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When cells reach their breaking point
For cells, effectively managing stress can be the difference between life and death. But why some cells master the art of stress management while others succumb to the pressure isn’t…
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$1M gift to Art Museums for student guide program
The Harvard Art Museums have received a $1 million gift from George Ho, A.B. ’90, Henry Ho, A.B. ’95, and Rosalind “Sasa” Wang to establish the Ho Family Student Guide…
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Applications open for Australia-Harvard Fellowships
Australia-Harvard Fellowships are offered by the Harvard Club of Australia Foundation supporting learned exchange between Harvard University and Australia. These fellowships are aimed at creative scientists normally based at Harvard…
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Harvard launches life sciences joint degree
Harvard Business School (HBS) and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) announced this week a new joint master’s degree program that aims to prepare future leaders at the interface…
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Three public health changes could prevent premature deaths
A worldwide effort to lower people’s blood pressure, cut their sodium intake, and eliminate trans fat from their diet could dramatically reduce the incidence of premature death from cardiovascular disease…
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Belly, thigh fat may raise aggressive prostate cancer risk
Men who have high amounts of fat in their abdomens and thighs may have greater risk of developing advanced and fatal prostate cancer than those with less fat in those…
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Administrative Fellowship Program awards certificates
During the closing ceremony, the Administrative Fellowship Program celebrated its 2018-19 class of fellows by presenting them with certificates of completion in Loeb House. Administered by the Center for Workforce…
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The struggle for democracy in the Muslim world
That timeless saying of Winston Churchill, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others,” framed a day-long discussion on the question of “What’s wrong with democracy?”…
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Social engagement through music connects students with local musicians of color
“Social Engagement Through Music: Histories, Economies, Communities” is a new, team-based, immersive course in which students collaborate with and provide professional support to musicians from Boston’s immigrant communities. The course…
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Harvard welcomes Cambridge high school students into labs
Thirteen Cambridge Rindge and Latin (CRLS) students participating in the school’s Science Internship Program, presented their semester’s end projects recently to an audience of their peers, teachers, parents, and university…
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Scholarship on stage
Interdisciplinary collaboration across Harvard usually takes the form of co-authored papers or perhaps jointly chaired conferences. Tarek Masoud’s latest collaboration found him not in a classroom around campus but working…
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Nobel Laureate Nadia Murad tells of her escape from ISIS
On Aug. 3, 2014, Islamic State militants launched an attack on the Yazidi people in Sinjar, northern Iraq, the homeland of approximately 500,000 Yazidis. ISIS killed and captured thousands of…
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Art Museums appoint Joachim Homann as curator of drawings
The Harvard Art Museums are pleased to announce the appointment of Joachim Homann as the new Maida and George Abrams Curator of Drawings, effective Aug. 19, 2019. Homann is currently…
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Science and Engineering Showcase hosted in Cambridge
More than 400 Cambridge 8th graders recently convened on Harvard’s campus for the annual Science and Engineering Showcase sponsored by the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied…
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A life of wisdom grown in the Amazon
One of the world’s leading ethnobotanists was recognized this week at Harvard for his lifelong commitment to protecting the Amazon rainforest and its tribal communities. Mark Plotkin ’79, was honored…
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Initiative takes a deep dive into public health
Improving future health in the broadest sense — an individual’s complete physical, mental, and social well-being — requires assets and partners outside of the health care sector. That was the…
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Paper examines workplace well-being
A new paper on well-being measurement examines psychometric properties of Harvard’s Flourish Index (FI) and Secure Flourish Index (SFI) in the workplace setting. Written by Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska and Eileen McNeely…
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Two change-makers say why education matters
As part of Commencement festivities this week, the Harvard Graduate School of Education hosted two members of the change-making 2018 Congressional class, Representatives Jahana Hayes (D-CT) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA).…
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Harvard to steer research collaboration on quantum phenomena
Harvard University is part of an international team of theoretical physicists from the United States and Austria to investigate fundamentally new quantum mechanical behavior arising in systems of large numbers…
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Upcoming: Launch Lab X Startup Showcase
Event to highlight accomplishments of ventures that graduated from Harvard’s nine-month accelerator for alumni-led startups The Harvard Innovation Labs, an ecosystem that supports Harvard students and select alumni in exploring…
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Medical School targets opioid crisis in Midwest
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose. A generous donation was recently made to Harvard Medical School…
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Harvard organist’s new set of keys will be in Washington
Sunday services at the Memorial Church conclude with final prayers and the benediction, but as some congregants make their way toward the exits, many stay seated each week listening to…
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Dreaming across America
Caren and her son Moses are Kenyan-born restaurant and cultural center owners filling stomachs and hearts in Durham, North Carolina. Uli is a German-raised, Peru-born microbrewer uniting and energizing the…
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Harvard joins Love Your Block, annual city clean-up effort
For the past 17 years, Harvard staff and students team up each spring with neighbors in Allston for the annual Love Your Block event, (formerly known as Boston Shines). Dozens…
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Blurring the lines among science, art, and design
Nature has a knack for producing things that seem to be perfectly designed for their place in the world: the sticky pads on geckos’ feet that help them grip slick…
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Bureau of Study Counsel gives Barrett Award to 3 College students
On May 6, 2019, the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) presented the Joseph L. Barrett Award to Deja Morehead ’20, Andrew Perez ’20, and James Bedford ’20. The award commemorates…
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Star Family Prizes recognize College advisers
Harvard College’s Advising Programs Office awarded 12 advisers from throughout the University with the prestigious Star Family Prize for Excellence in Advising on Wednesday, May 8, 2019. The Star Prizes were established by…
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Mothers bound by grief and forgiveness
In 2001, Janet Connors’ son, Joel James Turner, was stabbed to death in his Dorchester apartment. While three of the men charged in the killing received prison sentences, a fourth…
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Advice: Dream big, listen to the market, ask for help
Ever wondered how university innovations start the journey toward becoming products that the world can use? Very often, at Harvard, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers have a hand in it.…
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Nieman Foundation announces 2020 fellows
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has selected 27 Nieman Fellows for the class of 2020. The group includes local reporters, foreign correspondents, editors, a photographer, a bureau chief,…