The Harvard Gazette

Year: 2021

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Food.

Celebrating World Food Day at Harvard

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DateOctober 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Seven join Harvard computer science faculty

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DateOctober 20, 2021

Group photo.

Education Redesign Lab supports opportunity access efforts

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DateOctober 20, 2021

Man running for office door.

‘I quit’ is all the rage. Blip or sea change?

Labor economist Lawrence Katz looks at ‘Great Resignation’ and where it might lead

DateOctober 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Sherri Charleston.

Fresh strides in equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging

Sherri Charleston reflects on her 1st year, outlines new five-year strategic model

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DateOctober 20, 2021October 20, 2021

adipose cell on microscope

This is your body on carbs, in real time

Researchers watched as cells tapped ‘master antioxidant’ to help store excess carbs as fats, allowing cell damage

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DateOctober 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Jeromel Dela Rosa Lara ’23 and Maria Ressa.

When your role model wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Like Maria Ressa, Jeromel Dela Rosa Lara ’23 emigrated from Philippines as child and is focused on giving voice to the unheard

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DateOctober 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Michael Keaton in "Dopesick."

Behind ‘Dopesick,’ anger and hope

Author and former Nieman fellow says Hulu adaptation of bestseller has potential to ‘change the conversation around stigma’

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DateOctober 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Mia Mingus.

Justice for all

The Phillips Brooks House Association honors activist Mia Mingus with Robert Coles Call of Service award

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DateOctober 20, 2021October 19, 2021

Pregnant woman.

Fetal sex a factor in COVID-19 immune response, study says

Analysis is first to examine differences in transfer of mother's antibodies

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DateOctober 19, 2021October 19, 2021

“This book is the story of a crucible, a period bounded by two assaults on the country’s sense of itself: the attack on New York and Washington, on September 11, 2001, and the attack on the U.S. Capitol, on January 6, 2021,” writes Evan Osnos ’98.

Political spark that ignited firestorm across dry, divided land

After decade away, Evan Osnos writes about transformation in U.S. between 9/11 and Capitol attack

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DateOctober 19, 2021October 20, 2021

Muscle neuron.

New gene-transport system gets more drugs to sick muscles

Reduces the risk of liver damage and other serious side effects

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DateOctober 19, 2021October 18, 2021

Colin Powell.

Powell’s legacy, in admirers’ words and his own

Kennedy School faculty members recall general and statesman as ‘best of America’; in 2015 Harvard interview, child of immigrants reflected on public life, including missteps

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DateOctober 18, 2021October 19, 2021

Khalil G. Muhammad , Ibram X. Kendi, and Heather McGee.

Where are we now, 16 months after George Floyd?

Ibram X. Kendi and Heather McGhee detail hurdles in push for racial equality

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DateOctober 18, 2021October 19, 2021

James Stock.

More climate research, teaching to make greater impact

Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability James Stock looks ahead

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DateOctober 18, 2021October 18, 2021

Sneaker and tracker.

Every step counts

Researchers pinpoint how different types of physical activity affect cardiorespiratory fitness

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DateOctober 18, 2021

Zoom presentation.

Brewery fit for a king

Excavation unearths largest ancient Egyptian facility ever found, one whose industrial scale hints at monarch’s power

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DateOctober 15, 2021

Autumn tree.

Mia Mingus and Ethel Branch honored for advocacy and justice work

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DateOctober 15, 2021

Customers leave a Dollar Tree.

Where’s all your stuff? It’s complicated.

Business School analyst says higher costs, shipping woes, worker shortages casting shadows over ubiquitous dollar stores, holiday shopping

DateOctober 15, 2021October 15, 2021

Chibueze Nzekwe, Sara Dahiya, Nathan Le.

The best thing I’ve done since return to campus

Students share the highlights of the semester so far

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DateOctober 15, 2021

Lee Rubin, professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology.

R&D alliance with Resilience to advance manufacture of complex medicines

First anticipated spinout from the alliance, Circle Therapeutics, to develop novel muscle stem cell therapies for a variety of skeletal muscle disorders

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DateOctober 15, 2021October 14, 2021

Mass hall.

Three scholars awarded Aramont Fellowships

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DateOctober 14, 2021October 14, 2021

Skeleton.

No one outruns death, but hunter-gatherers come closest

Keep moving as you get older, says evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman, comparing tribal 'healthspans' with outcomes of sedentary Americans

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DateOctober 14, 2021October 15, 2021

Hollis Hall and Stoughton Hall are pictured in Harvard Yard.

University reports budget surplus despite pandemic challenges

Long-term planning playbook, strategic School leadership bolstered annual financial results

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DateOctober 14, 2021October 14, 2021

LabXchange screenshot.

LabXchange produces new digital antiracism resources

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DateOctober 14, 2021October 14, 2021

Sara Blanchard and Misasha Suzuki Graham.

Dear white women

Motherhood sparks Asian American podcasters who met at College to produce anti-racism guide

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DateOctober 14, 2021October 14, 2021

Harvard sailing team members Katie Barkin and Paul Kuechler, both ’22, navigate a drill on the Charles.

Sailors’ delight

Harvard’s sailing team is back on the Charles and off to a fast start after COVID pause

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DateOctober 14, 2021

Child in a mask.

Children could be dangerous carriers of virus

Study finds kids to be potential spreaders of COVID-19 and emerging variants

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DateOctober 14, 2021October 13, 2021

Amit Nagarkar.

Future sound of a Beatles playlist: drip, drip, drip

Chemists’ dye method holds promise for long-term data storage

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DateOctober 13, 2021October 13, 2021

Illustration of a brain and wheels.

Enough with the quackery, Pinker says

Harvard psychologist appeals to our rational faculties in new book

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DateOctober 13, 2021October 13, 2021

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