Month: March 2019

  • Nation & World

    Street battle

    Former New York City transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, speaking at the Graduate School of Design, describes successful pedestrian-friendly efforts and offers advice to those seeking change.

    3–5 minutes
    Janette Sadik-Khan speaks at Gund Hall.
  • Nation & World

    Recovering the truth of a ‘Lost Education’

    Was there an upside to segregation? At Harvard, Vanessa Siddle Walker, president-elect of the American Educational Research Association, said black educators secretly networked to instill high aspirations, and beat the system, before Brown v. Board of Education.

    4–5 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Harvard College admits 1,950 to Class of ’23

    The 1,950 high school students admitted to Harvard College’s Class of ’23 are diverse and show growing interest in community service. The school is offering generous grants to make going to the College more affordable.

    5–7 minutes
    Autumn features of gates and the Barker Center.
  • Arts & Culture

    Strutting their stuff

    The student-run Identities Fashion Show embraces all types of bodies and backgrounds. But for its board members, it’s a lot of work and a yearlong commitment.

    6–9 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Listen up

    Cultural expert Jess Weiner will be part of “Harvard Hears You: The 2019 Summit for Gender Equity” on April 2. She spoke with the Gazette about the summit and its celebrity panel, the need for gender equity, and her work nudging advertisers in the right direction.

    10–15 minutes
    Barbie Dolls showing different body shapes.
  • Campus & Community

    Two named to lead Overseers

    Michael Brown ’83, J.D. ’88, and Lesley Friedman Rosenthal ’86, J.D. ’89, chosen to head Harvard’s Board of Overseers.

    4–6 minutes
    Michael Brown on left and Lesley Rosenthal
  • Nation & World

    A good look at bad romance

    A conference organized by Harvard graduate students explores the ethics of love and desire after #MeToo.

    3–4 minutes
    Collage of Women's March protesters, "Susanna and the Elders" painting, SalpêtriÚre Hospital in Paris.
  • Arts & Culture

    Using humor to make the connection

    Before an Askwith Hall audience, stars from “Kim’s Convenience” and “Fresh Off the Boat” explored how the landscape is shifting for Asian stories, defying stereotype and allowing authentic identities.

    4–6 minutes
    Paul Sun-Hyung Lee
  • Arts & Culture

    How much would you pay for a masterpiece?

    To get at exactly how the art market and the public drive up the cost of fine art, the Gazette spoke with some experts in the field.

    10–15 minutes
    Two women wearing red berets inspect the shredded Banksy painting at the Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden.
  • Science & Tech

    Scientists are blown away by hurricane experiment’s results

    Three decades after scientists intentionally knocked down nearly 300 trees at Harvard Forest, nature is still surprising as experiments continue.

    10–15 minutes
    Tower used to study data such as wind patterns at Harvard Forest.
  • Health

    DNA testing could save young lives through early intervention

    During her Radcliffe fellowship, pediatric oncologist Lisa Diller is studying the implications of genetic testing in newborns, and planning research that focuses on testing babies for gene changes associated with cancers known to strike the very young.

    4–6 minutes
    Lisa Diller at her desk
  • Campus & Community

    Reaching new heights

    The Heights sits on the top floor of the Smith Campus Center, offering sweeping views and familiar favorites with a twist.

    3–5 minutes
    Chefs, Vanessa Portiza Acosta, from left, Corrine Gaucherin and Luz Restrepo Rincon work on the line in the kitchen at The Heights
  • Campus & Community

    A distinct honor

    The Dean’s Distinction Awards mark a decade of staff recognition in FAS.

    5–7 minutes
    A woman holds her toddler.
  • Science & Tech

    ‘Any patient with any disease’

    Developed through Harvard’s Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator, an innovative immune-silent stem cell technology could lead to novel cell therapies to treat “any patient with any disease.”

