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  • Nation & World

    Putting Twitter to the test

    The timely and effective use of social media in the hours and days following the Boston Marathon bombings may serve as a model for other law enforcement agencies in the United States, according to a report published as part of the New Perspectives in Policing Series by the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management…

  • Campus & Community

    Celebrating sustainability champions

    The Green Carpet Awards, hosted by Executive Vice President Katie Lapp and the Office for Sustainability, celebrated the dedication and hard work of project teams and student groups in meeting the University’s sustainability commitments.

  • Campus & Community

    Professor Richard N. Frye dies at 94

    Harvard scholar, friend, and Aga Khan Professor Emeritus Richard Frye taught Iranian history and culture at the University for more than 40 years.

  • Campus & Community

    CityStep celebrates 30th anniversary

    Now in its 30th year, CityStep will hold its annual year-end performance at Sanders Theatre this weekend. Tonight and Saturday more than 150 Cambridge middle school students will perform.

  • Science & Tech

    Books meet bytes

    Experts came together at Radcliffe to peer into the future of digital library collections.

  • Nation & World

    The politics of money

    Harvard Law School Professor Noah Feldman discusses whom the U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent ruling on campaign contributions will affect, and what the decision means for the future of campaign-finance reform, and for American politics.

  • Arts & Culture

    Breaking down ‘Bad’

    “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan spoke with Harvard President Drew Faust about the origins and evolution of the show.

  • Arts & Culture

    Family ties with a Disney twist

    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Harvard fellow Ron Suskind talks about connecting with his autistic son through Disney films.

  • Campus & Community

    Into the deep

    Cambridge Rindge and Latin School students talked with Harvard researchers using the deep-sea submarine Alvin to explore the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Campus & Community

    Q&A with Steven E. Hyman

    President Drew Faust recently announced the creation of a University-wide task force to recommend how the University can better prevent sexual misconduct involving students. The task force will include students, faculty, and staff from across Harvard and will consult widely within the Harvard community and beyond.

  • Campus & Community

    Hearkening to herbs

    At the Harvard Herbaria, Steph Zabel is a curatorial assistant who digitizes collections of dried plant specimens. After working hours, she tends living and local plants, running her own herbalism businesses.

  • Campus & Community

    Common Spaces kicks off spring season

    The Common Spaces Pop-up Performance Series begins on April 8, featuring six weeks of lunchtime entertainment on the plaza, just outside Harvard’s Science Center.

  • Campus & Community

    A special notice regarding Commencement Day

    A guide to the 363rd Harvard Commencement.

  • Health

    New hope for treating ALS

    Harvard stem cell scientists have discovered that a recently approved medication for epilepsy might be a meaningful treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a uniformly fatal neurodegenerative disorder.

  • Campus & Community

    Women who lead

    Harvard President Drew Faust will host a panel discussion on Monday at Sanders Theatre to consider the changing roles of women.

  • Nation & World

    Measuring the marathon

    A new report by Harvard crisis-management and criminal-justice experts, and former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, considers the factors that led to the successes and failures of last year’s emergency response to the Boston Marathon bombings and manhunt.

  • Campus & Community

    Go wide, go long

    Between the hubbub of classes, panels, arts events, and myriad opportunities the University offers, the Harvard campus is brimming with common spaces

  • Campus & Community

    Harvard’s graduates, aiding others

    A panel discussion served as the launchpad for the Harvard Alumni Association’s annual global month of service, with gatherings planned worldwide.

  • Campus & Community

    In L.A., the watchword is Harvard

    More than 350 Harvard alumni and friends gathered in Los Angeles earlier this month to network with peers and take part in discussions on why creativity is so essential to living our best lives.

  • Arts & Culture

    Reality, fiction in Italy’s empire

    GSAS doctoral students create an exhibit to feature personal albums, photographs, postcards, and maps from Harvard’s rich trove of 20th-century propaganda related to Italy’s late participation in the colonial “scramble for Africa.”

  • Campus & Community

    Chu, Clair to lead Overseers

    Morgan Chu, J.D. ’76, has been named president of the Board of Overseers for 2014-15. Walter Clair ’77, M.D. ’81, M.P.H. ’85, will serve as vice chair of the board’s executive committee.

  • Arts & Culture

    A gallery grows in Allston

    Unbound Visual Arts, a nonprofit based in Allston-Brighton, has organized an exhibit in the Harvard Allston Education Portal.

  • Health

    A healthy replacement for dieting

    Three specialists spoke to students about the benefits of intuitive eating in an event at Sever Hall.

  • Science & Tech

    Less energy, more creativity

    Two teams of students at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design provided a close look — part celebration, part cerebration — at two house designs that won international competitions.

  • Campus & Community

    President meets with Graduate Student Council

    President Drew Faust met with members of the Graduate Student Council. She thanked the council members for their contributions to Harvard and shared her thoughts on leadership.

  • Health

    Microscopic particles carry big concerns

    With a growing concern about nanoparticle use in everyday objects, scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health have discovered a fast, simple, and inexpensive method to measure the effective density of engineered nanoparticles, making it possible to accurately determine the amount that comes into contact with cells and tissue.

  • Science & Tech

    Making labs greener

    Changes in design and behavior are key to making labs more energy-efficient, said experts at a Harvard symposium.

  • Campus & Community

    Harvard’s Amaker finalist for 2014 Ben Jobe Award

    Harvard men’s basketball head coach Tommy Amaker has been named a finalist for the 2014 Ben Jobe Award, presented annually to the top minority coach in Division I men’s basketball. The winner will be announced on April 4.

  • Nation & World

    Paychecks for college athletes?

    Peter Carfagna, a sports law expert at Harvard Law School, talks about growing legal pressure on the NCAA to reconsider the way it treats student-athletes.

  • Nation & World

    A range of voices on environmental justice

    A two-day conference organized by Harvard Law School students will bring together key players in the environmental justice movement. “Environmental Justice: Where Are You Now?” will be held March 28-29.