The Harvard Gazette

Year: 2012

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About 140 students packed Harvard’s i-lab in Allston Tuesday night for the kickoff of the Deans’ Health and Life Sciences Challenge, a $75,000 contest whose aim is to promote new ideas and innovative thinking in key health-related areas.

Seeking healthy inspiration

Deans’ Health and Life Sciences Challenge kicks off at i-lab

Campus|

DateDecember 13, 2012

Harvard College has admitted 895 students to the Class of 2017 under the Early Action program, an increase of 16 percent over last year.

895 admitted through Early Action

Total for Class of ’17 marks 16 percent rise from last year

Campus|

DateDecember 13, 2012July 19, 2019

Holmes’ suite home

Law library launches massive database on famed American jurist

World|

DateDecember 13, 2012

Barbara Wiberg, the Peabody Museum’s administrative coordinator, was honored for her 25-year service to the University. Wiberg's daughter, Kara Colannino, has worked at the University for 15 years.

Joining the quarter-century club

University honors employees for 25 years of service

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DateDecember 13, 2012March 21, 2019

Joanna Wang '16 is in good spirits as she walks into Annenberg Hall past Frosty the Snowman. Wang joined other freshmen for Winter Fest, a low-key event planned by the First-Year Social Committee.

Freshmen take Winter Fest break

Holiday spirit bubbles up as students offer public service

Campus|

DateDecember 13, 2012March 19, 2019

Social choice fund to be established

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DateDecember 13, 2012

Co-captain Jillian Dempsey '13 maneuvers for a shot on goal as Providence College's goalie comes out of the crease. Dempsey finished with four goals to extend her point streak to 24 games. Harvard won, 8-1.

Women’s hockey dominates

Harvard will back in action Jan. 4 at Union

Campus|

DateDecember 12, 2012

The Labrary, a student-designed pop-up space, explores what libraries of the future might look like. Pop-up spaces are short-term homes for sales, exhibits, and other public uses.

The pop-up, over-the-top library

Meet the Labrary, where innovation rules and noise is welcomed

Campus|

DateDecember 12, 2012March 18, 2019

Harvard East Asian conference focuses on collaboration

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DateDecember 12, 2012March 19, 2019

Charles Warren Professor of American History James Kloppenberg addressed the 114 students who were being recognized at the 2012-13 Midyear Graduates Recognition Ceremony in the Radcliffe Gymnasium.

Midyear graduates recognized

Achievements honored as 114 students follow ‘different’ path

Campus|

DateDecember 12, 2012July 19, 2019

“I promise there will be surprises. No matter how well we prepare, there will be system failures," said Daniel Schrag (far right), director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Paul Biddinger (left) and Jerold Kayden were among the other panelists for the forum on "Big Weather and Coastal Cities" at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Lessons for the next Sandy

Rapid response should be followed by thoughtful rebuilding

Science|

DateDecember 12, 2012March 19, 2019

“It was an incredible amount of work,” said Caroline Elkins of the research done by a five-person team of Harvard students. That research allowed Elkins to write a statement aiding Mau Mau veterans in a lawsuit against the British government. “When you’re swimming in documents, the only way you’re going to get through is with a collaborative effort. … It was teaching and learning at its very best.”

Justice by committee

Elkins' team scoured documents to aid Kenyans in Mau Mau case

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DateDecember 12, 2012March 21, 2019

In a talk sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment, Edward Parson, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, discussed the myriad ways nations could combat global warming, such as releasing cooling aerosols.

A notion to cool the skies

Benefits, risks of using geoengineering to counter climate change

Science|

DateDecember 12, 2012

Zittrain named one of Foreign Policy’s top 100 Global Thinkers

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DateDecember 11, 2012March 15, 2019

Nobel Peace Prize laureate joins IGLP Honorary Council at HLS

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DateDecember 11, 2012March 21, 2019

Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Project were there to help kick off the Deans’ Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge, an initiative aimed at supporting the arts by connecting the worlds of art and business, Harvard’s student body, and the wider Harvard community.

A call for creative know-how

Yo-Yo Ma helps launch Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge

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DateDecember 11, 2012March 20, 2019

Ammar Joudeh '15 (center) and Claire Stolz '15 (right) test drive a website developed by Stolz and Louise Eisenach '16 (left) that connects Harvard runners looking for company. The demonstration was part of the annual CS50 Fair, which showcases student projects from the incredibly popular computer science course. Photo by Eliza Grinnell/SEAS

For a day, geek is chic

Hundreds of students show off apps and more at CS50 Fair

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DateDecember 11, 2012April 15, 2019

John Milton Ward

Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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DateDecember 11, 2012May 8, 2019

Fish oil doesn’t prevent irregular heartbeat in cardiac surgery patients

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DateDecember 11, 2012March 21, 2019

A new study shows that additional courses of chemotherapy may increase the survival rate of young people who have an aggressive form of leukemia. Investigators estimate that five years after reaching complete remission, the rate of event-free survival was 76 percent for these very high-risk patients. By contrast, less than half of similar patients who receive standard chemotherapy reach the five-year mark without relapsing.

Extra chemo could be answer

Intensified treatment shows promise in kids with high-risk leukemia

Health|

DateDecember 10, 2012

Cassandra Extavour, associate professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, led a team of researchers in solving the long-standing mystery of how some insects form germ cells, the precursors to the eggs and sperm necessary for sexual reproduction.

Solving a biological mystery

Researchers find gene related to germ cell formation older than thought

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DateDecember 10, 2012March 19, 2019

Associate Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Cassandra Extavour heads up the Evo-Devo-Eco Network (EDEN), a collaborative group of researchers devoted to encouraging the study of nontraditional “model” organisms.

The bounty of EDEN

Program encourages use of alternative creatures in studies

Health|

DateDecember 10, 2012March 19, 2019

Today at the Economic Club in Washington, D.C., Harvard President Drew Faust discussed the challenges and opportunities facing higher education with Economic Club President David M. Rubenstein.

Remember research, Faust urges

Faust touts import of continued U.S. partnership with higher ed

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DateDecember 10, 2012March 19, 2019

Within Leverett’s McKinlock Hall, an existing alley will receive a new glass roof and become a light court, which will connect new lounge and seminar rooms with the dining hall, helping to alleviate crowding.

New life for McKinlock

Fifteen-month House renewal project targets student needs

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DateDecember 10, 2012July 19, 2019

Pop-up innovation space showcases library projects

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DateDecember 10, 2012March 21, 2019

Elaine Papoulias named executive director of CES

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DateDecember 10, 2012

As a schoolboy, Stephen Mitchell, professor of Scandinavian folklore and a longtime fan of the fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien, played hooky from school to read Tolkien's works.

The ongoing allure of Tolkien

Harvard scholar explores folklore that underscores 'The Hobbit'

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DateDecember 10, 2012

REACH program now accepting applications for spring 2013

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DateDecember 10, 2012March 21, 2019

Francis Fukuyama, who in 1992 famously predicted “the end of history” because liberal democracies and free market economies suggested an endpoint in the evolution of government, spoke at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies in a kickoff session for a two-day workshop focused on European national identities.

How to build a nation

To succeed, Fukuyama says, a national identity must be forged from within

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DateDecember 10, 2012

“I am excited about this new chapter in my life, but I know it will be difficult for me to leave this special community of colleagues and friends,” said Harvard Graduate School of Education Dean Kathleen McCartney regarding her appointment as the next president of Smith College.

McCartney named president of Smith

Education School dean to begin leading college in July

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DateDecember 10, 2012March 20, 2019

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