Month: November 2021
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Arts & Culture
How to pick a literary winner
Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Professor of History, spoke with the Gazette about her role as chair of the panel that crowned “The Promise” by Damon Galgut this year’s winner.

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Nation & World
Closing the gender gap in nuclear security
Five nuclear security experts discussed ways to close the gender gap in their field during a discussion sponsored by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center.

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Campus & Community
Gary Edward Chamberlain, 71
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 2, 2021, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Gary Edward Chamberlain, Louis Berkman Professor of Economics, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Chamberlain was an econometric theorist of towering importance whose work deeply influenced econometric theory and the…
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Campus & Community
Richard Ernest Kronauer, 94
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 2, 2021, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Richard Ernest Kronauer, Gordon McKay Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Kronauer was a renowned scholar of mathematical biology whose Harvard career spanned more than six…
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Campus & Community
Thomas A. McMahon, 55
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 2, 2021, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Thomas Arthur McMahon, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Mechanics and Professor of Biology, was placed upon the records. Professor McMahon was a pioneer in biomechanics.
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Campus & Community
David Layzer, 93
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 2, 2021, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late David Layzer, Donald H. Menzel Professor of Astrophysics, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Layzer was a theoretical astrophysicist noted for proposing thoughtful alternative interpretations of physical phenomena that were…
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Health
How acupuncture fights inflammation
Researchers have identified a subset of neurons that must be present for acupuncture to trigger an anti-inflammatory response.

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Nation & World
Chance of sun in Michael Pollan’s climate forecast
Michael Pollan says odds of saving the planet aren’t great but people can change their behavior, sometimes rapidly.

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Science & Tech
Why did some mammals develop tusks?
New study defines and traces the evolution of tusks from the first animals to sport them.

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Campus & Community
Becoming founders of a future FAS
Three-year process to open door to greater flexibility, innovation in teaching, research.

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Health
How death shapes life
With help from Kierkegaard, Rilke, and Heidegger, Susanna Siegel, Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy, examines the ways we process mortality.

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Science & Tech
Coming to grips with planetary existential threat
Environmental Science and Public Policy takes multidisciplinary approach to complex existential threat.

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Nation & World
Prized manuscript — and valuable lesson — unearthed in Soviet archive
Irina Klyagin discovers the value of historical documents along with an émigré ballerina’s memoir hidden by repressive regime.

