the most common form of acute leukemia.
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Science & Tech
Big gains in better chewing
According to a new Harvard study, our ancestors between 2 and 3 million years ago started to spend far less time and effort chewing by adding meat to their diets and using stone tools to process food.
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Nation & World
Obama in Havana
President Barack Obama will be the first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge traveled there in 1928. Harvard scholars spoke about the trip’s symbolism in the efforts to re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba.
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Campus & Community
Professors get personal about their own career paths
Faculty in the arts and humanities meet with students over dinner at the Office of Career Services to share their personal experiences and paths to success.
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Campus & Community
Boston approves Harvard’s Life Lab
The Boston Redevelopment Authority gave final approval Thursday to Harvard University’s Life Lab in Allston, which is scheduled to open this fall. As part of the Harvard Innovation Labs, the Life Lab will offer shared laboratory space for high-potential life sciences and biotech startups established by Harvard faculty, alumni, students, and postdoctoral scholars.
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Health
Real as a heart attack, almost
“Standardized patients” are trained actors who role-play the sort of diagnostic puzzles regularly faced by practicing physicians. They interact with students at the Tosteson Medical Education Center at Harvard Medical School (HMS).
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Campus & Community
Race to the top
Harvard Track and Field put their best foot forward at the Crimson Elite meet on Feb. 6, with the men topping the opposition and the women finishing second out of 10 teams.
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Nation & World
Ireland at the breaking point
Nearly everybody in the Boston area knows that March 17 is the feast day of Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. Perhaps fewer are aware that in 10 days’ time, the Republic of Ireland will celebrate its 100th anniversary as an independent nation. Professor Catherine McKenna guided the Gazette through the struggle behind that independence.
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Nation & World
Justice in moderation
In a question-and-answer session, Harvard Law School Professor Laurence Tribe explains how Merrick Garland’s long service as a U.S. appeals court judge makes him a well-vetted candidate for the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Arts & Culture
Jazz made visible
“The Art of Jazz: Form/Performance/Notes” explores the interaction between jazz and the visual arts.
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Health
Alcohol and heart risk, by the minute
A study by researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shows that moderate alcohol consumption can produce a temporary increase in heart attack and stroke risk.
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Campus & Community
Ice in their veins
This year, Harvard hockey coach Ted Donato ’91 is coaching his son, freshman forward — and future Bruin — Ryan Donato.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Law School to retire shield
The Harvard Corporation has approved Harvard Law School’s recommendation to retire its shield, which includes part of the crest of a slaveholding family that helped to establish the School.
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Nation & World
The costs of inequality: Faster lives, quicker deaths
For African Americans and Hispanics, damaged neighborhoods undercut education, health, jobs — the keys to overcoming inequality and succeeding.
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Nation & World
Working, with children
While there is greater support for gender equality today, how it’s defined and how greatly it’s supported remains in flux, a panel of sociologists found.
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Science & Tech
3-D material changes shape as it prepares for next task
Harvard researchers have designed a new type of foldable material that is versatile, tunable, and self-actuated. It can change size, volume, and shape; it can fold flat to withstand the weight of an elephant without breaking, and pop right back up to prepare for the next task.
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Campus & Community
Faust, Walsh honor local nonprofits
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh joined Harvard President Drew Faust at the Harvard Ed Portal in Allston on Thursday to honor the latest Harvard Allston Partnership Fund (HAPF) grant recipients. Grants totaling $100,000 were awarded to 12 local nonprofits that support programs in the Allston-Brighton community.
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Nation & World
Home today, gone tomorrow
Harvard sociologist Matthew Desmond followed eight Milwaukee families living on the edge of eviction and chronicled their struggles in an ethnographic study that combines gripping narrative and groundbreaking research.
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Campus & Community
Stephen Greenblatt wins Holberg Prize
Professor Stephen Greenblatt has been honored with the Holberg Prize his extraordinary body of writing and its profound impact on humanities scholarship.
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Campus & Community
Hearty welcomes with a touch of rivalry
Every House is best: The Class of 2019 learns their housing fate.
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Campus & Community
Culture and community come together
Harvard Ed Portal filled its Cultural Connections evening with student groups that performed for an enamored audience in Allston.
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Campus & Community
Spielberg to speak at 365th Commencement
Steven Spielberg, one of the most illustrious filmmakers in the history of American motion pictures, will be the featured speaker at the Afternoon Program of Harvard’s 365th Commencement on May 26.
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council meeting held on March 9
On March 9 the members of the Faculty Council met with Provost Garber to ask and answer questions as representatives of the faculty.
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Campus & Community
Robin Kelsey named dean of arts and humanities
Robin Kelsey, chairman of the Department of History of Art and Architecture, has been named dean of arts and humanities. He will begin July 1.
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Arts & Culture
Professor’s book selected for Canto Classics series
Harvard professor and Weatherhead faculty associate Robert Bates’ book “When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa” has been selected for inclusion in the Canto Classics series by Cambridge Univerity Press.
