Featured series 
Year: 2015
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Harvard IT gets a reboot
Harvard is rolling out state-of-the-art computer upgrades for student record-keeping, faculty teaching, and community security.
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Why MS symptoms may improve as days get shorter
By first looking broadly at possible environmental factors and then deeply at preclinical models of multiple sclerosis (MS), a BWH research team found that melatonin — a hormone involved in regulating a person’s sleep-wake cycle — may influence MS disease activity.
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Where design, engineering meet
The Harvard Graduate School of Design and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will jointly offer a new degree at the intersection of their disciplines. In a Q&A session, the two deans outlined what’s ahead.
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Finding the classes that fit
Shopping Week gives students a chance to make more informed decisions about their classes and schedule.
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Straight dealing
As Congress prepares to vote on a deal to limit Iran’s nuclear program, Harvard Kennedy School experts consider its merits and shortcomings and look to what’s next.
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The Venice connection
Collaborative summer study program between Harvard and Venetian university marks its 10th year.
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Faculty Council meeting held Sept. 2
On Sept. 2 the Faculty Council welcomed new members, reviewed history and policies, elected subcommittees for 2015-16, discussed the work of the council in the new academic year, and heard presentations on health benefits and advanced standing.
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Geneticist Stephen J. Elledge receives Lasker Award
For seminal discoveries that have illuminated the DNA damage response, Stephen J. Elledge, the Gregor Mendel Professor of Genetics and of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is being recognized with the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award. The award is considered to be among the most respected in biomedicine.
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Poison in Arctic and human cost of ‘clean’ energy
The amount of methylmercury, a potent neurotoxin, is especially high in Arctic marine life but until recently, scientists haven’t been able to explain why. Now, research from the Harvard suggests that high levels of methylmercury in Arctic life are a byproduct of global warming and the melting of sea-ice in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.
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White House awards National Humanities Medal to Higginbotham
Harvard Professor Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies, is among the 10 recipients of the 2014 National Humanities Medal.
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Haunted vision
Dave Malloy traces the inspiration for “Ghost Quartet,” set to run at Oberon Sept. 9-12, to the scary stories of his youth.
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Housing that reflects the world
An exhibit at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design showcases, explains half a century of lessons in living around the globe.
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How termites ventilate
Research led by a Harvard professor describes in detail how termite mounds are ventilated.
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Faust seeks even greater inclusion
During the first Morning Prayers session of the academic year, President Drew Faust told her listeners that while the University celebrates the differences within its community and student body as “an integral part of everyone’s education,” Harvard needs to ensure that all in the community feel that they belong.
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Life behind the pose
“Black Chronicles II,” at the Cooper Gallery, explores issues of race and identity through archival photographs from Victorian England.
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Into the unknown
President Faust and other University leaders urged students toward a spirit of discovery in the convocation ceremony for the Class of 2019.
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China syndrome
HBS’ Dante Roscini explains China’s stock market crash and how investors worldwide are recalibrating the country’s once go-go future.
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Putting an artist in her place
A new exhibit at the Harvard Art Museums reviews the work of pop artist and activist Corita Kent.
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How racial issues can be fairly framed
A panel discussion titled “Race and the Media” brought experts from the communications field to examine the influence news sources have when framing racial issues.
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In Peru, progress against TB
A branch of Partners In Health in Peru has reduced the number of deaths from multidrug-resistant TB through a system of careful protocols.
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No loss of character in new-look Dunster
Dunster House opened its doors Saturday as students moved in for the first time since its renewal. It took 400 workers more than a year to complete Dunster’s 183,060 square feet of updates and additions.
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A fuller picture of cancer
A research team led by Martin Nowak has developed a model that captures both the shape and speed of tumor growth.
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The maturing of MOOCs
In a question-and-answer session, the researchers behind the edX platform reflect on the risks, rewards, and changes in online learning.
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Interstellar seeds could create oases of life
Within the next generation, it should become possible to detect signs of life on planets orbiting distant stars, say researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Understanding the IT band
Research led by Carolyn Eng delivers insights into how the IT band stores and releases elastic energy to make walking and running more efficient.
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Big dogs on campus
They can’t take out the trash or do the dishes, but a recent Harvard Medical School report suggests that dogs — including those living with their owners in Harvard’s Houses — can have a very healthy influence on their fellow residents.
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First, you move in
Harvard’s freshmen arrived on campus Tuesday, and started settling in to college life, and new routines.
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Study identifies new cheating method in MOOCs
Researchers from MIT and Harvard have identified a new cheating method in MOOCs, and they suggest how to protect course certification.
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A summer of learning
At the Cambridge-Harvard Summer Academy, students stretch their minds through science.
