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  • Science & Tech

    Taking to the woods

    For a handful of Harvard undergraduate and graduate students, the January semester break included a rare treat — a visit to the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Mass.

  • Health

    Sick with measles, again

    Dyann Wirth, chair of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, discusses what’s behind the resurgence of measles in the United States.

  • Health

    Pinpointing danger in hypertension

    A Harvard endocrinologist was senior author on a study pinpointing the precise high blood pressure level and critical time when intervening was tied to a decrease in the risk of death.

  • Science & Tech

    A trap for greenhouse gas

    A team of researchers has developed a novel class of materials that enable a safer, cheaper, and more energy-efficient process for removing greenhouse gas from power-plant emissions.

  • Health

    Twice doomed?

    Growing evidence points to a role for volcanoes in dinosaur extinction, said planetary scientist Mark Richards in a Harvard lecture.

  • Health

    Unlocking fat

    A study by Emily Groopman ’14 shows that cooking helps to unlock the calories in fatty foods.

  • Campus & Community

    The case of the disappearing dishes

    Undergraduate and graduate students took part in jDesign, a four-day, hands-on Wintersession workshop that harnessed student energy and creativity to tackle real-world design problems — in this case, the loss of dishware from the University’s dining halls.

  • Health

    Walk like a man

    The fossilized hipbone of an ape called Sivapithecus is raising a host of new questions about whether the upright body plan of apes may have evolved multiple times.

  • Nation & World

    Death penalty, in retreat

    Harvard Law School Professor Carol Steiker is devoting her Radcliffe Fellowship year to working on a book with her brother about the past half-century’s experiment with the constitutional regulation of capital punishment in America.

  • Science & Tech

    Charged air

    For doctoral student Sarah Rugheimer, the study of atmosphere holds deep promise in the search for extrasolar life.

  • Nation & World

    The politics of jurisprudence

    New political science research from faculty at Harvard Kennedy School and Stanford University quantifies the political makeup of the nation’s judiciary.

  • Campus & Community

    Smith Campus Center, re-envisioned

    Harvard unveiled its initial design concepts for the new Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center during two open houses.

  • Campus & Community

    Rhythm and motion

    Here’s a sound and snapshot sample of Wintersession classes in action.

  • Campus & Community

    Robert Kirshner receives Wolf Prize

    Harvard’s Clowes Professor of Science Robert P. Kirshner ’70 will share the 2015 Wolf Prize in Physics with Professor James Bjorken of Stanford University. They will split the $100,000 award.

  • Science & Tech

    A lefty’s lament

    A southpaw science writer comes to terms with research on handedness by the Kennedy School’s Joshua Goodman.

  • Campus & Community

    Hamburger receives Anneliese Maier Research Award

    Jeffrey Hamburger, the Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture and a world authority on the religious art of the Middle Ages, is among this year’s recipients of the Anneliese Maier Research Award.

  • Campus & Community

    Faculty Council meeting held Jan. 28

    On Jan. 28, the Faculty Council met to change the status of the Standing Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights to an instructional program committee.

  • Campus & Community

    Exploration, transformation

    The fifth annual Harvard College Wintersession featured a host of events, from print-making on clay tablets to yoga classes to programming featuring prominent alumni.

  • Campus & Community

    Harvard University Housing establishes new rents for 2015–16

    In accordance with the University’s rent policy, Harvard University Housing charges market rents. To establish the proposed rents for 2015–16, Jayendu Patel of Economic, Financial, & Statistical Consulting Services performed and endorsed the results of a regression analysis on three years of market rents for more than 2,900 apartments.

  • Campus & Community

    Snark and recreation

    “Parks and Recreation” star Amy Poehler livened up Harvard Square as Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year.

  • Campus & Community

    Beyond the lab and library

    For the past seven years, January has been a time when students in Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences can delve into topics they might not otherwise have the chance to explore — everything from the mating habits of insects to writing grant proposals to various imaging techniques.

  • Arts & Culture

    Flaherty retrospective to include Irish gem

    The Harvard Film Archive is launching a retrospective of the work of Robert J. Flaherty, a pioneer in documentary film. “Folklore and Flaherty: A Symposium on the First Irish-Language Film” will be held on Feb. 19 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Harvard Film Archive.

  • Campus & Community

    Strong showings

    The Crimson men’s ice hockey will compete in the Beanpot tournament on Feb. 3, facing off against second-ranked Boston University. Harvard is nationally ranked in both men’s and women’s ice hockey.

  • Campus & Community

    Lentz to step down

    After successfully rebuilding the Harvard Art Museums, and more than a decade at the helm, Director Thomas W. Lentz will step down on July 1.

  • Nation & World

    Escalating the fight against breast cancer

    Harvard had a role in creating Mexico’s decade-old comprehensive health plan for the poor — and now University researchers are helping close stubborn gaps in breast-cancer care.

  • Campus & Community

    LaBrie, 76, substance abuse researcher affiliated with HMS

    Richard Anthony LaBrie, 76, of Watertown, who long held an affiliation with Harvard Medical School (HMS), died Dec. 31, 2014.

  • Campus & Community

    Harvard Campaign has early impact

    With The Harvard Campaign in mid-stride, its early impact already can be seen and felt across campus and beyond.

  • Campus & Community

    New director for Women’s Center

    Naisha Bradley has been named director of the Harvard College Women’s Center.

  • Nation & World

    Answering the bell

    U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren returned to Harvard, along with others, to advocate that undergraduates consider careers in public service, as part of the “Public Interested” conference.

  • Health

    Harvard’s Odyssey unlocks big data

    Harvard faculty and researchers are using big data to answer society’s most challenging questions, and doing it with the help of FAS Research Computing (FASRC). Founded in 2007, FASRC had one goal: to provide Harvard faculty, students, and staff with leading-edge computational resources.