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Campus & Community
Open enrollment to begin Oct. 28
Open enrollment for Harvard employees begins Oct. 28 and runs through Nov. 12.
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Science & Tech
Microbes to the rescue
Study says microbes may consume far more gaseous waste from gulf oil spill than previously believed.
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Health
When ‘watch and wait’ works best
Harvard researchers have found that as many as 50 percent of young girls treated for germ cell ovarian tumors might be spared chemotherapy using a “watch and wait” strategy to determine if the follow-up treatment is needed.
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Campus & Community
A river runs through it
Harvard has developed a simmering romance with the Charles River and has a growing interest in it as a living laboratory, after centuries of the waterway serving as the University’s humble back door.
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Campus & Community
Field goals
Chris LeRoy ’11 is enjoying his first season as a starter — one who “has developed into an All-Ivy caliber player,” according to his coach.
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Campus & Community
Two from HBS win award for article
An article by John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld is the first runner-up and winner of an honorable mention for the best paper published in the Journal of Interactive Marketing in 2009.
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Science & Tech
Gabrielse wins Lilienfeld Prize
Harvard Physics Professor Gerald Gabrielse was named the recipient of the 2011 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize, awarded by the American Physical Society for outstanding contributions to physics.
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Campus & Community
At Harvard, the Kitchen as Lab
Harvard students are savoring an undergraduate course that uses the kitchen to convey the basics of physics and chemistry…
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Campus & Community
$12.3 million gift to Center for Ethics
Harvard receives gift of $12.3 million from Lily Safra in memory of her late husband.
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Nation & World
Tough love between U.S., Pakistan
Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi of Pakistan sketched a blueprint for strengthening U.S.-Pakistan ties during a talk at the Kennedy School on Oct. 18.
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Campus & Community
A new vice president
Harvard names Mark R. Johnson as the University’s vice president for capital planning and project management.
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Campus & Community
Harvard receives $12.3 million from Lily Safra to support Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
Harvard University has received a gift of $12.3 million (10 million euros) from Lily Safra. Given in memory of her late husband, Edmond J. Safra, founder of the Republic National Bank of New York.
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Campus & Community
A fresh look at College life
A few weeks into college, families reunite for speeches, panels, and entertainment at Freshman Parents Weekend.
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Nation & World
Food for thought
Harvard authorities on Southeast Asia see trouble on the horizon for rice production and consumption by billions of people dependent on the grain. The threats come from water shortages, salinization, and bad resource management.
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Campus & Community
Those that serve, teach
Honored with the Robert Coles “Call of Service” Lecture and Award, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan urges students and the public to help transform and improve the nation’s education system.
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Health
Smelling the light
Harvard neurobiologists have created mice that can “smell” light, providing a new tool that could help researchers better understand complex perception systems that do not lend themselves to easy study with traditional methods.
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Nation & World
Seeking a finer balance
In a two-day conference a group of Harvard scholars joined leaders in the private and public sectors to explore gender gaps in societal, political, and economic realms, as well as the means of developing policy, corporate practices, and leadership strategies to foster gender diversity.
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Nation & World
No shortcuts in Pakistan
Harvard experts from a variety of fields discussed the Pakistan flooding disaster, saying that poverty blocks preparedness and an enduring commitment is needed to help the nation recover.
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Nation & World
Focus on the world’s problems
The World Economic Forum came to Harvard in an effort to engage the academic community, particularly its students, in the pressing issues of the day, from the international monetary system to trade to the population explosion.
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Campus & Community
Q&A with Dan Shore
Harvard the University’s latest annual report reflects the effects of difficult strategic choices made during tumultuous economic times. The results are encouraging, but Chief Financial Officer Dan Shore says that Harvard will need to continue managing its expenses cautiously as it works through the lingering ramifications of the Great Recession.
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Campus & Community
Business School announces Tata gift; two initiatives
A pair of building projects supported by the Harvard Business School takes aim at fostering leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
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Health
Safer tanning?
Harvard researchers have found a molecular switch that may someday make it possible to get a tan without exposure to harmful UV rays.
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Health
Be skinny, be strong, be loved — be fooled
Joshua Sharfstein, the Food and Drug Administration’s principal deputy commissioner, talked about tobacco control and the agency’s role in keeping Americans healthy.
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Campus & Community
Partying like it’s 1985
Dozens of Harvard employees were honored at the 56th Annual 25-Year Recognition Ceremony at Sanders Theatre on Oct. 13.
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Campus & Community
Reinhold Brinkmann, musicologist, 76
Reinhold Brinkmann, a distinguished scholar whose writings on music of the 19th and 20th centuries made an indelible mark on musicology in Germany and the United States, died on Oct. 10, after a long illness, in Eckernförde, Germany. He was 76.
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council meeting held Oct. 13
At the October 13th meeting of the Faculty Council, its members met with President Drew Faust to ask and answer questions as representatives of the faculty.
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Campus & Community
NYPL’s Matthew J. Sheehy will lead Harvard Depository
Matthew J. Sheehy, acting director for reference and research services at the New York Public Library, has been named to lead the Harvard Depository.
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Campus & Community
Paul Tillich Lecture speaker announced
Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall of the Supreme Judicial Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, will deliver the fall 2010 Paul Tillich Lecture on Nov. 16 at 5:30 p.m. in the Memorial Church. The title of the lecture is to be announced.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Forest director awarded for conservation efforts
The Trustees of Reservations recently recognized David R. Foster with their prestigious Charles Eliot Award at the organization’s annual meeting and dinner held on Sept. 25.