Featured series 
Month: September 2009
-
Science & Tech
Expert: Lift taboo on Earth engineering
University of Calgary Professor David Keith calls for investment in geoengineering research as part of the search for solutions to climate change.
-
Campus & Community
Arts, humanities, and human rights
On Sept. 24 the Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies will host the annual Human Rights at Harvard Welcome Reception.
-
Campus & Community
2008 Census data: Housing is getting even less affordable
“Although housing affordability for newly purchased homes has improved, overall affordability for renters or owners is unchanged or worse because of the economy,” says Daniel McCue, research analyst at Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. “People are still hurting.”
-
Campus & Community
A System Breeding More Waste
The fear of lawsuits among doctors does seem to lead to a noticeable amount of wasteful treatment. Amitabh Chandra — a Harvard economist whose research is cited by both the American Medical Association and the trial lawyers’ association — says $60 billion a year, or about 3 percent of overall medical spending, is a reasonable…
-
Campus & Community
New stamps for 4 Supreme Court justices
The justices were recognized for their long service and significant contributions. Brandeis served 22 years, the shortest tenure of the four. Brennan and Story were on the court more than 33 years. All four justices went to Harvard, and Frankfurter had personal ties to two of the others.
-
Campus & Community
Harvesting watts from the wind
Harvard installs two tall turbines on the top deck of its Soldiers Field Road parking garage, the University’s largest wind power installation to date.
-
Campus & Community
Sifting Your Harvard Questions, Looking For Parenting (and Other) Lessons
Before closing the book on William R. Fitzsimmons’s turn answering reader questions about Harvard, we wanted to reflect a bit more on the content of those questions — which ultimately topped 900.
-
Campus & Community
Harvard falls short against Holy Cross in opener
Junior quarterback Collier Winters threw for 195 yards and two touchdowns in the Crimson’s 27-20 loss to Holy Cross.
-
Campus & Community
Soccer’s Akpan named National Player of the Week
Senior forward Andre Akpan of the Harvard men’s soccer team was named Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week on Monday (Sept. 21).
-
Campus & Community
For MacArthur Grants, Another Set of ‘Geniuses’
Daniel J. Socolow, the director of the MacArthur fellows program, noted that while about half the fellows are technically in the sciences, their work often touches on other areas. “We focus on the work, not the field,” he said.
-
Nation & World
Don’t ask, don’t lie
Lt. Dan Choi — West Pointer, Iraq infantry veteran, Arabic linguist, and Baptist minister — speaks out against “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy after getting the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard’s first Service to Humanity award.
-
Campus & Community
Mahadevan, Huybers named MacArthur Fellows
Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Peter Huybers and England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan are named MacArthur Foundation Fellows.
-
Science & Tech
Huybers and Mahadevan named MacArthur Foundation Fellows
Two Harvard faculty members who study present and past ice sheets and the science behind familiar objects and everyday events have been named recipients of prestigious MacArthur Foundation “genius” grants.…
-
Campus & Community
Harvard Crimson first to test new hockey helmets
Thanks to an NHL Hall of Famer, the Harvard University men’s ice hockey team will be the first in the country to test a new helmet designed to further limit the sport’s instances of concussions.
-
Campus & Community
Aspirin Can Prevent Colon Cancer in High-Risk Group, Study Says
The Harvard study suggested aspirin could prevent tumors from growing by inhibiting Cox-2, an enzyme that may play a role in the initial growth of a tumor.
-
Campus & Community
Doctors Don’t Agree On Letting Patients See Notes
The medical record has traditionally been viewed by the medical establishment as something that they own,” says Dr. Tom Delbanco of Harvard Medical School. “They think: ‘It’s my private notes. This is my stuff.'”
-
Nation & World
Honoring Nations
Honoring Nations 2009, a two-day symposium sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School, calls on national experts and elders to share innovations in tribal governance.
-
Nation & World
Challenging the Constitution
To honor the signing of the Constitution, a panel of experts examined the legacy of the historic document, followed by a discussion with retired Supreme Court Associate Justice David Souter.
-
Campus & Community
Harvard Hotline 877-366-6606
The University opened a new telephone hotline Friday (Sept. 18) to serve as a clearinghouse for real-time information about major issues of interest to the Harvard community.
-
Campus & Community
Crisis Makes Studying Economics Both More and Less Attractive
At Harvard, a freshman seminar Greg Mankiw is teaching had 15 slots, and 200 applicants — getting into it, he notes, was about a hard as getting into Harvard all over again.
-
Campus & Community
Leon Kirchner; Harvard teacher wrote bold, daring music, won Pulitzer; at 90
Leon Kirchner came to Harvard in 1961, after teaching at Mills College, and eventually assumed an endowed chair previously held by the composer Walter Piston.
-
Campus & Community
Harvard Medical Study Links Lack of Insurance to 45,000 U.S. Deaths a Year
The Harvard study found that people without health insurance had a 40 percent higher risk of death than those with private health insurance — as a result of being unable to obtain necessary medical care.
-
Campus & Community
Diabetes Medication May Get New Life as Cancer Treatment
A national tax of 1 cent per ounce of soda and other sugary drinks could stem the United States’ obesity epidemic, while generating $14.9 billion the first year alone, health experts say.
-
Campus & Community
Opening Days makes the most of it
The arrival of first-year students in Harvard Yard is always accompanied by the hustle and bustle of activities during freshman orientation — or Opening Days as it’s known at Harvard.
-
Campus & Community
Harvard trio launches ‘collegiette’ guide to life
In March, the three Harvard students along with senior Kelly Peeler, who has since left the group because of other commitments, were among several winners at the university’s business plan competition.
-
Health
New study finds 45,000 deaths annually linked to lack of health coverage
Nearly 45,000 annual deaths are associated with lack of health insurance, according to a new study published online today by the American Journal of Public Health. That figure is about…
-
Health
HSPH dean evaluates H1N1 response, lessons learned
Health officials learned enough during the spring’s first wave of swine flu to be confident about managing this fall’s expected second wave, despite a “sense of uneasiness” that hangs over the coming flu season, Harvard School of Public Health Dean Julio Frenk.
-
Arts & Culture
A New Literary History of America
This compilation of original essays features a myriad of voices from Harvard. Ingrid Monson, Peter Sacks, Cass Sunstein, Helen Vendler, and others take on Americana’s finest: porn, country music, and J.D. Salinger.
-
Arts & Culture
Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry
In 30 essays Burt serves up literary criticism like you’ve never seen it before — his charming, excited prose unknots the web or poetry and knits a tapestry.
-
Arts & Culture
The Adventures of an IT Leader
Austin and Co. team up to create Jim, a fictional IT manager, who stumbles in his first-year duties only to (what else?) save the day. You’ll never look at your computer guy — or gal — the same way again.