Featured series 
Year: 2017
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Science & Tech
Strengthening ties among women in physics
The Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics included lab tours, lectures, and practical discussion on research, grad school applications, how to deal with discrimination and implicit bias, and finding mentors.
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Campus & Community
Shareholder report available
The 2016 Annual Report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility, a subcommittee of the President and Fellows has been released.
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Campus & Community
Ensuring high standards
The Gazette sat down with Professor Scott Edwards, who chairs Harvard’s reaccreditation steering committee, to discuss the process ahead for the University.
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Arts & Culture
Even in ‘Hamilton,’ a glimpse of mediocrity
New research by Derek Miller, an assistant professor of English, highlights the starring role of “decidedly average” in the history of art.
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Campus & Community
Reynolds is Hasty’s Man of the Year
Versatile actor Ryan Reynolds is chosen as Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ Man of the Year.
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Campus & Community
Español para abogados (Spanish for lawyers)
Harvard Law School offers a Spanish course for student attorneys who want to polish their skills to deal with clients who speak that language.
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Health
Sugar stands accused
Science journalist Gary Taubes brought his “Case Against Sugar” to Harvard Law School.
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Science & Tech
Seeking a breakthrough on catalysts
A group of Harvard researchers is taking a new approach to the challenge of developing new catalysts.
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Campus & Community
Director to retire from Harvard University Press
William Sisler, director of the Harvard University Press, will retire at the end of the academic year. He led the publisher through an era of major transitions in the field.
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Campus & Community
Getting their hands on science
With Harvard help, Gardner Pilot Academy celebrates its new, interactive science lab.
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Health
No easy answer for health void in Syria
Professor Jennifer Leaning, co-chair of a new committee set up to examine the health consequences of Syria’s civil war, talks about the country’s prospects for stability and recovery.
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Nation & World
The borders between us
In a new book, Harvard historian Charles Maier explores the boundaries that both separate and bind modern societies.
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Campus & Community
Candidates announced for Overseers, Alumni Association elected directors
Harvard alumni will receive ballots to vote for a new group of Harvard Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association elected directors this spring.
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Science & Tech
Why city blocks work
Shorter city blocks stimulate urban life, but if they’re too short, people spend too much time crossing roads, and the streetscape suffers, study says.
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Campus & Community
James Ackerman, historian on Renaissance architecture, dies at 97
James Ackerman, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Fine Arts Emeritus, lived a life of service, giving himself fully to his country, his pupils, and his research.
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Nation & World
Our crumbling infrastructure
With President-elect Donald Trump pushing for a federal infrastructure improvement plan, Harvard faculty consider the needs and challenges that may dog the ambitious proposal.
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Arts & Culture
Building character
Molly Antopol, a Radcliffe Fellow and author of “The UnAmericans,” talks about the creative process behind her fiction.
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Campus & Community
Minow to step down as Law School dean
Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow announced she will step down at the end of this academic year. With a focus on access to justice, public service, and entrepreneurship, Minow guided the School in new directions to prepare lawyers for challenges and opportunities brought by globalization and a changing legal profession.
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Science & Tech
The false choice of basic vs. applied research
Venkatesh Narayanamurti, he former dean of Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, is suggesting doing away with the traditional applied/basic research divide in favor of one that encourages greater collaboration and a two-way path between discovery and invention.
