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Campus & Community
Kenneth L. Baughman
Dr. Kenneth L. Baughman died on November 16, 2009, after being struck by an automobile while running during the American Heart Association Annual Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida. His tragic death at age 63 threw into relief the enormous impact he had on the Harvard community in his seven years on our faculty, as the…
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Nation & World
Mau Mau at peace
With a lawsuit against the British making its way through the courts, elderly Kenyan fighters share tales of battling the colonial regime.
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Science & Tech
Scientific research, artfully shown
Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have embarked on an exploration unusual for space scientists — one involving art. A project probes how the presentation of images of space affects viewers’ appreciation and understanding of what’s happening in the pictures.
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Campus & Community
Doggone that stress
Back-to-school pressures don’t rise just for students. Faculty and staff can feel the pinch too. A new therapy dog at Harvard Medical School is one of many creative solutions employed around the University.
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Arts & Culture
The disciplines of dance
Harvard’s new director of the OFA Dance Program, Jill Johnson, brings a love of movement and a boundless curiosity to the post and a desire to connect her disciplines to a range of academic pursuits.
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Campus & Community
The grad students’ guru
Over three decades, Cynthia Verba has advised hundreds of advanced students at Harvard. A scholar of French Enlightenment music in her own right, her guidance comes with more than a grain of salt.
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Campus & Community
Of brass and khakis
Harvard’s NROTC midshipmen, from their first salute to their commissioning as officers, learn leadership and discipline during summer training and school-year classes.
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Campus & Community
Starting out green
With a green tour and “brain break,” Harvard freshmen learn early about the importance of living sustainably.
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Health
HIV prevention gets $20M boost
A new four-year, $20 million grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will enable Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers to evaluate the impact and cost-effectiveness of a unique combination of HIV prevention strategies in Botswana.
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Science & Tech
Plant offers slick strategy
Adopting the pitcher plant’s slick strategy, a group of applied scientists at Harvard have created a material that repels just about any type of liquid, including blood and oil, and does so even under harsh conditions like high pressure and freezing temperatures.
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Campus & Community
Search resumes for additional Corporation members
Harvard Corporation welcomes three new members, and nominations are now open for its future members.
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Campus & Community
Opening day
In a ceremony on Sept. 20, Harvard welcomes ROTC back by opening an on-campus office for its Navy midshipmen.
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Nation & World
Uncertainty remains factor in Japan
Uncertainty about the long-term effects of low-level radiation and despair over the bleak employment picture in Japan are contributing to alarming rates of suicide among those affected by the cascading disasters of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami, and meltdown of a nuclear reactor, Harvard experts found on recent visits.
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Science & Tech
Intuitive? Try God
Harvard researchers exploring the roots of religion have found that intuitive thinking leads to belief in God, while more reflective thinking points toward atheism.
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Campus & Community
Harvard announces next steps in Allston
In a letter today to the Harvard and Allston communities, Harvard Executive Vice President Katie Lapp shared the Harvard Corporation’s endorsement of the Allston Work Team recommendations and a plan for pursuing them in two development phases.
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Arts & Culture
A tale of two sisters
Radcliffe fellow Tayari Jones’ new novel, steeped in the South, shows the knotty complexity of families’ lives.
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Campus & Community
Three named MacArthur Fellows
Three Harvard faculty members — Roland Fryer Jr., Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics; Markus Greiner, associate professor of physics; and Matthew K. Nock, professor of psychology — are among the recipients of this year’s MacArthur Foundation fellowships, also know as “genius” grants.
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Nation & World
Campus leaders
U.S. Navy Captain Curtis R. Stevens, Midshipman 1st class Evan Roth ’12, and Midshipman 3rd class Catherine Philbin ’14 discuss the demands and rewards of life in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps at Harvard University.
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Nation & World
Ugly America
American politicians no longer politely agree to disagree. On that, participants in a panel talk Sept. 16 at the John F. Kennedy Forum all concurred. On whether there was any chance this would change, there was dispute. Politely, if passionately, expressed.
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Science & Tech
Surgical precision
In ES 227, “Medical Device Design,” SEAS students are given the opportunity to solve practical problems in a hospital setting, trying out the tools, learning about their use in real-world situations, and, in some cases, even sitting in on surgical procedures.
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Arts & Culture
When jazz captures the young
Students from the Boston Arts Academy got some positive reinforcement today when they came to Harvard University for a special panel discussion with celebrated jazz musician Wynton Marsalis.
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Arts & Culture
Marsalis in motion
Before a rapt audience at Sanders Theatre, jazz great Wynton Marsalis explored the history of American dance in the second lecture in a two-year series, “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music.”
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Science & Tech
Data may not compute
The Dataverse Network Project, spearheaded by Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science, provides archival storage for research projects whose records are on outmoded technology formats.
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Campus & Community
Magazine recognizes Justin Kasper
Popular Science magazine has selected Center for Astrophysics astronomer Justin Kasper as one of this year’s “Brilliant Ten” scientists.
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Campus & Community
Roemer to visit IOP in October
The Institute of Politics (IOP), located at Harvard Kennedy School, announced the fall visiting fellowship of Tim Roemer the week of Oct. 3.
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Science & Tech
Guarding the forests
The regeneration of the region’s forests during the last 150 years is an environmental gift that New Englanders shouldn’t squander with thoughtless development, the director of the Harvard Forest said in a talk at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
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Campus & Community
A summer of achievement
Harvard’s Phillips Brooks House Association, which helps to run 11 free summer camps in Boston and Cambridge, received the National Summer Learning Association’s 2011 Excellence in Summer Learning Award.
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council meeting held Sept. 14
At its first meeting of the year on Sept. 14, the Faculty Council welcomed new members, reviewed history and policies, elected subcommittees for 2011-12, and discussed the work of the council in the new academic year.
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Health
Harvard serves up its own ‘Plate’
The Healthy Eating Plate, a visual guide that provides a blueprint for eating a healthy meal, was unveiled today by Harvard nutrition experts.
