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Nation & World
Struggle in the shadows
New book by Roberto Gonzales, an assistant professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education, says undocumented young adults are at risk of becoming a disenfranchised underclass.
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Campus & Community
Style by degrees: Harvard Graduate School of Design
For the students, staff, and faculty at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, wearing black is an announcement of their craft. But increasingly, color has found its way back into vogue.
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Arts & Culture
Cass Sunstein, ‘Star Wars’ fan
Cass Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, is writing a book about lessons that can be drawn from the box-office phenomenon “Star Wars.”
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Campus & Community
The less-traveled path
Harvard’s Midyear Graduates Recognition Ceremony pays tribute to more than 100 seniors.
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Nation & World
Shifting careers to drive change
Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative helps professionals transition to new careers aimed at solving societal problems.
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Health
Chemical flavorings found in e-cigarettes linked to respiratory disease
A Harvard study links chemicals used in flavored electronic cigarettes to cases of severe respiratory disease.
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Campus & Community
Harvard’s alumni impact
Inaugural study shows that Harvard alumni worldwide create vast businesses and nonprofit organizations, accounting for millions of jobs, economic impact, and volunteering success.
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Arts & Culture
Se habla Español
Scholars gathered at Harvard’s Observatory of the Spanish Language to ponder how Spanish can continue thriving as the second-most-common language in the United States.
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Campus & Community
‘Bright Lights’ reflects well on Edison K-8
Principal for a Day program allows local leaders, including Harvard Vice President Paul Andrew, to see the changes that have occurred in the way students learn. Andrew visited Thomas Edison K-8 School in Brighton.
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Campus & Community
Yale professor examines unconscious biases by whites
“But I Don’t See Color! Consequences of Racial Color-Blindness,” was the topic of a talk by John Dovidio, the Carl Iver Hovland Professor of Psychology at Yale University. The discussion was part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Diversity Dialogue series.
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Campus & Community
Harvard honors its military past with tour
The inaugural Official Harvard Military History Tours in November brought together 50 veterans who toured the many landmarks significant to Harvard’s distinguished military past.
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Campus & Community
Tilghman named to Harvard Corporation
Shirley M. Tilghman, president emerita and professor of molecular biology and public affairs at Princeton University, will become the newest member of the Harvard Corporation.
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Science & Tech
Harvard’s Stavins, Stowe compare climate change policies in Paris
A side-event panel titled “Dialogue on the Comparison of Climate Change Policies” on Friday at the Conference of the Parties (COP21) featured Robert Stavins, faculty director of the Harvard Project and Harvard Project Manager Robert Stowe.
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Campus & Community
Q&A on changing House master title
In a question-and-answer session, two Harvard deans sat down with the Gazette late last week to talk about the impending change to the House master title that was announced at the Dec. 1 faculty meeting, and to give the thinking behind the switch.
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Arts & Culture
The gift of Kuumba
In the yearly cycle of a Harvard student, before the comfort of the festive year-end season, comes the stress of finals season. This weekend, as the community braces to clear that last hurdle, the Kuumba Singers of Harvard College offer the perfect antidote: their annual Christmas Concerts.
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Nation & World
Civil rights, then and now
Through the prism of St. Louis and Ferguson, a panel on Civil Rights discussed how the movement has evolved, and where common ground remains.
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Campus & Community
For Harvard professors, these are a few of their favorite things
Harvard professors reflect on a few of their favorite things, and what makes them so.
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Health
Positive sign in America’s food fight
Frank Hu, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the principal investigator of the diabetes component of the landmark Nurses’ Health Study, responded to the latest Center for Disease Control and Prevention findings in an interview with the Gazette.
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Campus & Community
Seeking global projects
Harvard Global Institute seeks applicants for grants to help tackle international concerns.
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Nation & World
Carter: Islamic State will be defeated
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter spoke about the ongoing war with Islamic State and touted the many public service opportunities in the military for students, even if they don’t envision a career on the battlefield.
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Arts & Culture
In 10,000 years, we’ll know how it ends
Peter Galison and Robb Moss’ documentary “Containment” is an unflinching look at the challenges of nuclear waste disposal.
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Health
Deep dive
The Harvard Museum of Natural History opens a new marine life gallery, which uses the seas off New England as a lens for learning about marine life around the world.
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Campus & Community
Joint degree at Extension School
A new joint degree program for undergraduates and graduates at Harvard Extension School is designed for students with strong business experience.
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Health
Wild ambition at the Arboretum
The Arnold Arboretum is seeking some 400 different species around the world to add to collections.
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Nation & World
Beware of those toxic co-workers
New HBS research finds that avoiding a toxic employee realizes twice the savings of hiring a superstar.
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Campus & Community
HackHarvard makes the majors
Harvard sponsored its first hackathon, HackHarvard, drawing almost 500 students from around the world. The goal of the Nov. 13-15 event was to find solutions to real-life problems in just 36 hours.
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Campus & Community
The fight for equality in education
A Your Harvard gathering in Atlanta probed the ways in which the nation’s educational system has fallen short in promoting equality in learning.
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Nation & World
Lessons from Lessig
Lawrence Lessig speaks candidly about his failed presidential bid, in which he spotlighted the importance of campaign finance reform.
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Health
Patterns of obesity prove resilient
The Harvard Chan School’s Walter Willett discusses recent findings on obesity, blood pressure, and smoking.
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Campus & Community
Student scholars, with dreams aplenty
Five Harvard students are among the 32 Americans headed to Oxford as Rhodes Scholars. Their interests are diverse, but one thing Neil Alacha, Grace Huckins, Rivka Hyland, Garrett Lam, and Hassaan Shahawy share is a desire to leave a lasting, positive impact on the world.
