Tag: Competition

  • Nation & World

    SurgiBox wins $70,000 President’s Challenge

    SurgiBox, a collapsible, safe, and aseptic surgery device, won this year’s $70,000 grand prize in the President’s Challenge.

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    Rapid-fire evolution

    Faced with stiff competition from an invading species, a Harvard study has found that green anoles evolved larger toe pads equipped with more sticky scales to allow for better climbing in just 20 generations over 15 years.

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    When cooperation counts

    A new study conducted by Harvard scientists shows that in deer mice, a species known to be highly promiscuous, sperm clump together to swim in a more linear fashion, increasing their chances of fertilization.

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    The poetry of slam

    The Harvard slam poetry group Speak Out Loud will perform during Visitas, the weekend event that welcomes admitted freshmen.

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    Rules of evolution

    For most people, rock-paper-scissors is a game used to settle disputes on the playground. For biologists, however, it is a powerful guide for understanding the key role mutation plays in…

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    Wyss Institute hosts competition

    The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering hosted an inaugural biomolecular design competition on Nov. 5.

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    A cuisine reigns supreme

    Harvard Summer School students sharpened their knives, fired up the hibachis, and went to work for this year’s sixth annual Iron Chef Competition, a showcase of local ingredients and budding culinary talent.

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    Top 25 Innovations in Government announced

    The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School announced the Top 25 Innovations in Government in competition for the Innovations in American Government Award.

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    Five from Harvard win DCPS case competition

    The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) has announced that a team of five Harvard graduate students were named the 2010 winners of The Urban Education Redesign Challenge, for their public engagement and mobilization strategy for DCPS.

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    Electronic ‘iShoe’ aims to prevent falls

    Erez Lieberman-Aiden had a nagging feeling that his grandmother’s death, which occurred after a hard fall, could have been prevented.

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    Around the Schools: Faculty of Arts & Sciences

    “Harvard Shorts” is not stock market lingo, nor abbreviated pants for wearing on a treadmill. It’s a new University-wide digital movie contest, sponsored by the Division of Humanities.

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    Celebrating a green campus

    The Green Carpet awards ceremony will premier this spring honoring Harvard faculty, students, and staff who have made significant contributions to greenhouse gas reduction and sustainability at Harvard. Submission deadline is April 15.

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    PBHA vies for $1 million award

    The good deeds of Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) are being handsomely rewarded through a Facebook contest grant, and there may be more assistance in the wings.

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    Harris Wang wins 2009 Collegiate Inventors Competition

    Harris Wang, doctoral student in biophysics at Harvard Medical School, wins grand prize in Collegiate Inventors Competition.

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    Arnold Arboretum invites artists to submit shirt designs for Lilac Sunday

    The Arnold Arboretum is holding a T-shirt design contest for Lilac Sunday 2010.

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    Designs for enduring structures

    As the hurricane bears down on the village, the people do what many all over the world do: head to the local school for shelter. A place of learning in normal times becomes a place of refuge during disasters.

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    Ash Institute’s finalists for its Innovations award

    The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government (HKS) has announced the finalists for the 2009 Innovations in American Government Awards.

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    Undergrads create ‘dirt-powered’ light for Africa

    A team composed of Harvard students and alumni was among the winners of the World Bank’s Lighting Africa 2008 Development Marketplace competition, held in Accra, Ghana, from May 6 to 8, 2008. The team’s innovation, microbial fuel cell-based lighting systems suitable for sub-Saharan Africa, netted the Harvard group a $200,000 prize.

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    Finally, the answer to the question, ‘Who is Harvard’s strongest person?’

    An eclectic roster of Harvard athletes arrived at the Malkin Athletic Center with the same thing on their mind: the title “Harvard’s Strongest Person.”

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    Going for the green at Harvard

    William James Hall and the Hoffman Labs have emerged victorious in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Environmental Competition 2008, Harvard’s biggest and most comprehensive eco-contest ever.

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    In Brief

    The bequest of William F. Milton makes research funds available to faculty members of Harvard University. The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study has announced several upcoming events, including panel discussions, lectures, and exhibits. Members of the Harvard community are invited to join in the first University-Wide Day of Service on Sept. 29.

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