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  • Arts & Culture

    Painting pictures in our minds

    Nobel laureate in literature Orhan Pamuk nears the end of his six-lecture Norton series on the novel’s durable attractions.

  • Campus & Community

    Freshman Parents Weekend

    In October, Freshman Parents Weekend fills campus with mothers and fathers eager to and experience all aspects of Harvard life.

  • Campus & Community

    A century of everyday learning

    Since 1910, Harvard Extension School has opened the gates of learning to half a million students.

  • Campus & Community

    Q&A with Dean Michael Shinagel

    An interview with Harvard Extension School Dean Michael Shinagel in honor of the School’s 100th anniversary.

  • Nation & World

    Wanted: Doctors for Africa

    Esther Mwaikambo is used to starting small. Until her teaching hospital was started in 1997, there was only one medical school in Tanzania, graduating 25 to 40 doctors annually.

  • Campus & Community

    ‘Aura’ migraines a stroke risk

    Young women who have migraines with auras are twice as likely to have a stroke, researchers have confirmed. The investigators from the US, France and Germany did not find any link between migraines and heart attacks or death due to cardiovascular disease but there was a 30% increase in the risk of angina (heart pain).

  • Campus & Community

    The college transition

    Freshman Parents Weekend involves first-year students and family in sessions designed to smooth the transition to college.

  • Campus & Community

    Women’s volleyball looks to keep pace in Ancient Eight

    The Harvard women’s volleyball team, which split its recent games with a 3-0 sweep of Brown (Oct. 23) and a 3-0 loss to Yale (Oct. 24), is embarking on a four-game home stand.

  • Campus & Community

    Crimson stay unbeaten in Ivies

    Homecoming was all about highs and lows in Harvard’s 37-3 blowout of the Princeton Tigers on Saturday (Oct. 24).

  • Campus & Community

    Crimson fall in OT to Princeton

    Andre Akpan ’10 moved two steps closer to becoming the all-time leading scorer for men’s soccer at Harvard after scoring his ninth and 10th goals of the season on Oct. 20 and Oct. 24.

  • Campus & Community

    Harvard Medical School releases iPhone app to protect against swine flu

    As the threat of the swine flu (otherwise known as H1N1) pandemic become more serious and President Obama declares a national emergency over the rapidly spreading virus, Harvard Medical School is hoping to help educate people with its new iPhone app. The Swine Flu app, which is currently available on the app store, costs $1.99.

  • Science & Tech

    To tell the truth

    Harvard University study suggests that the pain of torture can make even the innocent appear guilty to those interrogating them.

  • Campus & Community

    UHS to open final seasonal flu clinics

    After a dwindling supply of vaccines forced the suspension of seasonal flu clinics, University Health Services (UHS) officials said today (Oct. 26) that it had acquired additional doses and would be able to reschedule several clinics.

  • Campus & Community

    Faculty Council meeting held Oct. 21

    At its fourth meeting of the year on Oct. 21, the Faculty Council spoke with President Drew Faust, reviewed the Dean’s Annual Report, and discussed a report from the Standing Committee on pedagogical improvement.

  • Campus & Community

    Study says 1 in 5 children lack vitamin D

    At least 1 in 5 US children ages 1 to 11 don’t get enough vitamin D and could be at risk for a variety of health problems including weak bones, the most recent national analysis suggests. By a looser measure, almost 90 percent of black children that age and 80 percent of Hispanic children could…

  • Health

    Darkness with the light

    Adult survivors of childhood cancer have an increased risk of suicidal thoughts, even decades after their cancer treatments have ended, according to a study led by Harvard researchers at Dana-Farber…

  • Nation & World

    Geoffrey Canada’s good works

    Geoffrey Canada was honored with the Robert Coles “Call of Service” Lecture and Award for his work. The annual event is sponsored by the Phillips Brooks House Association and recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the public service realm.

  • Nation & World

    In praise of public service

    Even while extolling the virtues of public service, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick focused on the pitfalls of public life during remarks in an Oct. 22 Harvard Kennedy School forum on “Inspiring Public Service.”

  • Campus & Community

    Few turning to civilians’ police board

    The report was conducted by a team of researchers led by Christopher E. Stone, a professor of criminal justice at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Stone said the review board and the police department’s internal affairs system are suffering for a variety of reasons, some of them quite simple: They are not keeping…

  • Campus & Community

    NIH Heart Institute Director Heading for Harvard

    Elizabeth Nabel; director of the $3 billion National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; told staff in a memo today that with “bittersweet emotions” she is leaving at the end of this year to become president and CEO of the Harvard University-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Faulkner Hospital in Boston…..

  • Campus & Community

    Harvard may alter some expansion plans

    Harvard president Drew Faust indicated yesterday that there is a strong possibility the design of its much-anticipated $1 billion science complex, at the heart of the university’s expansion into Allston, may be scaled back as Harvard grapples with new financial realities….

  • Health

    Finding the seat of language?

    A team of Harvard and University of California, San Diego (UCSD), researchers report having pinpointed an area of the brain where three essential components of language — word identification, grammar,…

  • Campus & Community

    Theodore Sizer dies at 77

    Onetime Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) Dean Theodore Sizer, who spent half a century as a teacher, education reformer, leader, author, and mentor, died Oct. 21 at his Harvard, Mass., home. He was 77.

  • Nation & World

    Making a difference

    Harvard President Drew Faust shares her thoughts on public service work with U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan.

  • Campus & Community

    Homecoming kickoff

    The College Alumni Programs office of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) invites alumni and their families to join classmates and friends this weekend (Oct. 23-24) for the kickoff of the Harvard College Homecoming celebration.

  • Campus & Community

    Save with Harvard’s Vendor Fair

    Harvard University Strategic Procurement will host seminars Oct. 29 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on how to cut costs, work more efficiently, and be green.

  • Campus & Community

    Faust takes the long view

    President Drew Faust addresses the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, discusses tough economic times, recommitment to expansion, and ties with Allston neighborhood.

  • Nation & World

    ‘Human Rights as Public Service’

    The Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy celebrated its 10th anniversary in a forum Oct. 21 that examined what has been achieved in the past decade and what remains to be done.

  • Nation & World

    Clash of two worlds

    Noted Turkish scholar Baskin Oran explores Western impact and Turkey in a six-part lecture series.

  • Health

    Nanowires go 2-D, 3-D

    Taking nanomaterials to a new level of structural complexity, scientists have determined how to introduce kinks into arrow-straight nanowires, transforming them into zigzagging two- and three-dimensional structures with correspondingly advanced functions.