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  • Campus & Community

    Fryer wins Clark Medal

    Roland Fryer, Harvard’s Henry Lee Professor of Economics, has been awarded the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark Medal, which is given annually to a rising young economist.

  • Nation & World

    Reconnecting on education

    Panelists across Harvard gather to consider how education should and will affect tomorrow’s global challenges.

  • Campus & Community

    Undergrads collecting degrees, heading abroad

    Four graduating seniors will begin yearlong fellowships as part of the Fulbright Scholars program administered by the U.S. Department of State. Joy Ming, Tyreke White, and Amanda Reilly will all complete their studies at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences this year.

  • Science & Tech

    Seeking a bisexual revolution

    A successful bisexual movement would lead not only to more freedom for bisexuals, but to “liberation of all other groups. In fighting for its goals, it would not forget how all forms of oppression are interlinked,” said Shiri Eisner, author of “Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution,” in delivering the annual Nicholas Papadopoulos Lecture.

  • Arts & Culture

    The mystery of Mahler

    American audiences quickly embraced the Austrian composer and conductor Gustav Mahler when he moved to the United States, and to a surprising degree, lecturer Federico Cortese told an Ed Portal audience.

  • Campus & Community

    Smart response

    The emergency communications startup RapidSOS was awarded $70,000 as the winner of the fourth President’s Challenge.

  • Health

    Promising stem cell therapy

    Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed an “imageable” mouse model of brain-metastatic breast cancer and shown the potential of a stem-cell-based therapy to eliminate metastatic cells from the brain and prolong survival. The study, published online in the journal Brain, also describes a strategy for preventing the potential negative consequences…

  • Campus & Community

    Where skill meets flair

    The 24th annual Harvard Invitational ballroom competition, organized by the University’s ballroom team, happened in downtown Boston April 11 and 12.

  • Campus & Community

    Portman named Class Day speaker

    Actress Natalie Portman ’03 has been selected as Class Day speaker for Harvard College. Portman will address the graduating class on May 27, the day before the 364th Commencement.

  • Arts & Culture

    A house divided by grief

    To mark the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, Martha Hodes’ new book offers firsthand accounts from the days following the murder.

  • Health

    Why birds don’t crash

    A new study shows that birds use two highly stereotyped postures to avoid obstacles in flight. The study could open the door to new ways to program drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles to avoid similar obstacles.

  • Science & Tech

    Higher than the sky

    Terry Virts, commander of the International Space Station and an alumnus of HBS’s General Management Program, chatted live from orbit about his experiences.

  • Health

    Health as an economic engine

    Finance ministers from Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Southeast Asia gathered at Harvard Art Museums on April 21 to discuss links between health care and economic performance.

  • Arts & Culture

    The things Harvard has

    Scholars from across Harvard will convene at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on Friday for a symposium called “University as Collector” that will explore the importance of universities as collecting institutions.

  • Arts & Culture

    In the mind’s ear

    On a commission from the Harvard Art Museums, Mexican artist Carlos Amorales created “Triangle Constellation” to hang above the Calderwood Courtyard.

  • Arts & Culture

    Unsettled by the bomb

    A historian’s new book outlines the little-known role of black Americans in international campaigns to ban nuclear weapons.

  • Arts & Culture

    Path to understanding

    During a panel discussion at Radcliffe, musicians in the diverse Silk Road Ensemble explained how they combine instruments, mesh traditions to make new music.

  • Campus & Community

    American Academy elects new members

    The American Academy of Arts and Sciences today announced the election of 197 new members, including 10 from Harvard.

  • Campus & Community

    This year’s chief marshal

    At Harvard’s 364th Commencement, award-winning author and journalist Farai Chideya ’90 will lead her class as this year’s chief marshal.

  • Campus & Community

    A new fiscal leader

    Thomas J. Hollister, a business executive with expertise in global financial management and banking, has been named Harvard’s chief financial officer and vice president for finance.

  • Campus & Community

    A freshman reflects

    A Harvard College freshman reflects on a year of people, professors, pacing, and appreciating.

  • Campus & Community

    A greener day

    At Harvard, the commitment to a healthier, more sustainable campus is ingrained in the culture, how people learn, work, and live. Initiatives across the University’s Schools and departments bring faculty, students, and staff together in creating solutions with the ultimate goal of enhancing the well-being of everyone in the Harvard community.

  • Science & Tech

    Saving Mother Earth

    The Harvard Climate Change Solutions Fund is one example of how the University is catalyzing the research and innovations needed to accelerate progress toward cleaner energy and a healthier, more sustainable future.

  • Nation & World

    The future of world religions

    The head of religion research at the Pew Center, Alan Cooperman, told a Harvard Divinity School audience on April 17 that Muslims could exceed the number of Christians in fewer than 60 years.

  • Science & Tech

    A leap for ‘artificial leaf’

    Using an electro-chemical process to etch materials, Harvard scientists have developed a system of patterning that works in just minutes, as opposed to the weeks needed for other techniques. Researchers can build photonic structures that control the light hitting the device and greatly increase its efficiency.

  • Nation & World

    God and the White House

    Longtime presidential adviser and Harvard Kennedy School Professor David Gergen engaged in a wide-ranging conversation on the complex intersections of religion, politics, and public life.

  • Campus & Community

    John Harvard ‘speaks’

    For the next week, Daniel Chester French’s iconic statue will be animated by the faces, voices, and gestures of Harvard students as part of “John Harvard Projection,” a video installation created by artist and Harvard Graduate School of Design Professor Krzysztof Wodiczko.

  • Arts & Culture

    Voices, united

    “Harvard Voices,” sponsored by the Harvard University Committee on the Arts, united a cross-section of artistic influences and University arts resources.

  • Nation & World

    Polite populism

    Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, a possible challenger to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primary race for president, previewed his economic agenda at Harvard Kennedy School on April 16.

  • Arts & Culture

    Celebrating Widener

    Two lectures launched a yearlong celebration of Widener Library, which turns 100 this June.