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  • 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.

  • Nation & World

    A powerful convergence

    Harvard faculty members from several disciplines gathered to share thoughts about their work at the 2013 Kumbh Mela religious festival in India.

  • Campus & Community

    Innovative faculty research receives support

    Five winners have been named as recipients of this year’s Star Family Challenge for Promising Scientific Research awards. Now in its second year, the challenge is designed to acknowledge and support some of the most innovative research being done by Harvard faculty in the natural and social sciences.

  • Health

    E-cigarette battle heats up

    In a talk titled “Can E-cigarette Regulation Protect the Public’s Health? Making Sense of the Science,” public health experts speaking at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Thursday said they worry the battery-powered smokes may provide a dangerous gateway for teens and others to start smoking.

  • Campus & Community

    Faculty Council meeting held April 15

    On April 15 the members of the council met with the president and asked and answered questions as representatives of the faculty.

  • Campus & Community

    For those with a head for history

    A sample in images from the abundance of hats — Panama, pillbox, porkpie, and more — in Harvard’s holdings.

  • Arts & Culture

    The sacred middle

    Harvey Cox, the Hollis Research Professor of Divinity Emeritus at the Divinity School, talks about his new book, “How to Read the Bible.”

  • Science & Tech

    Going the distance with microlensing method

    NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has teamed up with a telescope on the ground to find a remote gas planet about 13,000 light-years away, making it one of the most distant planets known, according to the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

  • Arts & Culture

    What they overcame

    Filmmaker Stanley Nelson Jr. took part in a question-and-answer session with Harvard President Drew Faust as part of the William Belden Noble Lectures.

  • Nation & World

    The Ferguson conversation

    In the wake of the Ferguson tumult, an Askwith Forum panel examines ways to promote discussions on race, and to craft solutions during a discussion at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.