Featured series 
Month: January 2020
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Science & Tech
Finding new land-management lessons in old ways
A new study overturns long-held beliefs about the role humans played in shaping the landscape pre- and post- European colonization.
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Nation & World
Flight from reason
In his new book, “How America Lost Its Mind: The Assault on Reason That’s Crippling Our Democracy,” Thomas Patterson looks at the rejection of logic and reason in American political life and how it threatens Democracy.
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Arts & Culture
Hitchcock’s silent side
For the next month the Harvard Film Archive will showcase Alfred Hitchcock’s early works, a set of nine films on loan from the British Film Institute, which restored and rereleased the 35 millimeter prints in 2014.
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Nation & World
Run, Jenny, run!
A Harvard physics professor spends a sabbatical trying to break the world record for fastest trans-America run.
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Nation & World
Creating an environment that fosters innovation
Following a visit to Harvard Law School, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Kelvin K. Droegemeier shared the goals of the Joint Committee on the Research Environment and the progress being made.
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Health
Super cool way to lose fat
The lab that invented cryolipolisis or “Coolsculpting,” a popular nonsurgical method for reducing fat under the skin, is developing a promising new form of the technology that can selectively reduce fat almost anywhere in the body using an injectable ice solution or “slurry.”
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Nation & World
Two-parent homes aren’t the key for all
A postdoctoral scholar and incoming assistant professor, Christina Cross talks about rethinking the ideal family, the limits of demographic research, and policy alternatives for alleviating poverty in America.
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Health
A solid vaccine for liquid tumors
A new study presents an alternative treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that has the potential to eliminate AML cells completely.
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Nation & World
Should Medicare for All be Democrats’ top priority?
Health care experts discussed whether revolutionary change to a single-payer national health insurance plan or more incremental change from tweaking the ACA is preferable should Democrats pick up power in November.
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Campus & Community
Elizabeth Banks chosen as Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year
The Hasty Pudding Theatricals has named Elizabeth Banks as its 2020 Woman of the Year. She will be honored on Jan. 31
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Science & Tech
The next decade in science
The Wyss Institute asked its faculty members to predict the biggest scientific advancements in their fields in the next 10 years.
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Science & Tech
Study looks to genome editing to treat deadly degenerative disorder
Harvard stem-cell research receives support from Sarepta Therapeutics for work on Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Health
5 healthy habits to live by
A Harvard study has found that people who practice healthy habits at age 50 lived more years free of chronic diseases compared to those who did not practice any of these habits.
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Health
DNA damage linked to plastic additive
New findings shed light as to how DEHP, a common chemical in plastic, may impact human reproductive health.
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Campus & Community
Candidates for elected Harvard positions
The Harvard Alumni Association’s nominating committee has proposed candidates for the Board of Overseers and the elected directors of the association.
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Campus & Community
Bacow urges high schoolers to pursue their educational dreams
Visiting high school students in Washington state, President Bacow shared lessons from his own journey through higher education.
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Science & Tech
Backbone of success
Harvard researchers have unveiled the first stem cell models of human spine development, setting the stage for better understanding of musculoskeletal and metabolic disorders, including congenital scoliosis, muscular dystrophy, and Type 2 diabetes.
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Campus & Community
A case study in portraiture
For 15 years, painter Stephen Coit ’71, M.B.A. ’77, has been quietly changing the walls of campus by adding dozens of portraits that better reflect Harvard’s diversity.
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Science & Tech
New hope for sensory calm
Harvard professors David Ginty and Lauren Orefice describe how their innovations present a novel approach to treating tactile hypersensitivity in patients with autism-spectrum disorders.
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Science & Tech
The giant in our stars
Astronomers at Harvard have discovered a monolithic, wave-shaped gaseous structure — the largest ever seen in our galaxy — and dubbed it the “Radcliffe Wave.”
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Nation & World
On the brink of war
U.S. Ambassador Wendy Sherman discusses the dangers posed by Iran’s announcement that it will not abide by limits set forth in the 2015 nuclear deal, an accord she negotiated on behalf of the U.S.
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Nation & World
Unlearning racial bias
Miao Qian, a postdoctoral research fellow with the Inequality in America Initiative, studies the development of implicit racial biases in children to understand better how and when unconscious prejudices and stereotypes form in the brain.
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Campus & Community
Still wrestling with big questions
Harvard biochemistry professor Jack Strominger is still working in his lab at 94 years old. He will retire and become emeritus in July.
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Arts & Culture
Christine Leunens, uncaged
Christine Leunens, A.L.M. ’04, will be watching the Oscars on Feb. 9 as “Jojo Rabbit,” based on her award-winning second novel, “Caging Skies,” has been nominated for six Oscars, including best picture.
