Year: 2017
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Nation & World
The women’s revolt: Why now, and where to
The women’s revolt against sexual harassment and abuse: why now, and where to.
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Tax on university endowments passes
Harvard President Drew Faust said that the tax bill represents an unprecedented attack on the tax-exempt status of nonprofits and charities because it taxes, for the first time, income for such an institution’s core mission — in this case, education.
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Improved image of supermassive black hole
Improved image allows astronomers to follow filament much closer to the galaxy’s central black hole.
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The human element: Remembering Calestous Juma
: Calestous Juma, 64, who died Dec. 15 after a long illness, was a professor of the practice of international development at Harvard Kennedy School and director of the Belfer Center’s Science, Technology, and Globalization Project.
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Professor Paola Arlotta awarded George Ledlie Prize
Developmental neurobiologist Paola Arlotta has been awarded the George Ledlie Prize by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.
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Mapping brain lesions for clues to criminal behavior
Harvard researchers worked with colleagues to map brain lesions in 17 patients who exhibited criminal behavior after — but not before — the lesions appeared.
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Here they came a-caroling
Holiday spirit fills renewed Memorial Church, as services raise $10,000 for crisis center.
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A renewed Harvard-Cuba connection
Representatives from Harvard University traveled to Havana last weekend to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Cuban Ministry of Higher Education. The agreement signals renewed commitment between Harvard’s 12 Schools and the ministry to support faculty and student research and study in Cuba.
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Researchers work to fill gaps in Chinese health care
Harvard researchers are collaborating with government officials in China on an experiment aimed at improving quality of care at hospitals in some of the country’s poorer regions.
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How tall trees move sugars
A nine-member team of scientists, mostly from Harvard, has discovered that the hydraulic resistance to moving sugar-rich sap downward from the leaves of tall trees does not increase with the length of the tree as much as would be expected.
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Discerning bird
To look at him, Griffin doesn’t seem like he’d be smarter than your typical 4-year-old — he’s a bird, after all. But the African grey parrot can easily outperform young children on certain tests, including one that measures understanding of volume.
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Farewell, Harvard’s grand diplomat
University Marshal Jackie O’Neill is retiring after a 40-year career at Harvard.
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Deaf dancer feels the beat
Deaf dancer Antoine Hunter leads a master class that provides lessons in movement and inclusion.
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Modern opera with an old soul
Pianist-composer Matt Aucoin ’12 is now co-artistic director of the American Modern Opera Company, set for Harvard performances Dec. 15-18.
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Title IX report released
Harvard University’s Title IX Office and the Office for Dispute Resolution released their 2016-2017 joint annual report today, highlighting the growth in University-wide educational outreach initiatives on Title IX policies and services.
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College accepts 964 early-admission applicants for Class of 2022
Notifications were sent Monday to the 6,630 students who applied for early admission to the College under the Early Action program.
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Study spaces call to students
From Widener Library’s Loker Reading Room to the Harvard Art Museums’ Calderwood Courtyard, photos show Harvard’s most popular study spaces
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Bringing out the edge in Austen’s wit
Playwright Kate Hamill’s adaptation of “Sense & Sensibility,” at the A.R.T. through Jan. 14, accentuates Jane Austen’s gift for comedy.
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Pride in education, and family
First-generation Harvard graduate Yesenia Ortiz is working in nonprofits in part to help struggling families overcome obstacles like those her parents faced.
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Harvard professor among 3 to receive up to $70M for Alzheimer’s research
A Harvard professor is among those slated to receive $70 million in NIH funding over five years to launch the Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium, which will accelerate and expand the disease’s therapeutic research.
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The need to talk about race
Lawyer and social activist Bryan Stevenson delivered the Tanner Lecture on Human Values, announcing the opening of a memorial to victims of lynching and a museum on the legacy of slavery next April.
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Harvard files Allston plan
Harvard University launched the initial development phase of a new regional innovation hub on Thursday with the filing of regulatory plans for the Enterprise Research Campus in Allston.
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Study identifies hundreds of genetic ‘switches’ that affect height
Researchers discovered hundreds of genetic “switches” that influence height, then performed tests that demonstrated how one such switch altered the function of a key gene involved in height difference.
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Art and technology explored during region-wide collaboration
This winter, a dozen cultural organizations throughout Greater Boston — including three from Harvard — are partnering to present an ambitious, region-wide exploration of art and technology.
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Storytelling as a global force
English Professor Martin Puchner talks to the Gazette about his new book “The Written World,” about how literature shaped civilization.
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‘Dream big and act boldly’
“Dream big and act boldly,” 138 Harvard winter grads were urged in a midyear recognition ceremony.