Featured series 
Year: 2019
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Arts & Culture
Heard the one about the comedy writer?
Nell Scovell ’82 schools Harvard students in the art and science of joke writing.
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Campus & Community
Henry B. Reiling, HBS professor emeritus, dies at 80
Henry (Hank) B. Reiling, Harvard Business School’s Eli Goldston Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, was an authority in law, taxation, and finance. Reiling died on Jan. 21. Services to be held Jan. 26.
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Science & Tech
Radcliffe scholar tracks squirrels in search of memory gains
Radcliffe Fellow Lucia Jacobs hopes to gain insights on human memory from her work with squirrels.
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Campus & Community
Mixing it up musically
Dual-degree students from Harvard and Berklee find ways to harmonize.
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Science & Tech
Clues of heart disease found in 16th-century mummies
CT scans reveal evidence of atherosclerosis in 16th-century mummies from Greenland. The mummies were of particular interest due to their diet, which relied on fish — commonly touted as a heart-healthy diet.
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Science & Tech
Science at the speed of ‘light-sheet’
Combining two recently developed technologies — expansion microscopy and lattice light-sheet microscopy — researchers have developed a method that yields high-resolution visualizations of large volumes of brain tissue, at speeds roughly 1,000 times faster than other methods.
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Nation & World
A new look at the father of modern political thought
A conference at the Edmond J. Safra Center will examine the life and works of the late Harvard Professor John Rawls, whom many consider the father of modern political philosophy.
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Arts & Culture
Sampling the city around you
A guide to the arts in the Boston area for the chilly (and the warmer) months ahead.
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Health
Summoning happiness to aid recovery
Reliving happy memories and anticipating pleasure boosted the moods of people recovering from addiction in a study conducted by researchers at MGH’s Recovery Research Institute who eye such exercises as a potential treatment tool.
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Arts & Culture
400 years later, a moment ripe for ‘Othello’
Professor Stephen Greenblatt sits down with Bill Rauch ’84, director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, to discuss a new production of “Othello” now at the A.R.T.
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Science & Tech
Workshops explore data and computational science
Two Harvard events on data and computational science showcase the breadth of data experts and help meet the demand for training in the field.
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Health
Financial stress linked to heart disease risk among African-Americans
In a new study, researchers found that African-Americans who experienced moderate to high financial stress had an increased risk of developing heart disease compared with those who did not report such stress.
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Campus & Community
For Harvard hoops, an off-court education
Harvard’s men’s basketball team takes advantage of a day off in Atlanta, meets former president Jimmy Carter, and tours Civil Rights sites.
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Campus & Community
Theda Skocpol, superfan
Theda Skocpol, the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard, is passionate about comparative and American politics and social policy. For close to two decades, her second passion has been football.
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Science & Tech
A growing role as a living lab
Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum is a critical destination for researchers such as Andrew Groover, who finds every species he needs within its 281 acres.
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Health
Patients and doctors see the upside to virtual video visits
Study finds virtual video visits, one form of telehealth visit used at MGH, can successfully replace office visits for many patients without compromising the quality of care and communication.
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Campus & Community
Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility releases report
The 2018 Annual Report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility has been released. New topics addressed included digital media content management and fair tax policy.
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Arts & Culture
Religious relevance found in works of a dedicated atheist
Scholar Stephanie Paulsell discusses her forthcoming book, “Religion around Virginia Woolf,” in which she explores religious elements in the work of one of literature’s most noted atheists.
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Campus & Community
A new vision for Houghton Library
Renovation of Harvard’s rare books library will improve research and teaching facilities, expand exhibition spaces, and improve accessibility.
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Health
ZIP code or genetic code?
In the largest study of U.S. twins to date, researchers use insurance records to tease out the effects of genes and the environment in 560 diseases.
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Nation & World
Whither that wall
Weeks into a federal government shutdown over the president’s request for money to build a border wall to keep out migrants coming from Central America and Mexico, Harvard analysts discuss the practical, legal, and historical implications of Donald Trump’s possible move to declare a national emergency to bypass congressional opposition.
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Work & Economy
Researcher finds Coke’s fingerprints on health policy in China
Coca-Cola worked through the Chinese branch of a U.S.-based nonprofit to influence anti-obesity measures in China, according to new research by Harvard Professor Susan Greenhalgh.
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Campus & Community
Candidates announced
This spring, alumni can vote for a new group of Harvard Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) elected directors.
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Science & Tech
Perspectives on gene editing
Harvard researchers, others share their views on key issues in the field
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Campus & Community
Three earn international Rhodes Scholarships
Three international Harvard College students have won Rhodes Scholarships to attend Oxford in the fall.
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Nation & World
Slavery alongside Christianity
A student-mounted exhibition probes the ties and tensions between slavery and Christianity during centuries of American bondage.
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Nation & World
Paving the way for self-driving cars
Two efforts at Harvard are helping state and city officials in Boston and around the nation frame their early policy thinking around autonomous vehicles.
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Health
People with Down syndrome never stop learning
A new study from MassGeneral Hospital for Children looks at how people with Down syndrome continue to learn.
