Featured series 
Year: 2010
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Nation & World
Bill Gates on green technology
Bill Gates speaks about how someone following in his footsteps might contribute toward the efforts made in the area of green technology.
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Bill Gates on the humanities
Bill Gates speaks about the how the humanities impact global issues.
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Drew Faust visits Asia
Harvard President Drew Faust has embraced Harvard’s international image in both practical and symbolic ways. Faust, whose appointment was celebrated around the world as an example of what women now can achieve, has traveled to China, Botswana, South Africa, Western Europe, and most recently took a weeklong trip to Japan and China.
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Touché: Harvard fencing
Harvard University recently played host to the 2010 NCAA Fencing Championships, held March 25-28 at the Gordon Indoor Track. Harvard’s Caroline Vloka ’12 won the national title in women’s sabre, while her teammate Mills finished second in women’s épée. Vloka became Harvard’s first female NCAA champion since Emily Cross ’08-09 won the women’s foil title…
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Earth Day at 40
Harvard celebrates 40th anniversary of Earth Day with dinners, fairs, films, and discussions.
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Sumner M. Redstone donates $1M
Harvard University today (April 23) announced that Sumner M. Redstone has contributed $1 million to be used by Harvard College and Harvard Law School. This contribution by Redstone, a graduate of both Schools, will establish scholarships for 20 Redstone Scholars to attend Harvard College for the 2010–11 academic year.
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Deadline approaches for John T. Dunlop Undergraduate Thesis Prize
The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG) at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) is accepting papers for a thesis prize for a graduating Harvard College senior.
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Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies seeks papers for 2010
The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies seeks submissions for its 2010 Noma-Reischauer Prizes in Japanese Studies, given to the undergraduate and graduate students with the best essays on Japan-related topics.
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Sumner Redstone donates $1 million to Harvard University
Harvard University today announced that Sumner M. Redstone has contributed $1 million to be used by Harvard College and Harvard Law School. This contribution by Mr. Redstone, a graduate of both schools, will establish scholarships for 20 Redstone Scholars to attend Harvard College for the 2010–2011 academic year.
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Truths and myths on marijuana
Seminar on marijuana discusses legal ramifications, effects of using the drug.
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A church of words
Poet Jericho Brown writes often about death, looking it in the eye, but don’t make the mistake of thinking him an unhappy man.
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From class to Cannes
“Shelley,” a movie by Andrew Wesman ’10, is one of 13 selected from among 1,600 film school offerings that will screen at the famed Cannes Film Festival.
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Diabetes drug tied to reduced breast cancer risk
Women who have used the diabetes drug metformin for more than five years may have a lower risk of breast cancer than diabetic women on other treatments, a new study finds…
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Gates on giving, getting, sharing
In a visit to Harvard, Microsoft’s Gates says that top minds need to focus on critical social problems — to find solutions.
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Height and death
Mothers shorter than 4 feet, 9 inches in low- to middle-income countries had about a 40 percent higher risk of their children dying within the first five years of life than mothers who…
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In poor countries, taller moms’ kids are healthier
In developing countries, taller moms tend to give birth to healthier kids who are less likely to die in infancy, be underweight or have stunted growth, a new study finds…
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Democracy as defense
Mikheil Saakashvili, leader of Georgia, says his nation’s embrace of democratic institutions makes it a strong counterbalance to Russia in the Black Sea region.
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Of men, women, and space
A Radcliffe conference tackles the tangle of how men and women handle matters of personal and public space.
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Get the salt out
Responding to the health threat posed by Americans’ over-consumption of sodium, experts in the department of nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and The Culinary Institute of America…
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Film as social change
Two-day panel at the Center for Public Leadership examines the shifting role of film as a vehicle for social change, with new technologies creating fresh insights.
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The Living Magazine
Exiled, censored, and under fire from hostile regimes, international writers make a plea at Harvard for creative freedom.
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In praise of the Y chromosome
David Page, director of the Whitehead Institute and professor of biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says research indicates the much-maligned Y chromosome plays a more critical role in genetics than previously believed.
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Strength in naughty or nice
Research suggests that when people are convinced they’re engaging in a moral act, either for good or ill, they become stronger in performing physical tasks.
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Lessons from the Earth
The new Harvard Community Garden, dedicated Sunday, is expected to inspire lessons in sustainability, community, and academic collaboration.
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Seventeen faculty honored
Seventeen Harvard University faculty members are among the 229 leaders in the sciences, the humanities and the arts, business, public affairs, and the nonprofit sector who have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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The nicotine-candy connection
A new nicotine product, apparently designed to tide smokers over in places where they can’t light up, resembles some candy. It leads to fear among researchers that children will eat the pills and suffer poisoning.
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Researchers warn new, dissolvable nicotine products could lead to accidental poisoning in children and youths
A tobacco company’s new, dissolvable nicotine pellet–which is being sold as a tobacco product, but which in some cases resembles popular candies–could lead to accidental nicotine poisoning in children, according…
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Being prepared, not scared
Janet Napolitano, head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, says Americans should “be prepared, not scared” in dealing with the ongoing threats of terror attacks.
