Tag: Computers

  • Campus & Community

    Not afraid to switch focus

    IT technician Jeff Mayes tries and masters new fields, from computers to photography.

    2–3 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    It does indeed compute

    Harvard lecturer David Malan’s introductory computer-programming class spawns an array of imaginative new applications, reflected in the annual CS 50 Fair.

    2–3 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Harnessing fun for serious science

    Researchers from chemistry, computer science, and astronomy are learning a trick or two from video games and investigating a new kind of computing based on graphics processing units.

    7–10 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Houghton adds 2,000th finding aid to OASIS Catalog

    Houghton Library, Harvard’s main rare book and manuscript depository, has vast holdings collected over centuries. Yet until these available resources are cataloged, they are considered “hidden collections” — difficult to find.

    1–2 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Radcliffe honors Kouskalis ’08 with Fay Prize for ‘compelling’ thesis

    The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study has named Harvard senior and sociology and economics joint-concentrator Eric Kouskalis winner of its 2008 Captain Jonathan Fay Prize. Kouskalis was chosen for the quality and impact of his senior thesis, which featured a compelling argument against the current methods for introducing and deploying computers into South African and…

    3–4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Harvard to collect, disseminate scholarly articles for faculty

    In a move to disseminate faculty research and scholarship more broadly, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) voted Tuesday (Feb. 12) to give the University a worldwide license to make each faculty member’s scholarly articles available and to exercise the copyright in the articles, provided that the articles are not sold for a profit.

    2–4 minutes
  • Health

    Computer use deleted as carpal tunnel syndrome cause

    The popular belief that excessive computer use causes painful carpal tunnel syndrome has been contradicted by experts at Harvard Medical School. According to them, even as much as seven hours a day of tapping on a computer keyboard won’t increase your risk of this disabling disorder.

    4–5 minutes