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Nation & World
A bell tolls for bravery
On Veterans Day, Harvard President Drew Faust and Gen. George W. Casey Jr. dedicate a plaque to the University’s Medal of Honor winners.
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Campus & Community
‘Harvard lifts aspirations’
Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig spoke before a Harvard Alumni Association audience about institutional ethics and alumna Linda Greenhouse interviewed President Faust about Harvard’s future during a Paine Hall event.
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Arts & Culture
Addiction: A Disorder of Choice
A sobering book, sure to draw ire: This psychologist posits that addiction is voluntary.By analyzing buckets of research, Heyman offers insight on how we make choices, and how we can stop ourselves from going too far.
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Arts & Culture
Unlocking the Power of Networks: Keys to High-Performance Government
Goldsmith and Kettl edit a posse of policy practitioners who argue for network-driven government practices. Presenting case studies from across the nation, these authors reveal how work gets done when forces join together.
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Arts & Culture
Purgatory
This is Zurita’s harrowing chronicle of General Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship in Chile, along with the writer’s subsequent arrest and torture. It’s a visually stunning book of unforgettable poems.
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Nation & World
Intersection of climate change and Christianity
A leader in the field of Christian theology and ecofeminism explores the role of religion in combating global warming.
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Arts & Culture
‘Stranger Fruit,’ indeed
Artist Sanford Biggers completes his work “Constellation: Stranger Fruit,” which recalls the horrors of slavery even as it celebrates the stars above.
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Health
Help from Shore
Yasuko Nagasaka is among 81 recipients awarded a Shore Fellowship. Such grants can be used for “mini-sabbaticals” by junior faculty who do not yet have independent funding.
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Arts & Culture
Social security
Harvard authors who met years ago through social networking produce the book “Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives.”
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Arts & Culture
An ode to life
Musician Fred Ho’s new work, a commission from Harvard’s Office for the Arts and the Harvard Jazz Bands, chronicles the composer’s successful three-year battle with cancer.
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Arts & Culture
Rappaport reading
Nancy Rappaport reads from “In Her Wake,” a book written about the exploration of her mother’s suicide.
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Campus & Community
On the road and out of control
If you’re a student not on foot, getting around Harvard Square can be a time-consuming maze.
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Campus & Community
Giving the gift of time
Twenty-eight Harvard staffers sorted 9,000 pounds of food at the Greater Boston Food Bank. The volunteer effort kicked off a University-wide commitment to the food bank.
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Campus & Community
Chronicler of history’s sweep
Erez Manela’s study of 20th century international history ranges from Woodrow Wilson’s advocacy of self-determination in the 1910s to ending smallpox in the 1970s.
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Campus & Community
HKS honors Alice M. Rivlin and Harold Varmus at awards dinner
Eminent economist, cabinet official, and author Alice M. Rivlin and distinguished scientist and Nobel Prize winner Harold Varmus, were honored during a dinner on Nov. 3, hosted by Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Dean David T. Ellwood.
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Campus & Community
Digitizing Dunster
To celebrate Dunster’s 400th year, the Harvard University Archives, with generous support from the Sidney Verba Fund, has digitized the Dunster family papers and made them available on the Internet.
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Science & Tech
McLean launches coaching institute
With a $2 million gift from the Harnisch Foundation, Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital recently launched the Institute of Coaching to support coaching-related research, practice, and education.
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Campus & Community
Around the Schools: Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has launched an initiative to assist the professional development of tenure-track faculty.
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Campus & Community
Robert David Utiger
Robert D. “Bob” Utiger, M.D., a beloved physician, researcher, mentor, educator, and editor died on June 29, 2008 at his home in Weston, Massachusetts. He was the epitome of the Academic Physician, a scholar, physician, teacher, and friend and a role model for each of us to emulate.
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Campus & Community
Gough named Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. Professor of Modern Art
Maria Gough, a scholar of the Soviet and Russian avant-garde, has been appointed Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. Professor of Modern Art in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1, 2009.
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Campus & Community
Around the Schools: Harvard Medical School
The Anatomical Gift Program is an invaluable part of students’ learning. Any person of sound mind who is over 18 years of age can register to donate his or her body for education, research, and the advancement of medical and dental science or therapy.
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Campus & Community
Weissman interns learn from experiences abroad
Kristen Calandrelli ’10, explored her longstanding interest in foreign policy and international relations while working with the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the American Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark.…
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Science & Tech
A line on string theory
Harvard physicist Cumrun Vafa tells scientists at the Large Hadron Collider that the discovery of a predicted, long-lived particle during research there would be the first experimental confirmation of string theory.
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Campus & Community
Harvard China Fund calls for fiscal year 2011 proposals
The Harvard China Fund is now accepting grant proposals for its 2011 fiscal year grants program for Harvard faculty, programs, and Schools.
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Campus & Community
Renowned HMS cardiologist Donald Baim dies at 60
Donald Baim, renowned cardiologist, medical device executive, and former Harvard Medical School professor, died on Nov. 6 at the age of 60.
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Campus & Community
Julius Benjamin Richmond
Julius Benjamin Richmond, M.D., Professor of Health Policy, Emeritus in the Faculty of Medicine was born in Chicago, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, on 26 September, 1916. He died at his home in Brookline, MA on 27 July, 2008. Few individuals have had as great an impact on health, health care, and the well-being…
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Campus & Community
Around the Schools: School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
A team of Harvard students has won the grand prize in AT&T’s Big Mobile On Campus Challenge, a national higher-education contest to develop mobile communications platforms.
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Campus & Community
Women’s soccer claim Ivy title
The Harvard women’s soccer team clinched a share of its second consecutive Ivy League Championship on Oct. 31, and with it an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. But after punching a ticket to the postseason, the Crimson took care of some unfinished business on Nov. 7, claiming the title outright with a 2-1 overtime…
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Campus & Community
Around the Schools: Harvard Business School
This winter, Guhan Subramanian will publish “Negotiauctions: New Dealmaking Strategies for a Competitive Marketplace,” a book that draws on his experience studying and advising on complex corporate transactions and high-stakes personal ones, such as buying a home or car.
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Campus & Community
Lorsch recognized by Directorship magazine
Jay Lorsch, the Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at Harvard Business School (HBS), was named to Directorship magazine’s Corporate Governance Hall of Fame.