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Tag: FAS
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Campus & Community
James Ackerman, historian on Renaissance architecture, dies at 97
James Ackerman, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Fine Arts Emeritus, lived a life of service, giving himself fully to his country, his pupils, and his research.
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Arts & Culture
Making magic out of 26 letters
Harvard’s creative writing program is growing in creativity and size.
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Health
Spotting speedy brain activity
Using ultra-fast MRI scans, scientists are able to track rapid oscillations in brain activity that previously would have gone undetected, a development that could open the door to understanding fast-occurring cognitive processes that once appeared off-limits to scientists.
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Science & Tech
Diamonds are a lab’s best friend
Using the atomic-scale quantum defects in diamonds known as nitrogen-vacancy centers to detect the magnetic field generated by neural signals, scientists working in the lab of Ronald Walsworth, a faculty member in Harvard’s Center for Brain Science and Physics Department, demonstrated a noninvasive technique that can show the activity of neurons.
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Science & Tech
Harvard students, meet the Stone Age
Students taking part in a new freshman seminar class learn to appreciate the sophistication of Neanderthals by manufacturing their own stone tools from scratch.
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Arts & Culture
The potter’s magic fingers
Native American potters offer hands-on insights into centuries-year-old artistry.
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Arts & Culture
A new holiday song cycle
The Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society premiered Paul Moravec’s composition at a holiday concert.
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Arts & Culture
Stewarding arts philanthropy
New Dumbarton Oaks humanities fellowship mixes study and career preparation.
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Arts & Culture
Three chords and some Kierkegaard
A profile of College student and pop-rocker Brynn Elliott, whose scholarship in philosophy informs her songwriting.
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Arts & Culture
Getting to the truth of blood libel
In winning Phi Beta Kappa’s 2016 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award for “The Murder of William of Norwich,” E.M. Rose, a visiting scholar at Harvard, found recognition by illuminating the real history behind an imaginary event.
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Health
What do we know about suicide? Not nearly enough
Despite decades of research aimed at understanding suicide, scientists are no better at predicting self-harm than they were a half-century ago.
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Arts & Culture
‘Disappearing’ Chilean art
New Carpenter Center exhibition examines the challenge of historicizing Chilean art created during the repressive Pinochet regime.
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Arts & Culture
The sweep of jazz history
Pianist and composer Randy Weston visits campus on the eve of Harvard acquiring his personal archive.
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Campus & Community
Mark A. Kishlansky, 66
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 1, 2016, the following Minute was placed upon the records.
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Campus & Community
Alex Dalgarno, 87
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 1, 2016, the following Minute was placed upon the records.
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Arts & Culture
A sound all his own
Harry Yeff, better known as beatboxer Reeps One, speaks to the Gazette about finding his voice, bringing it to the classroom, and leaving it on the stage.
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Arts & Culture
Reshaping sculpture
Sculptor Nora Schultz, a new VES assistant professor, spoke to the Gazette about her influences, her fascination with robotics, and how her own projects inform her teaching.
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Arts & Culture
A monstrous passion
As part of our humanities series, Charles Hyman ’19 talks about finding intellectual life in the study of dead languages.
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Arts & Culture
Don’t think twice, it’s all right
Harvard scholars weigh in on Bob Dylan’s Nobel for literature
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Nation & World
No letup for Nobel winner
Oliver Hart, the co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in economic sciences, takes on an old question in a new paper — what should the goals of a public company be?
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Campus & Community
Pharr honored by Japan Foundation
Susan J. Pharr has been given the Japan Foundation Award for her contribution to the study of the island nation and its international ties.
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Arts & Culture
Confronting campus issues from the stage
The Bok Center Players specialize in thought-provoking theater examining race, gender, and identity.
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Health
Teaching computers to identify odors
Using a machine-learning algorithm, researchers were able to “train” a computer to recognize the neural patterns associated with various scents, and identify whether specific odors were present in a mix of smells.
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Campus & Community
Menand wins National Humanities Medal
Louis Menand, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of English, was awarded a National Humanities Medal from President Obama.
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Campus & Community
Deeper creativity
New Dean of Arts and Humanities Robin Kelsey talks about his goals for the division.
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Arts & Culture
Words aimed at action
Author Terry Tempest Williams is the guest speaker at the Environment Forum at the Mahindra Center, a new initiative convened by Dean of Arts and Humanities Robin Kelsey and history Professor Ian J. Miller.
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Campus & Community
Artful balance
Profile of George Li as part of a new series on the impact of humanities studies in and out of the classroom.
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Health
Finding biological barcodes
Two recent studies have shown that cells early in development can be marked with a genetic barcode that later can be used to reconstruct their lineage.
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Health
How the brain develops
In an effort to get a clearer picture of how the brain and the connections between its regions change throughout development, Harvard scientists and researchers from three other universities will share a $14 million grant to support one of the most comprehensive brain-imaging studies ever undertaken.
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Arts & Culture
Beauty inside and out
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The rich legacy of Dumbarton Oaks exists as much in its spectacular gardens as in the pages of the rare books kept inside the historic home. The…
