Tag: FAS
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Self-correcting quantum computers within reach?
Harvard team’s method of reducing errors tackles a major barrier to scaling up technology.
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‘Those inequalities are inequalities that occur within households’
The Henry Lee Professor was honored for her research on women in the workplace
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Voices, faces, and a forum to make trans students visible
Conference on trans rights puts activism and advocacy front and center.
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‘We are not people of the past’
Brings Native students, others from neighboring Indigenous communities together to connect, celebrate roots.
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In stutter, artist finds voice
Poet and musician embraces onetime “curse” in compositions inspired by nature and Blackness.
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Imani Perry, Jason Buenrostro land MacArthur ‘genius grants’
One for interdisciplinary interpretations on history, culture of Black America, the other for pathbreaking technologies to advance study of gene expression.
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Resolving ethnic, religious violence
The roughly three-year initiative is designed to further understanding of ethnic and religious violence while advancing solutions.
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Let’s not be strangers
Harvard sociologist says her new book, “Seeing Others: How Recognition Works — And How It Can Heal a Divided World,” is a call to “recenter our understanding of inequality.”
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5 new women coaches on sports as spark for change
They discuss their paths to Harvard, coaching philosophies, and issues facing women athletes today.
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McNally named chief development officer for FAS
Accomplished fundraiser has significant experience in higher education and healthcare.
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‘Tyranny of the Minority’ warns Constitution is dangerously outdated
In “Tyranny of the Minority,” Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt call for reforms in face of “radicalized” elements in GOP.
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A COVID cure worse than the disease?
Some worry a treatment that kills SARS-CoV-2 by helping it mutate could spawn a super virus. New research weighs in on its “evolutionary safety.”
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Weaving refugee’s life into histories of U.S., Vietnam
Pulitzer-winning novelist, academic Viet Thanh Nguyen to discuss colonization, otherness in Norton Lectures.
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You bought an electric car. Why did your carbon footprint grow?
It may sound counterintuitive but you probably don’t drive enough, says grad’s research on the effectiveness of government incentives.
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‘Living witness’ to a country’s turbulent progress
Memoir details Drew Gilpin Faust’s coming-of-age amid the transformations of mid-century America.
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Let’s not fry the planet, but let’s not stoke resentment, either
Clean-energy transition will hurt some communities more than others. Inclusive policy and investments are crucial, says “Uncertain Futures” co-author.
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Science no longer intimidates her. Neither do sharks.
Summer research program breaks down barriers for undergraduates with disabilities.
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After capturing image of black hole, what’s next?
New Center for Astrophysics mission aims for closer look at photon rings and insight into nature of space and time.
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Turns out lowly thymus may be saving your life
Study suggests organ plays vital role in immune health, particularly cancer prevention
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How do humanities prepare students for the real world? Here are four examples.
From planning a film festival to researching arts-based sex education, students find “real-world” applications for their chosen passions.
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‘Funny … frivolous … serious’
Music and comedy meet queer and Jewish radicalism in Morgan Bassichis exhibit at the Carpenter Center.
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Turns out IRS audits of wealthy offer terrific return on investment for taxpayers
New research shows that audits, particularly of higher-income taxpayers, raise significantly more money than they cost.
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Making algorithm used in AI more human-like
Researchers used fMRI to test ideas about complex decision-making.
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Life on Mars?
A study of magnetic fields suggests the Red Planet held water for longer than previously believed.
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When mixed-race couples talk about race
New study finds duration of relationship affects comfort level of Black women in discussing topic with white male partners.
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A people’s history of Cambridge
In “The Streets of Newtowne: A Story of Cambridge, MA.” professor tells the story of city from Indigenous origins to present in children’s book illustrated by alum.
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Reinspired by true events
Tiya Miles’ research on Cherokee slaveholding sparked her first novel. A recent tribal reckoning led her to revisit it.
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About 100 rally to voice opposition to Supreme Court admissions case ruling
College and Summer School students, alumni, and parents gather in support of campus diversity across nation.