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  • Science & Tech

    Beating the beetles

    The Arnold Arboretum celebrates a successful collaboration with the U.S. government to prevent tree destruction by the invasive Asian longhorned beetle.

  • Campus & Community

    Calming the working mind

    Marianne Bergonzi first tried yoga when she was 50 years old. Describing the experience as life-changing, Bergonzi soon began teaching classes. “I knew I had to pass the yogic philosophy on to people who [may] never get a chance to learn the body, mind, and breath connection.”

  • Campus & Community

    A boost for nonprofits

    A gathering on May 5 marked the distribution of grants by the Harvard Allston Partnership Fund, with 11 nonprofits receiving support totaling $100,000.

  • Campus & Community

    New VP for campus services

    Meredith Weenick, a seasoned administrator with significant operational experience in the nonprofit and public sectors, has been named vice president for campus services at Harvard University.

  • Nation & World

    Building bridges among diverse faiths

    Rabbi Angela W. Buchdahl, senior rabbi-designate at New York City’s Central Synagogue; Sheik Yasir Qadhi, dean of academic affairs at the Al-Maghrib Institute; and the Rev. J. Brent Walker, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, gathered for a discussion on the role of religion in public life.

  • Science & Tech

    Avoid the ‘science of yesterday’

    A Dutch water expert with a federal role in rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy brought his wisdom to Harvard this semester.

  • Health

    ‘Heart disease-on-a-chip’

    Harvard scientists have merged stem cell and “organ-on-a-chip” technologies to grow, for the first time, functioning human heart tissue carrying an inherited cardiovascular disease. The research appears to be a big step forward for personalized medicine, because it is working proof that a chunk of tissue containing a patient’s specific genetic disorder can be replicated…

  • Health

    Addiction clue

    Harvard researchers find that a gene essential for normal brain development, and linked to autism spectrum disorders, also plays a critical role in addiction-related behaviors.

  • Campus & Community

    Healing outside the box

    VACU Scan, an initiative to boost health care in developing countries, is the winner of the 2014 President’s Challenge.

  • Science & Tech

    Astronomers create first realistic virtual universe

    Astronomers have created the first realistic virtual universe using a computer simulation called Illustris. Illustris can re-create 13 billion years of cosmic evolution in a cube 350 million light-years on a side with unprecedented resolution.

  • Science & Tech

    Colder winters add to colony collapse

    Two widely used neonicotinoids — a class of insecticide — appear to significantly harm honeybee colonies over the winter, particularly during colder winters, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health.

  • Campus & Community

    82 percent of admitted to attend

    Nearly 82 percent of the students admitted to the Class of 2018 will matriculate at Harvard College, which would be the highest percentage to attend since slightly more than 83 percent of those admitted to the Class of 1973 came in 1969.

  • Campus & Community

    Progress report: The Harvard Campaign

    The Harvard Gazette spoke with five members of Harvard’s governing boards, who also serve as co-chairs of the Harvard Campaign, to discuss Harvard’s fundraising effort, the environment in which it is occurring, its priorities, and its meaning to the co-chairs who give their time to execute it.

  • Science & Tech

    When engineering meets art

    Music blared, LEDs blinked, and jaws dropped Tuesday at the SEAS Design and Project Fair, a celebration of creative problem-solving by students at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences…

  • Nation & World

    Religion and the Indian election

    India is choosing a new government. Many pundits predict that the country’s 814 million voters will make Narendra Modi the next prime minister of the world’s largest democracy. Kalpana Jain, Harvard Divinity School student and a former editor at the Times of India, offered her perspective on the elections that end on May 12 and…

  • Arts & Culture

    Like magic, Teller speaks

    Magician Teller and director and playwright Aaron Posner have teamed up to create a magic-inspired version of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” in an American Repertory Theater production that features music by Tom Waits and choreography by Pilobolus.

  • Campus & Community

    Students receive Barrett Award

    The Bureau of Study Counsel awarded Keerthi Reddy ’14 and Daniel Wilson ’14 the Joseph L. Barrett Award on May 5.

  • Nation & World

    They spring into action

    During a fast-paced, two-week exercise each spring, Kennedy School teams in the master of public policy program are tasked with finding tangible solutions to pressing problems, in this case aiding Boston’s schools.

  • Campus & Community

    Sandberg named Class Day speaker

    Successful businesswoman, best-selling author, and Harvard alumna Sheryl Sandberg ’91, M.B.A. ’95, has been chosen as the 2014 Class Day speaker. Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook and founder of LeanIn.org, will address seniors in Tercentenary Theatre on May 28, the day before Harvard’s 363rd Commencement.

  • Campus & Community

    Finding their voices

    At the annual Allston-Brighton Legislators’ Breakfast on May 2, nine area residents were honored by the Allston-Brighton Adult Education Coalition.

  • Science & Tech

    Another step in the wrong direction

    Climate specialists came together at the Geological Lecture Hall to consider a dangerous milestone in carbon dioxide levels.

  • Health

    Rising CO2 poses significant threat to human nutrition

    At the elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 anticipated by around 2050, crops that provide a large share of the global population with most of its dietary zinc and iron will have significantly reduced concentrations of those nutrients, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health.

  • Campus & Community

    Common Threads: Budding trends

    Notable spring trends at Harvard are a contrasting mix of minis and knits, lace and leather, floral and boots, and pops of color — but not too much.

  • Campus & Community

    ‘What could be more interesting than how the mind works?’

    Interview with Professor Steven Pinker as part of the Experience series.

  • Science & Tech

    Promising solution to plastic pollution

    Harvard’s Wyss Institute researchers find that a fully degradable bioplastic isolated from shrimp shells could provide a solution to planet-clogging plastics.

  • Health

    Hope for aging brains, skeletal muscle

    Researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have shown that a protein, one they previously demonstrated can make failing hearts in aging mice appear more like those of young and healthy mice, similarly improves brain and skeletal muscle function in aging mice.

  • Nation & World

    The next Google

    Google chairman Eric Schmidt talks about innovation and leadership in the digital age at the Harvard Kennedy School.

  • Campus & Community

    Junior named Truman Scholar

    Tianhao He ’15, a Mather House sociology concentrator, was named a 2014 Truman Scholar. The annual prize, which recognizes college juniors with an interest in a career in public service, provides up to $30,000 toward graduate school.

  • Campus & Community

    Women leaders recognized

    The Harvard Women’s Center honored an undergraduate and an innovative entrepreneur during the Women’s Leadership awards. The awards have a legacy of distinguished recipients and recognize “contributions by women that challenge, motivate, and inspire.”

  • Arts & Culture

    Artful balance

    Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev spoke at Harvard about her work with exhibit “dOCUMENTA (13,” launching a new annual program on curatorial practice.