Featured series 
Month: May 2018
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Campus & Community
‘The greatest gift you can have is a good education, one that isn’t strictly professional’
The professor who put forward the idea of multiple intelligences talks about his adventures in learning for the Experience series.
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Nation & World
Assessing the Iran deal pullout
Faculty and affiliates of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School weighed in on President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out the United States from the multi-lateral Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the Iran nuclear deal.
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Campus & Community
A whole-family approach
A Q&A with Fletcher Maynard Academy principal Robin Harris on the impact of Harvard’s “Mind Matters” program at the Cambridge school.
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Campus & Community
Working with low-income children rewrites her story
After an internship with the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools changed her life, Nicole Powell changed her trajectory and headed for Harvard Divinity School.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Allston Partnership Fund marks decade
The Harvard Allston Partnership Fund has provided more than $1 million in grants since its inception 10 years ago. The 10th anniversary was marked by a celebration at Allston’s Raymond V. Mellone Park when $100,000 in grants were recently announced.
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Health
Checking the progress of self-driving cars
Panelists at the Harvard Chan School discussed the future of self-driving cars.
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Nation & World
From federal support, groundbreaking research
Latest federal budget allocations allow Harvard scientists to push toward fresh discoveries.
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Campus & Community
Exploring religion, building a life of service
Using her head and her hands, Haley Curtin ’18 has built the foundation of a meaningful life. Meaningful first of all to her.
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Campus & Community
A college, 98 feet long
Long-anticipated renovations will begin this summer, preserving the building’s legacy while also bringing it into the 21st century.
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Arts & Culture
‘Jagged Little Pill,’ from songs to musical
Singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette’s alternative rock album “Jagged Little Pill” is the basis for a new musical adaptation at the American Repertory Theater directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus.
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Campus & Community
Miller and Hinton win Abramson Award
Derek Miller, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities, and Elizabeth Hinton, assistant professor of history and of African and African-American studies, are winners of the Roslyn Abramson Award.
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Campus & Community
Students’ innovations recognized for real-world impact
The President’s Innovation Challenge recognized three student ventures, STEMgem, OZÉ, and PionEar, with $75,000 in prize money from the Bertarelli Foundation to help them turn their ideas into impactful, real-world ventures.
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Campus & Community
‘What the hell — why don’t I just go to Harvard and turn my life upside down?’
Family, history, and the 1960s all helped to shape the higher ed leader, but it was illness that urged her forward.
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Science & Tech
Carbon consumers
Natural lab holds promise to transform understanding of deep-ocean carbon cycling, says Professor Peter Girguis.
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Arts & Culture
Dancer moves from stage to the study of religion
Dancer, actor, photographer Benjamin Grimm ’18 widened his focus to the comparative study of religion with a secondary degree in German and Scandinavian studies.
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Campus & Community
Eugene Rochow, 92
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 1, 2018, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Eugene George Rochow, Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Rochow took on challenging realms of organometallic chemistry and ceramics, nuclear chemistry, and education.
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Uncategorized
Konrad Emil Bloch, 88
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 1, 2018, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Konrad Emil Bloch, Higgins Professor of Biochemistry, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Bloch unraveled the pathways of intermediary metabolism in living cells and received the 1964 Nobel Prize for…
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Campus & Community
Leonard Nash, 95
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 1, 2018, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Leonard Kollender Nash, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Nash conducted research in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics and was a famously inspiring teacher.
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Campus & Community
William Klemperer, 90
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 1, 2018, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late William Aloys Klemperer, Erving Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Klemperer was among the world’s leaders in molecular spectroscopy.
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Campus & Community
Bridget Terry Long to lead Ed School
Bridget Terry Long will become the new dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education in July.
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Campus & Community
Assistant professor named a Carnegie Fellow
Elizabeth Hinton, assistant professor of history and of African and African American Studies, has been named a 2018 Carnegie Fellow.
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Nation & World
John McCain: A maverick who matters
Harvard analysts reflect on the life and legacy of ailing Arizona Sen. John McCain, who says in a new memoir that this will be his last term in office.
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Health
Reducing a global killer: Traffic accidents
The Harvard Global Health Institute, the Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute, and the Safe Life Foundation sponsored a half-day symposium to examine the causes of traffic accidents worldwide, and ways to reduce their number.
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Arts & Culture
Emanuel Ax guides listeners from Beethoven to Brahms
Grammy-winning pianist Emanuel Ax visited Harvard to discuss the influence of Beethoven on Brahms.
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Health
Uncertain chapter in dental student’s life
Lindsay D’Amato took a circuitous route from Missouri to the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, via graduate school in California, a two-year Peace Corps stint in Panama — and a detour for brain surgery.
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Campus & Community
A thanks-giving meal
Donors and recipients gathered in the Northwest Science Building to mark the 12th annual Celebration of Scholarships dinner event.
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Campus & Community
Sustainability report marks milestones
Reductions in trash, water use, and net greenhouse gas emissions are among the highlights of the 2017 Harvard Sustainability Report.
