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Arts & Culture
War’s artistic alchemy
Museum presentation discusses three German artists shaped in the cauldron of world war, and a younger fourth molded by the gender wars.
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Science & Tech
The speedup of climate change
Scientist discusses growing effects of global climate change with members of Harvard’s Class of 2014.
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Campus & Community
Making the big move
Families arrive at Harvard to move their students into dorms for the start of the fall semester.
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Science & Tech
Major moral decisions use general-purpose brain circuits to manage uncertainty
Harvard researchers have found that humans can make difficult moral decisions using the same brain circuits as those used in more mundane choices related to money and food. These circuits,…
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Campus & Community
A family welcome
College Dean Evelynn Hammonds welcomes families of the Class of 2014 to campus.
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Campus & Community
Telescope Detects Possible Earth-Size Planet
Harvard researchers working with NASA’s Kepler satellite reported Thursday that they might have spotted a planet just 1.5 times the diameter of Earth around a Sun-like star 2,000 light-years away…
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Arts & Culture
Hot, hot, hot
The American Repertory Theater presents a rollicking fall lineup, with surprises at every turn.
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Nation & World
A higher profile for African studies
Harvard’s Committee on African Studies has received designation as a National Resource Center by the U.S. Department of Education, raising the profile of African studies at Harvard and gaining federal funding for programs and student efforts.
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Campus & Community
Under 35, and at the top
Three 30-something Harvard researchers win TR35 technology honors for their innovative, world-shaping work.
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Health
The ties that bind
Harvard scientists say natural selection alone can explain “eusociality,” the cooperative social structure in many of Earth’s dominant species.
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Health
What’s right for me?
In a new study, Harvard scientists find that humans can make difficult moral decisions using the same brain circuits as those used on more mundane choices such as money or food.
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Campus & Community
The march is on
The Earthwatch Institute will bring its scientists to the Allston-Brighton community on Aug. 30 for a discussion titled “Saving the Penguins of Robben Island, South Africa.”
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Arts & Culture
A glimpse of lost language
Peabody Museum researcher finds 400-year-old document that contains numerical translations of a previously unknown Peruvian language.
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Campus & Community
Study Links Chronic Fatigue to Virus Class
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and Harvard Medical School link chronic fatigue syndrome to a retrovirus
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Campus & Community
Copyright scholar Kaplan dies
Benjamin Kaplan, the Royall Professor of Law Emeritus at Harvard Law School (HLS) and a former justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, died on Aug. 18.
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Arts & Culture
A life of transition
A new exhibition at Harvard’s Houghton Library explores the life of philosopher William James.
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Health
Hard on the ears
Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital have determined that hearing loss in adolescents has increased over the past 15 years.
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Science & Tech
Social ill
A new study finds link between lack of close ties and heart disease risk, adding to evidence that a person’s social environment can play a big role in health.
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Campus & Community
HBS professor nabs lifetime achievement award from NVCA
Felda Hardymon, M.B.A. ’79, the M.B.A. Class of 1975 Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, has received a Lifetime Achievement in Venture Capital Award from the National Venture Capital Association.
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Campus & Community
Audition for Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus
The 180-voice Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus is holding auditions for all voice parts on Sept. 4 and 5.
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Campus & Community
Excellence honored
The American Political Science Association has recognized three Harvard affiliates for excellence in the study, teaching, and practice of politics.
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Health
Early action cuts claims, costs
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and the University of Michigan analyzed a program of full disclosure and compensation for medical errors and found a decrease in new claims for compensation (including lawsuits) and liability costs.
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Campus & Community
Statement on SEC 2010 second-quarter filing
The Harvard Management Company’s most recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission details changes in holdings, as is routine, but no change in policy. The University has not…
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Nation & World
Urgent matters
According to a paper to be published online in the Lancet on Aug. 16, the international community must discard the notion that cancer is a “disease of the rich” and approach it as a global priority.
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Nation & World
When fear took control
More than a dozen high school teachers from around the area attended a workshop this week focused on the Cuban Missile Crisis, bringing new points of view to bear on high school students’ understanding of the event.
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Science & Tech
Delicate touch
Chemists and engineers at Harvard University have fashioned nanowires into a new type of V-shaped transistor small enough to be used for sensitive probing of the interior of cells.
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Science & Tech
Competing for a mate can shorten lifespan
“Love stinks!” the J. Geils band told the world in 1980, and while you can certainly argue whether or not this tender and ineffable spirit of affection has a downside,…
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Health
A man of endless curiosity
Emre Basar seeks to understand how small interfering RNA (siRNA) can be harnessed and integrated into cells with the goal of silencing the expression of certain proteins that allow diseases like breast cancer and HIV to proliferate inside the body.