    3–5 minutes
    Chad Cowen
  • Campus & Community

    Rethinking inclusion

    An interview with Anthony Jack, a professor at the Graduate School of Education, on his new book “The Privileged Poor,” about the struggles of disadvantaged students at elite schools.

    7–10 minutes
    Anthony Jack portrait
  • Campus & Community

    Home and economics

    Talia Gillis, a Harvard graduate student is enrolled in two doctoral programs and raising newborn twins.

    3–5 minutes
    Talia Gillis works out at Hemenway gym with personal trainer Joel Waithe.
  • Nation & World

    ‘A very, very dangerous moment in our country’s history’

    Author Daniel Ziblatt analyzes the worldwide movement toward autocracy and concludes American democracy is safe — for now.

    5–7 minutes
    Daniel Ziblatt portrait
  • Arts & Culture

    Photos reveal nature’s wonder at Arnold Arboretum

    The elegance and rhythm of nature powerfully captured through photographer Chris Morgan’s lens is revealed at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.

    2–3 minutes
    Red-tailed hawks on Norway spruce.
  • Campus & Community

    Demystifying the workplace

    Harvard welcomes Boston Public School students to speak to staff about their goals and gain perspective about college and career.

    5–7 minutes
    Boston Latin Academy sophomore Nini Nguyen participates in the job shadow day at Harvard.
  • Health

    How to feed 10 billion by midcentury

    A panel of experts at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discussed how the globe might feed an estimated human population of 10 billion by midcentury and suggested a diet high in plant foods, low in red meat, as well as a host of reforms to how food is produced and distributed today.

    6–8 minutes
    Anna Sortun, David Bennell, Gina McCarthy, and Walter Willett.
  • Arts & Culture

    The greatest migration

    The peopling of Polynesia’s far-flung islands may be the most epic migration story of all time. Harvard Review Editor Christina Thompson’s book “Sea People” examines the latest evidence of who the Polynesians were and how they did it.

    8–11 minutes
    Christina Thompson at the Peabody Museum.
  • Science & Tech

    A gold star for going green

    Harvard received an award at the Climate Leadership Conference in Baltimore, recognizing its commitment to the environment.

    2–3 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Studying Japan from ancient to modern

    A revered, 700-year-old religious relic and the present-day crisis of declining births are just two of the many focuses of some Harvard researchers.

    7–10 minutes
    "Prince Shōtoku at Age Two."
  • Campus & Community

    What’s in a word? The future history of English

    A history of English course hosts its own March Madness-style tournament for newly coined words in the English lexicon.

    4–5 minutes
    Slang bracket on a board
  • Health

    Cells recall the way they were

    Study in mice reveals that adult tissues retain a memory of which genes are activated during very early development, and that that memory can be recovered. Under certain conditions, adult cells play their developmental “movie” in a slow rewind, reactivating fetal genes. These findings have important implications for regenerative medicine and cancer research.

    3–5 minutes
    Illustration of sand forming DNA in hourglass.
  • Health

    Cutting skin cancer risk by 75 percent

    A treatment previously shown to clear the precancerous skin lesions called actinic keratosis now appears to reduce the chance that the treated skin will develop squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs), the second-most-common form of skin cancer.

    3–5 minutes
    Precancerous actinic keratosis cells –
  • Arts & Culture

    Curating a classic ‘Genji’ exhibit at the Met

    Harvard’s Melissa McCormick takes “The Tale of the Genji,” one of the world’s first novels, from classroom to gallery.

    5–7 minutes
    Banner advertising Gengi exhibit outside the Met
  • Nation & World

    In China, Bacow emphasizes common values

    Harvard President Larry Bacow, on a 10-day trip to the Far East, tells audience at Peking University in China of commonalities, and expresses hope for continued collaboration.

    6–9 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Seeing the forest for the trees

    Novelist Richard Powers’ “The Overstory” features trees as key characters in an entwined tale of human life and our impact on the natural world. He will speak at the Arnold Arboretum and the Mahindra Humanities Center later this month.

    7–11 minutes