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  • Science & Tech

    A vote for more natural gas

    James Hackett, chairman and chief executive officer of the Anadarko Petroleum Corp., described an energy future driven by new, abundant supplies of natural gas. He spoke during a Future of Energy talk sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment.

  • Campus & Community

    Faculty Council meeting held Nov. 30

    At the Nov. 30 meeting of the Faculty Council, its members approved the Harvard Summer School “Courses of Instruction” for 2012. They also heard reports on advising in the College and on information technology.

  • Campus & Community

    Soap opera creator visits Dec. 6

    Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer Agnes Nixon will visit Harvard on Dec. 6 as the Harvard Foundation’s artist-in-residence.

  • Campus & Community

    Hello, Lionel Richie!

    Distinguished singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer Lionel Richie will receive the 2011 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award from the Harvard Foundation on Dec. 5 at Kirkland House.

  • Science & Tech

    A building block for GPS

    A professor emeritus of physics who died recently at 96, Norman Ramsey laid the foundation for the atomic clock, which allows scientists to measure time more precisely than ever, and is a critical component in GPS.

  • Campus & Community

    Swimmer comes up aces

    A top swimmer with hopes for a national title, Chuck Katis also oversees The Magic of Miracles, a nonprofit that entertains sick children.

  • Health

    A data bank to battle cancer

    Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are collaborating on a massive, long-term effort to collect and analyze tumor tissue from 10,000 cancer patients annually. The researchers hope the data will enable them to understand better how tumors behave, while providing opportunities to test new therapies.

  • Health

    Worming out of listening

    A freshman seminar helps students to understand Darwin by reading his works and re-creating 10 experiments — including one showing that the wiggly creatures just don’t hear.

  • Campus & Community

    Harvard Catalyst collaborative funding opportunity

    Harvard Catalyst, The Harvard Clinical and Translational Research Center has presented unique funding opportunities for faculty, staff, and students.

  • Campus & Community

    Knitting toward a purpose

    Marie Dach, an assistant to the provost and a House tutor, organized a crafts circle — for women’s chats and charity.

  • Campus & Community

    A look inside: Quincy House

    Quincy House master Deb Gehrke oversees an annual painting salon called Deb’s Paint Bar.

  • Arts & Culture

    The future of archaeology

    Smitten as a boy with the wonders of ancient Egypt, archaeologist Peter Der Manuelian deep into excavations but also wedded to the Web.

  • Campus & Community

    75 years of innovation

    Exhibit at the Graduate School of Design reflects life and trends from Gropius to Gehry.

  • Arts & Culture

    Interesting readers, as well as writers

    English Professor Leah Price focuses on leading authors and the titles they love in “Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books.”

  • Nation & World

    A spotlight on China

    Fund supports Harvard programs in everything from student activities to faculty research in rising Asian giant.

  • Campus & Community

    ‘It’s time to raise my hand’

    After talking with colleagues and adopting helpful techniques, a student is learning to leap into classroom discussions.

  • Nation & World

    The ripple of fiscal problems

    Eurozone’s ongoing problems create a ripple effect in developing nations, says World Bank president.

  • Nation & World

    Jobs wanted

    Parts of the U.S. economy have been recovering for more than a year, but American jobs haven’t yet returned along with renewed profits. Harvard experts offer insights into what large-scale unemployment means for the nation, and what policymakers and others can do to fix a balky system.

  • Arts & Culture

    A song cycle reborn

    Rick Burkhardt and his team of collaborators recast the song cycle by Austrian composer Franz Schubert to both deepen and lighten the experience of his somber work “Winterreise.” It is at the A.R.T. from Dec. 7 through Jan. 8.

  • Health

    Relief for stem cell transplant patients

    In a study that seems to pivot on a paradox, scientists at Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have used an immune system stimulant as an immune system suppressor to treat a common, often debilitating side effect of donor stem cell transplantation in cancer patients. The effect, in some cases, was profound.

  • Health

    Guiding lights

    In a scientific first that could shed light on how signals travel in the brain and how learning alters neural pathways, scientists at Harvard have created genetically altered neurons that light up as they fire. The work may also lead to speedier drug development.

  • Campus & Community

    Friends of alum endow new fellowship

    Friends of Henry Hubschman, HLS ’72, M.P.P. ’73, have set up a fellowship in his memory at Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School.

  • Campus & Community

    Charles M. Williams dies at 94

    Harvard Business School (HBS) Professor Emeritus Charles M. Williams, a renowned authority on commercial banking and a master of the art of case method teaching who influenced the lives and careers of thousands of M.B.A. students and executives around the world, died of congestive heart failure on Nov. 17. He was 94.

  • Campus & Community

    Harvard men win Battle 4 Atlantis

    The Harvard men’s basketball team bested Central Florida, 59-49, in the championship game of the inaugural Battle 4 Atlantis tournament Nov. 26.

  • Science & Tech

    Imaging instruction

    Harvard researchers have developed a “primer” to identify some of the most useful probes for super-resolution imaging. As described recently on Nature Methods’ website, the work also identified the key characteristics that are important for imaging, giving researchers a framework for evaluating other probes, or even designing custom-made molecules to use in imaging.

  • Science & Tech

    A road map to cleaner energy

    A new report by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs recommends transforming the U.S. energy picture by nearly doubling funding for U.S. energy technology research and instituting incentives for adopting cleaner technologies, such as a cap-and-trade program for carbon emissions.

  • Health

    Rebuilding the brain’s circuitry

    Harvard scientists have rebuilt genetically diseased circuitry in a section of the mouse hypothalamus, an area controlling obesity and energy balance, demonstrating that complex and intricately wired circuitry of the brain long considered incapable of cellular repair can be rewired with the right type of neuronal “replacement parts.”

  • Health

    Alleviating radiation sickness

    A combination of two drugs may alleviate radiation sickness in people who have been exposed to high levels of radiation, even when the therapy is given a day after the exposure occurred, according to a study led by scientists from Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Children’s Hospital Boston.

  • Health

    Canned soup linked to higher BPA levels

    A new study from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health has found that the volunteers who consumed a serving of canned soup each day for five days had a more than 1,000 percent increase in urinary bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations compared with the group who consumed fresh soup daily for five days. The…

  • Campus & Community

    A season of helping

    The 2011 campaign for Harvard Community Gifts is under way, with a blend of Harvard traditions and new opportunities.