Month: March 2016

  • Nation & World

    Leadership tips from ancient Rome

    Harvard Business School M.B.A. students dig deep into texts of the Roman Empire to unearth lessons about leadership today.

    5–8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Retracing a path of destruction

    Timothy Snyder, a history professor at Yale, talks about his new book, “Black Earth.”

    10–15 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    President’s Challenge narrows field to 10 finalists

    Ten teams have been selected as finalists for the 2016 President’s Challenge, President Drew Faust will award $100,000 to be shared among the grand prize winners on April 25.

    3–4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Refresh, recuperate, reflect

    A Harvard freshman considers the lessons of winter break.

    4–6 minutes
  • Arts & Culture

    Humanities offer marketability in a competitive world

    Harvard sophomore finds support for his concentration in Ancient History (Greek and Roman), which allows him to pursue his passions “while maintaining marketability in an increasingly competitive world.”

    4–6 minutes
  • Arts & Culture

    Slavery’s chilling shadow

    Toni Morrison delivered the first of six Charles Eliot Norton Lectures to an adoring crowd at Sanders Theatre on Wednesday. Morrison is the 58th scholar given the Charles Eliot Norton Professorship of Poetry.

    3–4 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Study that undercut psych research got it wrong

    A study last year claiming that more than half of all psychology studies cannot be replicated turns out to be wrong. Harvard researchers have discovered that the study contains several statistical and methodological mistakes, and that when these are corrected, the study actually shows that the replication rate in psychology is quite high.

    9–14 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    My buddy

    Juniors Fatima Bishtawi and Amanda Mozea made lasting connections through the Best Buddies program.

    3–4 minutes
  • Health

    Aspirin found to reduce overall cancer risk

    An analysis of data from two long-term epidemiologic studies has found that regular use of aspirin significantly reduces the overall risk of cancer, an effect that primarily reflects a lower risk of colorectal cancer and other tumors of the gastrointestinal tract.

    2–3 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Philip Blackett tells teens what follows failure

    Magnetic Interviewing founder and CEO Philip Blackett, an M.B.A. candidate at Harvard Business School, shared his failures and what can follow with students from Cambridge Rindge and Latin.

    2–3 minutes
  • Arts & Culture

    Seeing more

    In his weekly 90-minute lectures, Professor Robin Kelsey brings historical awareness and contextual experience to 13 technologies that have transformed visual communication.

    3–5 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    $1M in grants to support 10 climate research projects

    Ten research projects driven by faculty collaborators across six Harvard Schools will share over $1 million in the second round of grants awarded by the Climate Change Solutions Fund, an initiative launched last year by President Drew Faust to encourage multidisciplinary research around climate change.

    4–6 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    President Faust’s climate initiative awards $1M in grants

    The recipients of grants awarded by the Climate Change Solutions Fund, an initiative launched last year by President Drew Faust, were announced. The 10 winning projects are purposely diverse in focus, ranging from policy and law to science and health. Several use Harvard’s campus as a “living laboratory” — when possible — for testing and…

    3–5 minutes