Year: 2010

  • Nation & World

    American banks: On the mend

    Financial reforms just enacted, said FDIC chair Sheila Bair, will put risk where it belongs, and usher in a new era of stability, efficiency, and consumer protection.

  • Campus & Community

    American Academy inducts 17 faculty

    A group of Harvard faculty members has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 230th class of fellows.

  • Health

    Fuel efficiency for marathoners

    Inspired by his experience in the 2005 New York Marathon, an M.D./Ph.D. student has taken a rigorous approach to calculating just how much carbohydrate a runner needs to fuel himself or herself through 26.2 miles, and what pace that runner can reasonably expect to sustain.

  • Science & Tech

    Termites as architects

    The air exchange system inside termite mounds provides a natural example of how to harness intermittent winds.

  • Campus & Community

    Breaking bread together

    A new dining experience at the Harvard Divinity School inspires students and staff to take an hour, sit down, and eat “family style.”

  • Campus & Community

    Getting fresh with Mollie

    Iconic cookbook author Mollie Katzen brings food lessons to Harvard: Slow down, eat mostly plants, and cook at home.

  • Arts & Culture

    Learning the streets, scene by scene

    The acclaimed TV series “The Wire” is at the center of “HBO’s The Wire and Its Contribution to Understanding Urban Inequality,” a new course aimed at teaching Harvard undergraduates about inner-city life.

  • Campus & Community

    James Stemble Duesenberry

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on October 5, 2010, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late James Stemble Duesenberry, William Joseph Maier Professor of Money and Banking Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Duesenberry studied the use of monetary and fiscal policies to contain the business cycle…

  • Arts & Culture

    Rule of Law, Misrule of Men

    Elaine Scarry, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value, confronts the Bush administration’s legislative crimes, and calls for prosecutorial action to restore democracy.

  • Arts & Culture

    Continental Divide: Heidegger, Cassirer, Davos

    Professor of History Peter E. Gordon recreates the Davos, Switzerland, meeting between philosophers Martin Heidegger and Ernst Cassirer, and their divided opinions on those heady questions of what is truth and what it means to be human.

  • Campus & Community

    A course as gateway

    Student reflects on the joys of studying art history by seeing the works in person.

  • Campus & Community

    David Herbert Donald

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on October 5, 2010, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late David Herbert Donald, Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of American Civilization Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Donald was an influential scholar of American history and noted biographer…

  • Arts & Culture

    Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance

    Wall Street’s stars are frequently lured to new firms, where their performance often declines. Thomas S. Murphy Associate Professor of Business Administration Boris Groysberg examines workplace performance and offers a guide on how to strategically manage your career.

  • Arts & Culture

    Brazil’s public intellectual

    Nicolau Sevcenko, now a professor of Romance languages and literatures at Harvard, reflects on the long journey that brought him here.

  • Campus & Community

    Creating power by the Yard

    New solar panels atop Canaday Hall, a freshman dormitory, are part of a heat-recovery project that’s expected to supply at least 60 percent of the hot water for buildings in Harvard Yard.

  • Campus & Community

    Alums receive Hiram Hunn Award

    The Harvard Admissions Office has awarded the Hiram Hunn Award to eight alumni for their outstanding schools committee work.

  • Arts & Culture

    A ‘whif’ of a breakthrough

    In David Edwards’ new book, “The Lab: Creativity and Culture,” he argues for a new model — the “artscience” lab — that “expands the possibilities of experimentation beyond those of traditional science labs.”

  • Campus & Community

    A look inside: Winthrop House

    This year, Winthrop House hopes to again claim victory by winning the Straus Cup, Harvard’s House intramural sports championship.

  • Nation & World

    Peering into the crystal ball

    Students at Harvard Kennedy School try their hands at political forecasting for the upcoming midterm elections.

  • Health

    Thinking like an octopus

    A philosophy professor’s summer of diving in Sydney Harbour has gotten him thinking about what octopus intelligence might mean.

  • Campus & Community

    Its sustaining mission

    Harvard Divinity School embraces the green revolution, conserving energy in buildings and harvesting from its own garden.

  • Campus & Community

    Keeping students in the loop

    Getting Harvard graduate students to connect with each other and the vibrant offerings at Dudley House keeps its longtime administrator Susan Zawalich, a tap dancer with a love for Godzilla and toys, busy.

  • Science & Tech

    Microbes to the rescue

    Study says microbes may consume far more gaseous waste from gulf oil spill than previously believed.

  • Health

    When ‘watch and wait’ works best

    Harvard researchers have found that as many as 50 percent of young girls treated for germ cell ovarian tumors might be spared chemotherapy using a “watch and wait” strategy to determine if the follow-up treatment is needed.

  • Campus & Community

    A river runs through it

    Harvard has developed a simmering romance with the Charles River and has a growing interest in it as a living laboratory, after centuries of the waterway serving as the University’s humble back door.

  • Campus & Community

    Field goals

    Chris LeRoy ’11 is enjoying his first season as a starter — one who “has developed into an All-Ivy caliber player,” according to his coach.

  • Campus & Community

    Two from HBS win award for article

    An article by John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld is the first runner-up and winner of an honorable mention for the best paper published in the Journal of Interactive Marketing in 2009.

  • Science & Tech

    Gabrielse wins Lilienfeld Prize

    Harvard Physics Professor Gerald Gabrielse was named the recipient of the 2011 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize, awarded by the American Physical Society for outstanding contributions to physics.

  • Campus & Community

    At Harvard, the Kitchen as Lab

    Harvard students are savoring an undergraduate course that uses the kitchen to convey the basics of physics and chemistry…