Featured series 
Year: 2019
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Health
Quitting smoking may reduce risk of rheumatoid arthritis
Analysis of data from the Nurses’ Health studies shows quitting smoking may reduce the risk of the severest form of rheumatoid arthritis.
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Arts & Culture
Song of the sea
The A.R.T.’s “Endlings” features characters whose lives are completely foreign from, yet connected to, playwright Celine Song.
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Arts & Culture
In Allston, the ArtLab rises
The innovation center called the ArtLab, a 9,000-square-foot multiuse space designed to host collaborations, gatherings, film screenings, dance rehearsals, and more, will formally open next fall in Allston, but will be active before then.
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Arts & Culture
Writing about what scares you
Propelled by her viral short story, Harvard alumna Kristen Roupenian publishes her first collection, visits Cambridge.
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Science & Tech
Brainy birds
A new study shows that African grey parrots can perform some cognitive tasks at levels beyond those of 5-year-old humans. The results not only suggest that humans aren’t the only species capable of making complex inferences, but also point to flaws in a widely used test of animal intelligence.
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Campus & Community
A rise through the ranks
At Harvard Medical School, Calixto Sáenz worked his way up to become director of the microfluidics core facility.
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Campus & Community
The ‘spiritual leader’ of WHRB
After 58 years of helping Harvard student radio station WHRB build toward excellence, David Elliott steps back to undergo ALS treatment.
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Arts & Culture
Picturing Harvard — and America
The first exhibit of the Arts Wing in the Smith Campus Center conveys what Harvard and the larger American community is and can be in terms of its makeup.
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Health
Gene therapy was a ‘last shot’
Three years after undergoing gene therapy at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center to treat a life-threatening immune disorder, an Ohio college student is no longer thinking about his own “last shot” for health, but rather about medical school and “giving back.”
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Campus & Community
Stephen Jay Gould, 60
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Feb. 5, 2019, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Stephen Jay Gould was placed upon the permanent records of the Faculty.
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Campus & Community
Barbara Kiefer Lewalski, 87
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Feb. 5, 2019, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Barbara Kiefer Lewalski was placed upon the permanent records of the Faculty.
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Campus & Community
Francisco Márquez Villanueva, 82
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on February 5, 2019, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Francisco Márquez Villanueva was placed upon the permanent records of the Faculty.
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Campus & Community
Transgender rights advocate honored by Harvard Foundation
Transgender activist Janet Mock, the writer, producer, advocate and director behind ‘Redefining Realness’ and ‘POSE,’ has been named the 2019 Harvard University Artist of the Year. She will be honored at the Cultural Rhythms festival in March.
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Health
Exercise, fasting help cells shed defective proteins
A new study from the Blavatnik Institute finds that intense exercise and fasting activate hormones that boost cells’ capacity to dispose of defective proteins, which clog up the cell, interfere with its functions, and, over time, precipitate diseases including neurodegenerative conditions such as ALS and Alzheimer’s.
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Campus & Community
43,330 apply to College Class of ’23
Harvard College saw a 1.4 percent increase in its application pool, with 43,330 students applying to the Class of 2023. The Class of 2022 had received 42,749 applicants.
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Science & Tech
Focusing on the fovea
Researchers have created the first cellular atlas of the primate retina and discovered that, while the fovea and peripheral retina share most of the same cell types, the cells are in different proportions, and show different gene expression patterns.
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Science & Tech
Facing crocodiles head-on
Despite often being portrayed as living fossils that have remained virtually unchanged for millions of years, a new Harvard study shows crocodiles have repeatedly altered their developmental patterns, leading to much of the diversity found in modern, living crocodiles.
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Campus & Community
Coed Hasty Pudding makes its debut
This year marked the first in the group’s 171-year history that women took the stage as part of the Hasty Pudding cast. Six men and six women make up this year’s onstage talent in the original student musical “France France Revolution!”
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Science & Tech
The impact of ocean acidification
In a first-of-its-kind study, findings suggest that continued ocean warming and acidification could impact everything from how fish move to how they eat.
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Nation & World
It’s spy vs. spy vs. spy
Newly named general editor of a book project documenting espionage and intelligence throughout human history, Harvard Kennedy School senior fellow Calder Walton discusses the context of the FBI’s investigation into President Trump’s connections to Russia and how spies and spying have evolved over centuries.
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Work & Economy
How Lehman became Lehman
Harvard Business School’s Baker Library holds one of the most extensive collections of business and economic history
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Arts & Culture
Design course opens students’ eyes to ‘plant blindness’
A course at the Graduate School of Design takes students from the classroom into Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum, where plants come to life for these landscape architects.
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Science & Tech
And now, land may be sinking
A new study, which used everything from tide gauges to GPS data to paint the most accurate picture ever of sea-level rise along the East Coast of the U.S., is suggesting that in addition to rising seas, communities along the coast may also have to contend with the land sinking.
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Science & Tech
Solving colibactin’s code
In an effort to understand how colibactin, a compound produced by certain strains of E. coli, may be connected to the development of colorectal cancer, Harvard researchers are exploring how the compound damages DNA to produce DNA adducts.
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Health
A program to give workforce well-being a boost
Harvard Chan School of Public Health researchers are engaging with some of the world’s most recognizable brands to improve working conditions and workplace well-being around the world.
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Science & Tech
Think different, act more
Hal Harvey, the CEO of Energy Innovation, a San Francisco–based energy and environmental policy firm, encouraged an audience at Harvard to get involved in about innovative ways to address climate change.
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Campus & Community
Harvard ponders its symbols and spaces
Harvard College has announced creation of Working Group on Symbols and Spaces of Engagement at Harvard College, fulfilling one of the recommendations of the Presidential Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging. Professor Ali Asani will lead the group, which will examine how well the University is fulfilling its mission to make every student feel like…
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Work & Economy
How to navigate the gender landscape at work
Stephanie Huckel, senior global program manager of diversity and inclusion at IGT, offered insight and advice during a Faculty of Arts and Sciences Diversity Dialogue titled “Achieving Greater Workplace Equity for LGBTQ Employees.”
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Campus & Community
A studio to re-create reality
Harvard College senior Connor Doyle manages the coolest and least-known high-tech playground on campus: the Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality studio at the Harvard Innovation Lab in Allston.
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Campus & Community
A ‘Meet the Scholar’ lineup
Harvard Graduate Commons Program celebrates its 10th anniversary with a special speaker series, including former Massachusetts Port Authority CEO Thomas Glynn and political activist and social critic Cornel West.
