Featured series 
Year: 2010
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Nation & World
Economic Crisis: A Panel of Harvard Experts
Harvard University held a University-wide forum, “The Economic Crisis, Two Years Later: A Panel of Harvard Experts,” on Tuesday, October 12 at 4:00PM.
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John Huchra, astronomer, dies at 61
John Peter Huchra died unexpectedly on Oct. 8 at the age of 61. He was the Robert O. & Holly Thomis Doyle Professor of Cosmology and the senior adviser to the provost for research policy at Harvard.
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Do Americans Really Want a Smaller Government?
Many conservative Americans are making the Tea Party-style argument that the U.S. government should be small, localized, and as personally unobtrusive as possible according to a new survey by Harvard University
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Du Bois Institute welcomes fall fellows
Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of Harvard’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, has announced the appointment of 14 new fellows for fall 2010.
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A new target for Parkinson’s therapy
In a new finding from Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), researchers identify a link between Parkinson’s disease onset and dysfunctional activity of energy genes in the brain and identify a potential therapeutic target to reverse this energy gene failure.
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Concerns over drugs, safety, health
Harvard officials are meeting with House tutors and administrators this semester to clarify campus drug policies.
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In the spirit of an intrepid reporter
Remembering award-winning journalist and Harvard graduate David Halberstam, a panel of journalists explored his legacy and the future of investigative reporting in a digital age.
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Biking at Harvard 101
To make life harder for thieves and easier for pedestrians, cyclists who ride to and around campus should take advantage of the University’s parking spots and racks, remember to lock their bikes, and stay off the sidewalk.
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The Fogg begins to rise
With most of Harvard Art Museums’ staffers and collections settled elsewhere, workers create a “state-of-the-art museum facility,” with plans to open in 2013.
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HAA announces 2011 class marshals
The Harvard Alumni Association announced the 2011 class marshals on Sept. 28.
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How to Unspoil Your Child Fast: A Speedy, Complete Guide to Contented Children and Happy Parents
Nearly 95 percent of parents think their own children are overindulged; now Bromfield, a clinical instructor in psychology in the Department of Psychology, lays down rules — “take back the power!” — to parenting, the hardest job in the world.
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Brendan Arnold Maher
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 6, 2010, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Brendan Arnold Maher, Edward C. Henderson Professor of the Psychology of Personality, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Maher’s scholarship centered on the complex theoretical and empirical problems surrounding human psychopathology.
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Gwynne Blakemore Evans
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 6, 2010, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Gwynne Blakemore Evans, Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Evans was the foremost Shakespearean textual scholar of his day.
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Saving Schools: From Horace Mann to Virtual Learning
Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government Peterson traces American public schools through their reformers, and addresses a new era of virtual learning in which families have greater choice and control over their children’s education than ever.
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A look inside: Currier House
Mara Cavallaro lives in Currier House in the Radcliffe Quad with her parents, Nadejda Marques, a research coordinator at the Harvard School of Public Health, and James Cavallaro, a clinical professor of law. Her parents are the interim Currier House masters.
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25 years of service
Viva Fisher and Clif Colby are two of dozens of Harvard staff and faculty being honored at the 56th annual recognition ceremony.
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Poetry and the Police: Communication Networks in Eighteenth-Century Paris
Darnton, director of the Harvard University Library, backtracks to 18th century Paris and the police crackdown on poetry. But verse persevered through a “viral” network of citizens, who smuggled poetry by any means they could.
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HKS receives $1 million
Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government announced a $1 million gift from the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Court. The gift will be used to launch a new graduate fellowship that will support emerging leaders from the United Arab Emirates.
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Relaxation station
The Center for Wellness has a new space in Harvard’s Holyoke Center, but its focus on health and quality of life remain the same.
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MessageMe test today
On Thursday (Oct. 7) the Harvard MessageMe emergency notification system will be tested. All MessageMe registered subscribers will receive a test message between noon and 1 p.m.
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Fancy footwork
Carl Junot, the new head coach of men’s soccer, is excited about the Crimson’s season on the heels of the hotly watched FIFA World Cup.
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Belarusian scholar enrolls at GSAS
Volha Charnysh, a 2010 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholar, has enrolled at Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Charnysh has dedicated her life to nuclear disarmament and is editor of a publication for Belarusians in the United States.
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Spouting off
In their new book, “Running Out of Water: The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve Our Most Precious Resource,” Peter Rogers and Susan Leal outline water’s global predicament as the world’s population soars to 8 billion.
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Washington comes to Norway
S. Allen Counter has successfully nominated Denzel Washington to host the Nobel Peace Prize Concert and Ceremonies on Dec. 10.
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Sustaining the cities
An interdisciplinary Harvard working group on sustainable cities is in search of some organizational details, but is already certain of its urgent mission.
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Figuring out suicidal behavior
Matthew Nock is a new professor of psychology at Harvard who uses scientific research to try to determine which medical treatments help to prevent suicide.
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Bright ideas
Harvard authorities across many fields offer their ideas on how to get the nation’s lagging economy back on track.
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Halberstam honored with square
A square at the intersection of Linden, Bow, and Mt. Auburn streets has been named in honor of the late David L. Halberstam ’55, a journalist who wrote for The Harvard Crimson as an undergraduate.
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Marc Morial delivers Dunlop Lecture
Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League spoke at Harvard on Oct. 4.
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‘The Economic Crisis, Two Years Later’
Harvard panel on Oct. 12 will review the harsh economy and the nation’s responses to it.
