Featured series 
Year: 2010
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Campus & Community
Amanda Claybaugh named professor of English
Amanda Claybaugh, an expert on 19th century novels and on reformist writings from the United States and abroad, has been named professor of English at Harvard, effective July 1.
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Campus & Community
Contrasts between past and present
In a series of interviews, 15 veterans discussed the startling contrasts between past and present.
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Arts & Culture
Haitian-American artist honored
Harvard Foundation names Wyclef Jean Artist of the Year. To be honored during Cultural Rhythms Saturday (Feb. 27) at Sanders Theatre.
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Campus & Community
Over there, over here
On the Harvard campus, as many as 150 students have an untraditional academic past, as present or former members of the U.S. military, many of whom have had multiple combat tours.
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Campus & Community
Women’s squash wins 17 Ivy title
The No. 1-ranked Harvard women’s squash team clinched their 17th Ivy League title on Feb. 13 with a 7-2 victory over No. 5 Yale.
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Campus & Community
HMS names William W. Chin new executive dean for research
William W. Chin has been named the executive dean for research at Harvard Medical School. In the newly created senior position he will have the overarching responsibility of overseeing biomedical research at HMS
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Campus & Community
Admissions process
The tradition of careful, individual review of applications to Harvard College goes back to its earliest days. Each application receives as many as four readings prior to selection meetings.
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Campus & Community
Henry Ehrenreich
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Dec. 15, 2009, the minute honoring the life and service of the late Henry Ehrenreich, Clowes Professor of Science Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Ehrenreich was a prominent contributor to the science and the economics of alternative energy sources, especially solar and wind.
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Campus & Community
David Maybury-Lewis
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on December 15, 2009, the minute honoring the life and service of the late David Henry Peter Maybury-Lewis, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Maybury-Lewis was a humane defender of the rights of indigenous peoples.
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Arts & Culture
Islamic treasures a click away
Harvard’s libraries and museums pull together vast materials on the Web, in tandem with Islamic Studies Program.
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Campus & Community
Around the Schools: Harvard Extension School
To help celebrate the final semester of the Harvard University Extension School’s centennial, the Harvard Extension Student Association (HESA) invited young, successful CEOs to participate in a panel discussion called “Young Millionaire CEOs: Emerging Leaders” on Feb. 12.
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Campus & Community
Giving back
Marie Trottier handles accessibility issues at Harvard for the disabled, but she’s also involved in establishing a hospice, and acts on the side.
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Campus & Community
Ibuprofen May Help Stave Off Parkinson’s
Regular use of ibuprofen, a common anti-inflammatory drug, significantly lowers the risk for developing Parkinson’s disease, Harvard researchers report.
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Campus & Community
Stem Cell Experiment Reverses Aging In Rare Disease
The team at Children’s Hospital Boston and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute were working with a new type of cell called induced pluripotent stem cells or iPS cells, which closely resemble embryonic stem cells but are made from ordinary skin cells…
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Nation & World
Night shift, Port-au-Prince
A series of tents now function as Port-au-Prince’s primary hospital, as post-earthquake medical volunteers make ends meet during the night shift.
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Campus & Community
Souter to speak at Commencement
David H. Souter, a native New Englander and Harvard alumnus who served nearly two decades on the U.S. Supreme Court before stepping down in 2009, was tapped to be the principal speaker at the Afternoon Exercises of Harvard’s 359th Commencement.
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Campus & Community
Class Day speaker chosen
Christiane Amanpour, chief international correspondent with CNN and anchor of the daily interview program “Amanpour,” has been selected as the 2010 Senior Class Day speaker.
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Campus & Community
Botox in study helped relieve some migraines
Botox, given in the doses used to reduce facial wrinkles, may reduce certain kinds of migraines that patients describe as crushing or “eye-popping…”
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Campus & Community
Aspirin may combat cancer, study suggests
Scientists from several Harvard-affiliated institutions reported that women who took aspirin after completing breast cancer treatment were half as likely to die from the disease as women who did not regularly use aspirin…
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Campus & Community
Nearly $37K raised for Haiti
Harvard students raise almost $37,000 in benefit concert for Haitian relief.
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Science & Tech
Marrying high performance optics with microfluidics
Harvard engineers have successfully created a silicone rubber stick-on sheet containing dozens of miniature, powerful lenses, bring them one step closer to putting the capacity of a large laboratory into…
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Science & Tech
Digging deep into diamonds
By creating diamond-based nanowire devices, a team of Harvard researchers has taken another step toward making applications based on quantum science and technology possible.
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Science & Tech
Digging deep into diamonds
Researchers at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences find that a diamond nanowire device could lead to a new class of diamond nanomaterials suitable for quantum cryptography, quantum computing, and magnetic field imaging.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Thinks Big
Ten great ideas from 10 great professors in 10 minutes or less. Harvard Thinks Big, a student-organized discussion that paired leading lecturers with eager listeners, attracted these great minds to help explore and inspire new ways of thinking, in the first session of what organizers hope will become an annual experience.
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Campus & Community
A service for Haiti’s sadness
More than 200 attend Harvard memorial service for those killed in and affected by the Haitian earthquake.
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Nation & World
The Haitian partnership
Speakers, including Paul Farmer, discuss how Harvard offshoots can collaborate with Haitians to try to build some stability in the earthquake-battered nation.
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council meeting held Feb. 10
At its eighth meeting of the year on Feb. 10, the Faculty Council heard a proposal to create a committee on Global Health and Health Policy and was briefed on the work of the Security Advisory Committee.
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Arts & Culture
Down-to-earth diva
Opera luminary Renée Fleming offered her guidance and singing expertise to a group of Harvard students at Harvard’s Paine Hall as part of the Office for the Arts’ annual Learning From Performers series.
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Campus & Community
Memorial service for Haiti
Harvard University will host a memorial service for victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti and their loved ones on Thursday (Feb. 11) from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Memorial Church in Harvard Yard.