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  • Arts & Culture

    Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance

    Wall Street’s stars are frequently lured to new firms, where their performance often declines. Thomas S. Murphy Associate Professor of Business Administration Boris Groysberg examines workplace performance and offers a guide on how to strategically manage your career.

  • Arts & Culture

    Brazil’s public intellectual

    Nicolau Sevcenko, now a professor of Romance languages and literatures at Harvard, reflects on the long journey that brought him here.

  • Campus & Community

    Creating power by the Yard

    New solar panels atop Canaday Hall, a freshman dormitory, are part of a heat-recovery project that’s expected to supply at least 60 percent of the hot water for buildings in Harvard Yard.

  • Campus & Community

    Alums receive Hiram Hunn Award

    The Harvard Admissions Office has awarded the Hiram Hunn Award to eight alumni for their outstanding schools committee work.

  • Arts & Culture

    A ‘whif’ of a breakthrough

    In David Edwards’ new book, “The Lab: Creativity and Culture,” he argues for a new model — the “artscience” lab — that “expands the possibilities of experimentation beyond those of traditional science labs.”

  • Campus & Community

    A look inside: Winthrop House

    This year, Winthrop House hopes to again claim victory by winning the Straus Cup, Harvard’s House intramural sports championship.

  • Nation & World

    Peering into the crystal ball

    Students at Harvard Kennedy School try their hands at political forecasting for the upcoming midterm elections.

  • Health

    Thinking like an octopus

    A philosophy professor’s summer of diving in Sydney Harbour has gotten him thinking about what octopus intelligence might mean.

  • Campus & Community

    Its sustaining mission

    Harvard Divinity School embraces the green revolution, conserving energy in buildings and harvesting from its own garden.

  • Campus & Community

    Keeping students in the loop

    Getting Harvard graduate students to connect with each other and the vibrant offerings at Dudley House keeps its longtime administrator Susan Zawalich, a tap dancer with a love for Godzilla and toys, busy.

  • Science & Tech

    Microbes to the rescue

    Study says microbes may consume far more gaseous waste from gulf oil spill than previously believed.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Campus & Community

    A new vice president

    Harvard names Mark R. Johnson as the University’s vice president for capital planning and project management.

  • 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.

  • Campus & Community

    A fresh look at College life

    A few weeks into college, families reunite for speeches, panels, and entertainment at Freshman Parents Weekend.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.