Campus & Community

Light from two worlds far from our solar system has been detected for the first time. The planets that emit it are too hot to be inhabited, at least by…

The puzzle of how lungs grow has been solved. Scientists watching the process in mice embryos have found that budding and branching of new air sacs is driven by the…

John F. Kennedy School of Government energy experts testified to the U.S. Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee this month (March 10) on ways to use clean coal technology to…

Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs Ellen Roy Herzfelder outlined Monday (March 21) what state officials hope will become the nation’s first ocean management plan to provide guidance for development projects…

Harvard researchers have found a new treatment for heart attack that provides greater hope for the roughly one in four patients whose heart arteries remain blocked even after standard drug…

Senior Elaine Belitsos drives the ball down Jordan Field with her Syracuse opponents in hot pursuit on March 16. Harvard lost the contest, 10-4, after the Orange got off four straight goals in the first period. It was the Crimsons first loss of the season, putting them at 2-1.

New research is calling into question the prevalence and increasing popularity of religious schooling in Pakistan, with survey data that show previous estimates of enrollment in Islamic madrassas to be far lower than widely reported.

Sidney Coleman is famous for his physics and his wit, and both were celebrated at a recent conference that included a history-making combination of winners of nine Nobel Prizes, a Fields Medal, and an Oscar.

Once again the Harvard community outdid itself in the American Cancer Societys Daffodil Days fundraiser, collecting a record $36,124. The total number of beautiful bouquets sold: 5,001, many of which (1,394) were donated to five area hospitals.

Sheldon H. Shep White, a developmental psychologist who was instrumental in the formulation of childrens policy and programs in the United States, died unexpectedly at a Boston hospital on March 17.

The Kennedy School of Government (KSG) has announced that it will hold its first annual Harvard Black Policy Conference this spring. The student-led conference, titled A Celebration of Black Leadership and Alumni: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Emerging Global Trends, seeks to strengthen the network of public service leaders in order to address and strategize around issues facing communities throughout the African diaspora. Expected to draw more than 200 participants, the conference will take place April 8-10 in Cambridge, Mass.

The East Asian Legal Studies (EALS) program of Harvard Law School (HLS) is now accepting submissions for the Yong K. Kim 95 Memorial Prize, which recognizes the student who has made the most significant contribution to fostering U.S.-East Asian understanding at HLS. The most important factor in determining the winner is the authorship of a paper concerning the law or legal history of the nations and peoples of East Asia or concerning issues of law as it pertains to U.S.-East Asia relations, however, other contributions made to the intellectual life of EALS and the Law School more generally will also be considered.

During a speech Tuesday night (March 22) at the Kennedy School, longtime NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell slammed fellow broadcasters for airing pre-packaged government news reports. Mitchell was honored with the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism during ceremonies at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.

Each year, senior medical students apply to residency programs. When students have chosen their preferred program and the programs their preferred students, both submit preferences to the National Resident Matching Program, which matches the lists using a computer algorithm program. At this years Harvard Medical School Match Ceremony, grads Loretta Erhuhmhunsee (left) and Brad Carthon chat while HMS student Medell Briggs (center) looks on.

Impediments to Change: Revisiting the Women in Science Question was one of a number of recent events at which faculty, administrators, and students have been able to share research and opinions on the issue of women in science. It featured several speakers whose research casts light on why women are underrepresented in math and science and how the situation can be changed. Among the speakers were:

Genetic defects give immune system green light to attack the pancreas Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have found genetic regions that, when defective, allow the immune system to attack the…

The Office of Work/Life Resources and the Task Forces on Women Faculty and Women in Science and Engineering have increased outreach to the Harvard community this week, including the start of an assessment of child-care needs across the University and the announcement of two additional individuals working with the Task Forces to enhance confidential communications between the committees and women faculty, students, and staff.

Nine Harvard-related students are among the 30 recipients of this years Paul and Daisy Soros New American Fellows. Fellows receive up to a $20,000 stipend plus half-tuition for as many as two years of graduate study at any institution of higher learning in the United States.

Is Irans nuclear program a hazard to the international community? And if so, how should the problem be addressed? Those questions were posed to a panel Tuesday night (March 15) at the Kennedy School of Government.

Four seniors and one graduate from Harvard University have been selected Gates Scholars. Now in its fifth cycle, the scholarship program – set up by a trust from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – allows gifted students the opportunity to continue graduate study at the University of Cambridge in England. These five students join 38 candidates from the United States to be offered Gates Scholarships.

Harvard Real Estate Services (HRES) has announced the approval of the new rent schedule for approximately 2,500 Harvard-owned apartments rented by graduate students and other University affiliates. The new rents will take effect July 1, when the 2005-2006 rental season begins.

Rick Warren came to the Kennedy School March 9 to promote God, civil dialogue, and his book The Purpose Driven Life.

Award-winning actress Sharon Stone, who for the past 10 years has been a dedicated fundraiser and advocate for AIDS research, received the Harvard Foundations 2005 Humanitarian Award Monday evening (March 14) at the Memorial Church.

The show began with a blast of throbbing, high-decibel techno music from which the melody of The Star-Spangled Banner fleetingly emerged like a familiar voice shouting for help in the midst of a hysterical crowd.

If brain cell messages could be separated from the “noise” of other brain activity and clearly understood, researchers would be closer to repairing damage caused by a number of nervous…

White cell counts can be easily measured by inexpensive, widely available tests, raising the possibility of lowering the toll of heart disease fatalities, the leading cause of death among women…

To environmental chemist Scot Martin, chemistry is a way of understanding the Earth and some of its most pressing problems. From global warming to heavy metal pollution in groundwater, Martin,…

Women with a moderately elevated risk of breast cancer who underwent surgery to have both breasts removed reduced their risk of getting the disease by about 95 percent, a recent…

Gabriel Clement is hoping for a bigger bus to display all the photos of (mostly) Mather House students he has hanging in his vehicle. The five-year employee travels a route called run D, which makes a regular stop at Mather House.

Lets say youre an academic adviser and a student comes asking which course to take to fulfill a humanities requirement: Europe in the Age of Revolution or Beethovens symphonies? Or how about this one: the philosophy of Descartes or the poetry of Milton?