Featured series 
Year: 2015
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Nation & World
After Nepal quake, Harvard responds
With Nepal struggling to grasp the enormous calamity caused by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck north of Kathmandu Saturday, Harvard is mobilizing to help with technical and medical assistance and reaching out to faculty, staff, and students visiting the region.
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Science & Tech
The fast-firing universe
Nobel laureate and astrophysicist Brian Schmidt returns to Harvard this week to deliver the Morris Loeb and David M. Lee Lectures in Physics. Schmidt will discuss his discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, as well as the SkyMapper survey of the southern skies and the first stars that emerged after the universe’s…
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Nation & World
Not backing down
Speaking at the Harvard Kennedy School, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talked about his country’s economic and political difficulties, during the first stop of his state visit to the United States.
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Science & Tech
Women in sciences
A group called Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering just celebrated a decade of fellowship in those fields.
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Campus & Community
Fryer wins Clark Medal
Roland Fryer, Harvard’s Henry Lee Professor of Economics, has been awarded the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark Medal, which is given annually to a rising young economist.
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Nation & World
Reconnecting on education
Panelists across Harvard gather to consider how education should and will affect tomorrow’s global challenges.
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Campus & Community
Undergrads collecting degrees, heading abroad
Four graduating seniors will begin yearlong fellowships as part of the Fulbright Scholars program administered by the U.S. Department of State. Joy Ming, Tyreke White, and Amanda Reilly will all complete their studies at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences this year.
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Science & Tech
Seeking a bisexual revolution
A successful bisexual movement would lead not only to more freedom for bisexuals, but to “liberation of all other groups. In fighting for its goals, it would not forget how all forms of oppression are interlinked,” said Shiri Eisner, author of “Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution,” in delivering the annual Nicholas Papadopoulos Lecture.
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Arts & Culture
The mystery of Mahler
American audiences quickly embraced the Austrian composer and conductor Gustav Mahler when he moved to the United States, and to a surprising degree, lecturer Federico Cortese told an Ed Portal audience.
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Campus & Community
Smart response
The emergency communications startup RapidSOS was awarded $70,000 as the winner of the fourth President’s Challenge.
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Health
Promising stem cell therapy
Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed an “imageable” mouse model of brain-metastatic breast cancer and shown the potential of a stem-cell-based therapy to eliminate metastatic cells from the brain and prolong survival. The study, published online in the journal Brain, also describes a strategy for preventing the potential negative consequences…
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Campus & Community
Where skill meets flair
The 24th annual Harvard Invitational ballroom competition, organized by the University’s ballroom team, happened in downtown Boston April 11 and 12.
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Campus & Community
Portman named Class Day speaker
Actress Natalie Portman ’03 has been selected as Class Day speaker for Harvard College. Portman will address the graduating class on May 27, the day before the 364th Commencement.
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Arts & Culture
A house divided by grief
To mark the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, Martha Hodes’ new book offers firsthand accounts from the days following the murder.
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Health
Why birds don’t crash
A new study shows that birds use two highly stereotyped postures to avoid obstacles in flight. The study could open the door to new ways to program drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles to avoid similar obstacles.
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Science & Tech
Higher than the sky
Terry Virts, commander of the International Space Station and an alumnus of HBS’s General Management Program, chatted live from orbit about his experiences.
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Health
Health as an economic engine
Finance ministers from Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Southeast Asia gathered at Harvard Art Museums on April 21 to discuss links between health care and economic performance.
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Arts & Culture
The things Harvard has
Scholars from across Harvard will convene at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on Friday for a symposium called “University as Collector” that will explore the importance of universities as collecting institutions.
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Arts & Culture
In the mind’s ear
On a commission from the Harvard Art Museums, Mexican artist Carlos Amorales created “Triangle Constellation” to hang above the Calderwood Courtyard.
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Arts & Culture
Unsettled by the bomb
A historian’s new book outlines the little-known role of black Americans in international campaigns to ban nuclear weapons.
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Arts & Culture
Path to understanding
During a panel discussion at Radcliffe, musicians in the diverse Silk Road Ensemble explained how they combine instruments, mesh traditions to make new music.
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Campus & Community
American Academy elects new members
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences today announced the election of 197 new members, including 10 from Harvard.
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Campus & Community
This year’s chief marshal
At Harvard’s 364th Commencement, award-winning author and journalist Farai Chideya ’90 will lead her class as this year’s chief marshal.
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Campus & Community
A new fiscal leader
Thomas J. Hollister, a business executive with expertise in global financial management and banking, has been named Harvard’s chief financial officer and vice president for finance.
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Campus & Community
A freshman reflects
A Harvard College freshman reflects on a year of people, professors, pacing, and appreciating.
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Campus & Community
A greener day
At Harvard, the commitment to a healthier, more sustainable campus is ingrained in the culture, how people learn, work, and live. Initiatives across the University’s Schools and departments bring faculty, students, and staff together in creating solutions with the ultimate goal of enhancing the well-being of everyone in the Harvard community.
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Science & Tech
Saving Mother Earth
The Harvard Climate Change Solutions Fund is one example of how the University is catalyzing the research and innovations needed to accelerate progress toward cleaner energy and a healthier, more sustainable future.
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Nation & World
The future of world religions
The head of religion research at the Pew Center, Alan Cooperman, told a Harvard Divinity School audience on April 17 that Muslims could exceed the number of Christians in fewer than 60 years.
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Science & Tech
A leap for ‘artificial leaf’
Using an electro-chemical process to etch materials, Harvard scientists have developed a system of patterning that works in just minutes, as opposed to the weeks needed for other techniques. Researchers can build photonic structures that control the light hitting the device and greatly increase its efficiency.
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Nation & World
God and the White House
Longtime presidential adviser and Harvard Kennedy School Professor David Gergen engaged in a wide-ranging conversation on the complex intersections of religion, politics, and public life.
