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Arts & Culture
In 1944, Broadway subversion
In 1944, the young and gifted creators of ‘On the Town’ quietly stirred diversity into their groundbreaking musical, Professor Carol Oja recounts in her new book.
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Arts & Culture
Upholding complexity
Pulitzer Prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks returns to the American Repertory Theater with her new play, “Father Comes Home From the Wars.”
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Campus & Community
Greening the Harvard Art Museums
The revitalized Harvard Art Museums have earned LEED Gold status for their energy efficiency.
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Science & Tech
Boston’s leaky pipes add to greenhouse-gas buildup
A Harvard-led study reveals that an aging natural-gas distribution system short-changes Boston-area customers and contributes to greenhouse-gas buildup. Depending on the season, natural gas leaking from the local distribution system accounts for 60 percent to 100 percent of the region’s emissions of methane.
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Nation & World
The case for (community) college
While seeking economic relief for the middle class during his State of the Union address, Obama formally proposes making community college tuition-free.
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Nation & World
In the Civil War, roots of carnage
It is often said that the modern era began in the death and devastation of World War I, but Harvard President Drew Faust said during a speech at the University of Cambridge that such destruction started in the American Civil War.
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Arts & Culture
Standing up for ‘Selma’
“Selma” director Ava DuVernay discussed the film with Henry Louis Gates in an event sponsored by Harvard’s Hutchins Center.
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Nation & World
Democracy, debated in Parliament
Harvard Professor Michael Sandel led members of the United Kingdom’s House of Commons and House of Lords, along with students and members of the public, through an intense discussion on the nature and importance of democracy, as part of a first-of-its-kind program held in the Speaker’s House in Parliament.
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Nation & World
Making a case for democracy
Michael Sandel, the renowned political philosopher and professor, will debate the meaning of democracy at the Palace of Westminster in London as part of the BBC’s “Democracy Day.”
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Health
Vitamin D protects some against colorectal cancer
A new study by investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute demonstrates that vitamin D can protect some people with colorectal cancer by perking up the immune system’s vigilance against tumor cells.
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Nation & World
My memories of Dr. King
Harvard Divinity School Professor Harvey Cox was a longtime friend of Civil Rights icon the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The clergymen had similar interests and a desire for social justice and equality.
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Campus & Community
Justice Ginsburg to receive Radcliffe Medal
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, will receive this year’s Radcliffe Medal on May 29 during Radcliffe Day, an annual celebration of Radcliffe’s past, present, and future.
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Science & Tech
One size won’t fit all
The Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centers and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University have released a report on “multistakeholder governance groups” to better inform the discussion over Internet governance models and mechanisms.
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Health
Imaging captures how blood stem cells take root
Harvard-affiliated researchers have provided a see-through zebrafish and enhanced imaging that offer the first direct glimpse of how blood stem cells take root in the body to generate blood.
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Campus & Community
Chris Pratt is Man of the Year
Hasty Pudding Theatricals named Chris Pratt the recipient of its 2015 Man of the Year Award.
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Science & Tech
Sea level correction
A new study shows that sea levels have increased over the last two decades at a greater rate than previously understood.
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Campus & Community
Learning from student athletes
More than 750 students from two Allston schools packed the stands at Lavietes Pavilion to watch the Harvard women’s basketball team in action and learn about student athletes.
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Nation & World
Paris tragedy provides an opening for conversation
Following the attack in Paris, the Harvard Kennedy School asked Adjunct Professor Muriel Rouyer, a French citizen living in the United States, to provide her perspective on the events and what lies ahead for the citizens of France.
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Campus & Community
Plans for Smith Campus Center
With a series of open houses scheduled for later this month, planners recently unveiled design concepts for the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center that include new formal and informal gathering areas, a wide variety of eating options, flexible meeting or event spaces, fireplaces, landscaped gardens, and even a roof terrace.
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Nation & World
Some child, left behind?
On the cusp of a new education bill from Senate Republicans, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan called this week for repeal and replacement of No Child Left Behind, the signature education reform from a decade ago.
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Campus & Community
Damian Woetzel to receive Harvard Arts Medal
Ballet dancer, director, and now arts leader Damian Woetzel, M.P.A. ’07, has been announced as recipient of the 2015 Harvard Arts Medal, which will be awarded by Harvard President Drew Faust at a Farkas Hall ceremony on April 30 at 4 p.m.
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Science & Tech
Crafting ultrathin color coatings
In Harvard’s high-tech cleanroom, applied physicists produce vivid optical effects — on paper.
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Health
Steering stem cell trafficking into pancreas reverses Type 1 diabetes
Harvard researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have uncovered a way to enhance and prolong the therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cells in a preclinical model of Type 1 diabetes.
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Health
Breakthrough on chronic pain
Imaging study finds the first evidence of neuroinflammation in brains of chronic pain patients, which could lead to new, targeted treatments.
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Nation & World
A new chapter for Congress
Forty-seven Harvard alumni will be part of the 114th Congress, which began this week.
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Health
Sounding out speech
A new study demonstrates that infants as young as 6 months can solve the invariance problem in speech perception.
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Nation & World
Truth vs. ‘truthiness’
Developmental psychologist Howard Gardner discusses the time-tested values of truth, beauty, and goodness in a three-part lecture series at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Campus & Community
A breadth of learning
Harvard’s Online Learning gateway houses the University’s open online learning opportunities under one roof for the first time, and anyone can access the breadth and depth of Harvard’s learning content.
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Campus & Community
Amy Poehler is the 2015 Woman of the Year
Golden Globe Award-winning actress, comedian, producer, writer, and best-selling author Amy Poehler has been named Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 2015 Woman of the Year.
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Health
The divergent skull
New work by Harvard scientists challenges long-standing ideas on skull development in vertebrates.
