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  • 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.

  • Nation & World

    Inside the Iran nuclear deal

    Former Ambassador Wendy Sherman, who led the U.S. negotiating team that struck the landmark nuclear agreement with Iran, reflects on her work and what it takes to succeed in the field of high-stakes diplomacy.

  • Arts & Culture

    New arts concentration gets warm welcome

    New concentration brings excitement by merging three disciplines and capitalizing on Harvard’s vast creative resources.

  • Campus & Community

    New vice provost for international affairs

    Harvard has appointed Mark C. Elliott, Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History and current director of the John King Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, as vice provost for international affairs.

  • Science & Tech

    How the brain builds new thoughts

    A new study suggests that two adjacent brain regions allow humans to use a sort of conceptual algebra to construct thoughts.

  • Science & Tech

    Paying for health care with time

    In 2010, people in the United States spent 1.1 billion hours seeking health care for themselves or for loved ones. That time was worth $52 billion. Disadvantaged socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic groups bore a disproportionate amount of the time burden.

  • Campus & Community

    Man vs. machine

    Harvard’s Michael Sandel and an all-star panel engaged in a “Justice” style dialogue to kick off HUBweek.

  • Campus & Community

    Harvard housing program creates community

    The Graduate Commons Program brings together graduate students living in Harvard University Housing. Its goal is to create a community for scholars, family, and friends.

  • Campus & Community

    Smith project gets OK from Board of Zoning Appeal

    The Cambridge Board of Zoning Appeal (BZA) gave its approval to Harvard University’s Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center renovation plans Thursday night. The project had previously secured the approval of the Cambridge Historical Commission, the Harvard Square Advisory Committee, and the Cambridge Planning Board.

  • Science & Tech

    Students bring fresh perspective to environmental issues

    Each year the Harvard University Center for the Environment awards funding to students who have an interest in environmental and energy research. The students’ backgrounds vary as widely as their topics.

  • Nation & World

    Conflict escalation

    Retired Brigadier Gen. Kevin Ryan, now at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, assesses the implications of Russia’s incursion into Syria.

  • Campus & Community

    A panoply of achievement

    Seven African-American leaders receive Du Bois Medals from the Hutchins Center.

  • Nation & World

    The state of the podcast

    The podcast, an Internet technology that had its genesis at Harvard, roars back to prominence.

  • Science & Tech

    A watery Mars, a changed outlook

    One of the lessons from this week’s announcement of liquid water on Mars is that the Red Planet is a much more diverse place than previously thought, one that holds a multitude of niche environments that might be more hospitable to life than average planetary conditions might indicate, said Professor Robin Wordsworth.

  • Campus & Community

    In its 12th year, Honan 5K still on a run

    More than 450 Harvard students, staff, and faculty crossed the Charles River on Sunday to run in the Brian J. Honan 5K, an event that has become a tradition for the Harvard community.

  • Campus & Community

    New faculty plant roots

    The New Faculty Institute welcomed new teachers to campus. Part welcome exercise, part information session, part networking opportunity, the faculty forum was designed to make the 64 assistant professors, four associate professors, and 41 professors new to campus feel at home.

  • Health

    Inroads against leukemia

    A molecule isolated from sea sponges and later synthesized in the lab can halt the growth of cancerous cells and could open the door to a new treatment for leukemia, according to a team of Harvard researchers.