Campus & Community
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IT Summit focuses on balancing AI challenges and opportunities
With the tech here to stay, Michael Smith says professors, students must become sophisticated users
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When the falcons come home to roost
Birds of prey have rebounded since DDT era and returned to Memorial Hall. Now new livestream camera offers online visitors front row seat of storied perch.
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John C.P. Goldberg named Harvard Law School dean
John C.P. Goldberg named Harvard Law School dean Leading scholar in tort law and political philosophy has served as interim leader since March 2024
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Federal judge blocks Trump plan to ban international students at Harvard
Ruling notes administration action raises serious constitutional concerns
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Harvard to advance corporate engagement strategy
Findings by 2 committees highlight opportunities for growth and expansion
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‘Truly the best’
65 staffers honored as ‘Harvard Heroes’ for ‘exemplary’ service to University’s mission
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Gordon-Reed wins MacArthur Award
Harvard Professor Annette Gordon-Reed wins MacArthur award, which she plans to use to further her research on race in America.
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Social Studies at 50
Nearly 400 gather to celebrate 50th anniversary of the social studies program at Harvard.
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Trials set for body-chilling anaesthesia
Medical researchers at Harvard say they are poised to begin human trials on a suspended-animation technique for surgery patients.
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Two faculty receive Science of Generosity grants
Rohini Pande, Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, and Assistant Professor of Psychology Felix Warneken have received grants of $149,000 and $150,000, respectively, from the Science of Generosity, an initiative at the University of Notre Dame.
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Greyser wins Sports Marketing Lifetime Achievement Award
Stephen A. Greyser, Harvard Business School’s Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration Emeritus, has received the 2010 Sports Marketing Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Marketing Association in recognition of his “distinguished career contributions to the scientific understanding of sports business.”
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Karen Putnam named Radcliffe’s associate dean for advancement
Karen Putnam has been appointed associate dean for advancement at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Putnam’s position became effective on Sept. 15.
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Toffel awarded for environmental research
Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Michael W. Toffel has won the Emerging Scholar Award from the Academy of Management’s Organizations and the Natural Environment Division.
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Center for the Environment welcomes 2010-12 fellows
The Center for the Environment welcomes an incoming group of environmental fellows for the 2010-12 academic years. These four new fellows will join a group of five scholars who will be beginning the second year of their fellowships.
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Neuman elected to Human Rights Committee
Gerald Neuman ’80, the J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law at Harvard Law School, has been elected to the Human Rights Committee, the premier treaty body in the U.N. human rights system.
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Education scholar Gerald Lesser, 84
Gerald Lesser, Charles Bigelow Professor of Education and Developmental Psychology Emeritus at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), died on Sept. 23 at the age of 84.
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Gordon Brown: UK and US must coordinate economic policy
Gordon Brown warns in speech at Harvard that America and Europe risk a decade of high unemployment and low growth unless new policies are urgently taken to improve global co-operation.
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2,600 miles and one screen apart
Harvard, Boston, and Cambridge officials join with a corporate partner to launch a program that will link distant schools along high-speed connections.
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Harvard, Cisco, BBN Technologies connect with Boston and Cambridge schools
Harvard University announced today (Sept. 22) a new partnership with the cities of Boston and Cambridge designed to bring the world to students — faster and clearer than ever.
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Faust: Let’s break down boundaries
Harvard President Drew Faust took questions from television journalist Charlie Gibson, a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School this year, in a Sanders Theatre forum intended to kick off the school year.
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New endowed coaching position
A gift from Gregory Lee ’87 and Russell Ball ’88 establishes the Gregory Lee ’87 and Russell Ball ’88 Endowed Coach for Squash. Newly appointed director of squash Mike Way will be the first coach to hold the position.
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Opening Year Dialogue with President Faust and Charlie Gibson
President Faust and Charlie Gibson’s Opening Year Dialogue was held on Tuesday, September 21, at Sanders Theatre at 4 p.m.
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Partnerships for Progress — Boston
This work is a key extension of the public service ethic called for in Harvard’s charter, and the University takes great pride in its longstanding partnerships with communities in Boston.
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Extension School instructor debuts online lit mag
Talking Writing, a monthly online literary magazine, has released its first issue with Harvard Extension School instructor Martha Nichols as editor in chief.
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Town, gown, and football
At Saturday’s Allston-Brighton Family Football Day, neighborhood residents met and mingled with each other and with Harvard staff members over dinner before attending the evening football game.
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Fundraising holds steady
Against an ongoing backdrop of global economic uncertainty, Harvard University raised $596 million in cash through fundraising efforts in fiscal year 2010. These results represent a less than 1 percent decline from the $602 million in cash raised in fiscal year 2009.
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John E. Murdoch, professor of history of science, 83
John E. Murdoch, one of the world’s top scholars of ancient and medieval science, died Thursday (Sept. 16) at age 83. He had been a member of the Harvard faculty since 1963, and professor of the history of science since 1967.
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Helping veterans to reconnect
Harvard employees help veterans transition from the armed services to the civilian workforce through mentoring, career counseling, and networking.
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Baby, you can drive my Zipcar
New transportation options for Harvard affiliates are energy- and cost-efficient, and can be fun, too.
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Faculty Council meeting held Sept. 15
At its Sept. 15 meeting, the Faculty Council nominated a Parliamentarian, reviewed proposed changes to the Rules of Faculty Procedure, and heard a report from the Harvard University Retirement Plans Investment Committee.
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Takemi Fellows take Harvard, tackle international health
The Takemi Program in International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health announced the names of its incoming research fellows.
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A look inside: Adams House
Bow and Arrow Press of Adams House hosts a weekly “Party in the Press,” where residents take part in the historic process of printing.
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They save horses, don’t they?
A meeting with a wild stallion set Harvard curator Castle McLaughlin on a journey involving an endangered horse breed and a complex exhibition.
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Harvard in stitches
Knitting’s popularity continues to grow — even at Harvard, where at least 20 informal knitting circles meet once a week.
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Mallika Kaur awarded Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship
The Harvard Committee on General Scholarships has awarded Mallika Kaur, M.P.P. ’10, the 2010-11 Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship, which will support her travel, study, and writing on gender issues in Indian-administered Kashmir.
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‘From Harvard Square to the Oval Office’ open for applications
“From Harvard Square to the Oval Office” is now accepting applications. The program, run by the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School, is open to all Harvard University graduate students, including international students.