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Nieman announces Worth Bingham Prize winner
Reporter Michael J. Berens of The Seattle Times is winner of the 2010 Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism for his comprehensive six-part series “Seniors for Sale: Exploiting the aged…
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Bridging the gap between decision science and the battlefield
The U.S. Army invaded the Harvard Decision Science Laboratory one day earlier this month (March 3). A group of 16 cadets served as study subjects to help inform researchers on the…
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HKS alumnus examines his family’s tragedy through film
Few people could have survived the kind of brutal attack that killed the parents of Brooks Douglass, M.C./M.P.A. ’02, and severely injured both him and his sister. Douglass, whose Baptist…
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First behind the camera: Photojournalist Jessie Tarbox Beals
Before Annie Leibovitz and Margaret Bourke-White, there was Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870–1942). A pioneer of photojournalism in the late 1880s and early 1900s, Beals is recognized as the first woman…
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Harvard Innovation Lab receives green light from Boston Redevelopment Authority
After months of discussion and collaboration, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) has unanimously approved Harvard’s plans to transform a vacant building in Allston into the Harvard Innovation Lab. The Harvard…
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David Gergen gives insider view of policymaking to HSPH students
The White House is a small and very frenetic place packed with people who have no time to read, David Gergen, senior political analyst for CNN, told a group of…
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Who composts? Harvard Law School does
As of February 2011 there are now compost bins available in every dorm, academic, and administrative building on the Harvard Law School (HLS) campus. The expansion is a result of…
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Lund University to appoint applied physicist Federico Capasso as honorary doctor
The Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Lund University has decided to appoint Federico Capasso, Robert L. Wallace Professor of Applied Physics and Vinton Hayes Senior Research Fellow in Electrical Engineering…
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Podcast: Addressing Racial and Ethnic Inequalities
John McDonough, director of the Center for Public Health Leadership, discusses his recent op-ed in the The Baltimore Sun that said repealing last year’s health care reform law would damage…
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Little historical evidence to support cutting global health aid during recessions
The World Bank and World Health Organization have voiced fears that policymakers will break their commitments to support desperately needed global health services in low- and middle-income countries because of…
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Three SEAS grad students selected to present new technology at URES
Three technology proposals from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have been selected for presentation at the University Research and Entrepreneurship Symposium (URES). Graduate students Sam Kesner,…
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Efficient lab equipment display attracts labs community
You no longer have to choose between cost savings and energy savings when you purchase for your lab. That’s what equipment specialists said at the “Efficient Lab Equipment Vendor Display”…
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Working toward a greener future
As the annual job search for seniors and graduate students heats up, employers in green tech fields are leveraging alumni connections and flocking to Harvard to court students for jobs.…
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GSAS alumni awarded National Humanities Medal
Five alumni of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences were among the 10 eminent scholars who were awarded the 2010 National Humanities Medal by President Obama at a White…
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Power co-generation comes to Harvard-owned Doubletree by Hilton
An environmentally friendly co-generation system was recently installed at the Doubletree by Hilton in Boston. Co-generation, also known as combined heat and power, is an environmentally friendly way to generate…
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Merrill-Oldham receives lifetime achievement award
Jan Merrill-Oldham, Harvard’s Malloy-Rabinowitz Preservation Librarian from 1995 through 2010, has received the Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS). Widely acknowledged…
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William Perry: Work smarter, faster to dismantle all nuclear weapons
Former Defense Secretary William J. Perry recalls three searing personal experiences that helped him conclude the world must dismantle all nuclear weapons. Perry told a Harvard Kennedy School audience that…
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Computer scientist Yiling Chen named among “AI’s 10 to Watch”
Yiling Chen, assistant professor of computer science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), has been named by IEEE Intelligent Systems as among “AI’s 10 to Watch.”…
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The Radcliffe Institute celebrates Black History Month
The late great Zora Neale Hurston belted out a juke joint song called “Halimufack”: You may leave and go to Halimufack, but my slow drag will bring you back. Hurston’s…
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Vinothan Manoharan in SEAS/Physics earns 2011 Sloan Research Fellowship
Vinothan N. Manoharan, associate professor of chemical engineering and physics in Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Department of Physics, has been awarded a prestigious Sloan…
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New York Times columnist Frank Rich to address Harvard Kennedy School Forum
Frank Rich, op-ed page columnist for The New York Times, will address an audience of students, faculty, journalists, and members of the public on Monday, March 7, at the John…
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Moderates not “liberals in disguise,” according to new report
The critical role played by moderate voters and lawmakers in American political life is the focus of a new report co-authored by Harvard Kennedy School Lecturer Elaine Kamarck. “The Still-Vital…
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Who do you want to see walk down Harvard’s Green Carpet?
The Harvard Office for Sustainability is once again rolling out the Green Carpet in honor of the many students, faculty, and staff across Harvard who have made significant contributions to…
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Harvard Square Farmers Market’s catch of the day
The Harvard Square Farmers Market is gearing up for another season. This year, the market will open at noon Tuesdays beginning June 14. Starting in March, the Cape Ann Fresh…
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Argus Leader wins Nieman Foundation’s Taylor Family Award
The Argus Leader in Sioux Falls has won the 2010 Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Newspapers with “Growing Up Indian,” an eight-part series that examines the daunting challenges faced…
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At the midterm the system gets an “A”
Last fall, a new special collections request system was introduced to Harvard College Library (HCL) with lofty goals and the promise of creating a better experience for both users and…
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SEAS’s Debra Auguste wins prestigious NSF CAREER Award
Debra Auguste, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), has won a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation…
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C. Conrad Wright, renowned scholar of American Unitarianism, dies
C. Conrad Wright, Professor of American Church History Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School (HDS), died peacefully at home in his sleep on Feb. 17, 2011, at the age of 94.…
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SEAS’s Shriram Ramanathan wins 2011 Robert Lansing Hardy Award
Shriram Ramanathan has won the 2011 Robert Lansing Hardy Award on behalf of the The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). The associate professor of materials science at the Harvard…
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HMNH appoints interim executive director, launches national search
The Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) today (Feb. 17) named as interim executive director David W. Ellis. Ellis is the former president of Lafayette College and the Museum of…