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Campus & Community
Around the Schools: Harvard Art Museum
In 1962, American artist Mark Rothko painted five murals to display in a penthouse dining room in the then-new Holyoke Center on Mt. Auburn Street.
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Campus & Community
Two receive V.M. Setchkarev Memorial Prizes
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures recently awarded two V.M. Setchkarev Memorial Prizes of $500 at its spring reception this month (May).
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Campus & Community
From Ivy to military
ROTC commissioning ceremony honors students for their “honor, courage, respect, and selfless service.”
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Nation & World
Harvard continues Yellow Ribbon Program
Harvard President Drew Faust has renewed the University’s partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to assist eligible veterans in meeting the costs of their education through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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Campus & Community
Baccalaureate service 2010
In her Baccalaureate Address, Harvard President Drew Faust encouraged seniors to embrace having unscripted lives.
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Health
Detailed metabolic profile gives “chemical snapshot” of the effects of exercise
Using a system that analyzes blood samples with unprecedented detail, a team led by Harvard Medical School (HMS) researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has developed the first “chemical snapshot”…
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Campus & Community
Take your passport and go, Amanpour says
International TV correspondent Christiane Amanpour urged Harvard College’s Class of 2010 to take time to work overseas, as she addressed Class Day ceremonies on May 26.
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Campus & Community
Commence wonderment
Harvard’s foundation is built on years of traditions and Commencement offers a collection of the some of the most intriguing. Here’s the back story on today’s events.
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Campus & Community
Embracing the unscripted life
In her Baccalaureate Address, Harvard President Drew Faust encouraged seniors to embrace having unscripted lives.
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Campus & Community
Intellect, rigor, tradition
The Literary Exercises, Harvard’s Phi Beta Kappa tradition, honor 72 seniors for their achievements.
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Campus & Community
Phi Beta Kappa elects 99
Ninety-nine seniors from the Class of 2010 were recently elected to the Harvard College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK), Alpha Iota of Massachusetts, in the senior final election on May 11.
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Campus & Community
Fostering a dream
Kim Snodgrass’ childhood included 10 foster homes in six years. Today she walks away from the Graduate School of Education with a master’s, pointed toward a program that will help other foster children to thrive.
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Campus & Community
The man with a Commencement plan
In the off-season, Jason Luke oversees a staff of 250 custodians and handles logistics and support for other Harvard events peppered throughout the academic year. But nothing compares Commencement.
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Campus & Community
Pumping up sports spirits
The road to Harvard wasn’t an easy one for Cheng Ho ’10, who at 13 came to America from Taiwan after losing his father to cancer while his mother struggled with mental illness. And then there was football to learn …
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Arts & Culture
Art, printmaking, and science
Students in a History of Science class worked to create an exhibit that illustrates the importance of print technologies and printmaking, not only to the dissemination of scientific knowledge in early modern Europe, but also to its creation.
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Campus & Community
Poetry on ice, paper
Loren Galler Rabinowitz ’10 used her creativity, intelligence, and drive to evolve from professional skating to Harvard, and soon to medical school.
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Health
New insights into the mystery of natural HIV immunity
When people become infected by HIV, it’s usually only a matter of time, barring drug intervention, until they develop full-blown AIDS. However, a small number of people exposed to the virus progress very…
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Science & Tech
Rolling back the forest canopy
A new report led by researchers at the Harvard Forest says New England woodlands have reached a tipping point, declining in all six states for the first time in 150 years. The report calls for conservation of 70 percent of the forestland.
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Campus & Community
Leading the way
In a series of profiles, Gazette writers showcase some of these stellar graduates, including Lahiru Jayatilaka, who as a young computer whiz learned a lasting lesson about the importance of precision.
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Campus & Community
Radcliffe Institute awards Captain Jonathan Fay Prize to Diana C. Wise
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study has awarded its 2010 Captain Jonathan Fay Prize to Diana C. Wise, a Harvard senior concentrating in history and literature.
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Campus & Community
Hardened Arteries, Elderly Falls Linked
A stiffening of the aging brain’s blood vessels reduces their ability to respond to changes in blood pressure, increasing the risk of falls by as much as 70% according to a neurologist at Harvard Medical School
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Science & Tech
Most Americans who skipped H1N1 vaccines weren’t concerned about the illness
A comprehensive review of 20 national opinion polls, including 8 by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers, taken during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic finds two key reasons for the…
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Science & Tech
Faust calls global health one of her main priorities
Declaring the University’s efforts to improve the state of global health knowledge, education, and capacity building to be one of her “very highest priorities” as president of Harvard, Drew Faust today (May 18) announced the appointment of Sue J. Goldie, Roger Irving Lee Professor of Public Health and director of the Center for Health Decision…
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Campus & Community
Trudeau Foundation awards scholarship to Lisa Kelly of HLS
Lisa Kelly, a doctoral candidate at Harvard Law School (HLS), has been named one of 15 recipients of the 2010 Trudeau Foundation Scholarships, presented by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.
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Health
Processed meats come with increased risk of heart disease, diabetes
In a new study, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found that eating processed meat, such as bacon, sausage, or processed deli meats, led to a…
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Nation & World
The future of faith
A panel of scholars explored the changing landscape of religion in the United States and its implications for both churches and education for ministry.
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Arts & Culture
Slavery in the North, and more
Du Bois Institute hosts a book party celebrating former and current fellows’ recent publications, including a title that examines little-known slavery in the North.
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Nation & World
Teaching beyond the tests
A panel explores the effects of high-stakes testing, and suggests new measurements of achievement are needed.
