Featured series 
Year: 2010
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Science & Tech
Importance of stem cell research
A temporary restraining order that blocked federal funding for certain kinds of stem cell research was viewed by many as a blow to cutting-edge science. In response, President Drew Faust said, “We hope that the temporary injunction will soon be lifted and that Congress will take the steps necessary to ensure that stem cell scientists…
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Campus & Community
NARSAD awards professors for breakthrough schizophrenia research
Associate Professor of Psychiatry Marc J. Kaufman and Associate Professor of Psychology Dara Manoach, both of Harvard Medical School, are among 42 innovative researchers awarded NARSAD 2010 Independent Investigator grants for schizophrenia research.
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Campus & Community
Lunt, scholar of Slavic languages and literatures, dies at 91
Horace Gray Lunt, Samuel Hazzard Cross Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures Emeritus, passed away on Aug. 11, in Baltimore, Md., scarcely a month short of his 92nd birthday.
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Science & Tech
Cracking flight’s mysteries
Harvard engineers have created a millionth-scale automobile differential to guide tiny aerial robots.
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Nation & World
A new program to shake up education
The first class of students in Harvard’s newest doctoral program gets ready to help transform public schools in America.
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Nation & World
The problematic growth of AP testing
New book suggests that Advanced Placement teaching has expanded so much that it now serves many students who can’t handle the rigors of its coursework.
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Campus & Community
Back to the field
Senior forward Katherine Sheeleigh hopes to lead the Harvard women’s soccer team to another Ivy title and the NCAA playoffs.
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Campus & Community
Easy blend of old and new
A group from the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement is taught Scratch, a basic programming tool, by teaching fellows and course assistants from CS50: “Introduction to Computer Science I,” a popular Harvard course taught by David Malan.
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Arts & Culture
Vendler on Dickinson
Renowned critic Helen Vendler takes on Amherst’s own Emily Dickinson in her new book, “Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries.”
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Nation & World
New meaning in the familiar
Harvard Divinity School professor Peter Machinist encouraged students to alter their perspectives on education and life through defamiliarization.
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Nation & World
Far beyond Harvard’s gates
Harvard students recount their summer internships and work experiences in many fields, countries.
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council meeting held Sept. 1
At its first meeting of the year on Sept. 1, the Faculty Council welcomed new members, reviewed history and policies, elected subcommittees for 2010-11, and discussed the work of the council in the new academic year.
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Campus & Community
First-Year Outdoor Program
Harvard programs help incoming freshmen to get into the flow.
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Campus & Community
Harvard wrestlers prepare to get down
The Harvard men’s wrestling team faces another challenging year on the mats.
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Campus & Community
Angeliki E. Laiou
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 11, 2010, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Angeliki E. Laiou, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History, was placed upon the records. Laiou was known for her path-breaking research in Mediterranean economic and women’s history.
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Campus & Community
Hard science, soft verse
Ron Spalletta, whose first poem has just been published, is a clerkship manager at Harvard Medical School.
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Campus & Community
Men’s basketball releases 2010-11 schedule
The Harvard men’s basketball team has released its 2010-11 schedule, and will play its first game against George Mason on Nov. 13.
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Campus & Community
Ash Center welcomes 2010-11 student and executive fellows
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School announced its 2010-11 student and executive fellows for the 2010-11 academic year.
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Science & Tech
Forward, into the past
Harvard undergraduate Derek Robins recounts his summer spent doing astronomy research on campus.
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Arts & Culture
A Short History of Cape Cod
Historian Robert Allison colors in Cape Cod’s record with photographs, historical figures, and far-from-dry tales in “A Short History.”
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Campus & Community
Harvard College welcomes four Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholars
Four recipients of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship are now students at Harvard College.
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Campus & Community
Divinity School professor wins book award for excellence
Divinity School professor Kimberley C. Patton has received an award for excellence in religion for analytical-descriptive studies from the American Academy of Religion for her book “Religion of the Gods: Ritual, Paradox, and Reflexivity.”
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Campus & Community
BSC offers 5-week fall course on reading
The Bureau of Study Counsel’s Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies will open for registration on Sept. 7.
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Campus & Community
Harvard hosts New England Writers Association luncheons
Harvard will once again serve as the host of the weekly New England Football Writers luncheons, which will be held each Wednesday at 11:45 a.m., from Sept. 8 to Nov. 17.
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Campus & Community
New retirement investing options
Harvard reshuffles its retirement fund lineup, trimming the number of individual options while introducing adaptive “lifecycle funds.” The University will allow investment-savvy employees to invest in thousands of additional mutual funds through a new brokerage account option.
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Arts & Culture
Pecos Pueblo Revisited: The Biological and Social Context
Peabody Museum Associate Curator Michèle Morgan and authors review significant findings at the historical New Mexico reserve, answering many questions about the population and behavior of the Pecos pueblo.
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Arts & Culture
Saturday Is for Funerals
Max Essex, the Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences, and Unity Dow track the Botswana HIV/AIDS crisis through heartrending narratives of those affected by the disease — an estimated one out of four adults.
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Health
Horns aplenty
A new exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History highlights the enormous diversity of antlers and horns and examines how they came into being and what they’re used for.
