Tag: Harvard
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Why there might be life out there unlike any on Earth
Researchers create synthetic species without biochemistry, find they operate according to Darwinian evolutionary principles.
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What drives four future climate leaders
Seniors represent diverse backgrounds, concentrations, and perspectives on finding real-world solutions to complex, mounting crisis.
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Bringing Stone Age genomic material back to life
Scientific breakthroughs will enable exploration of Earth’s biochemical past, with hopes of discovering new therapeutic molecules.
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DNA shows poorly understood empire was multiethnic with strong female leadership
Biomolecular archaeology reveals a fuller picture of the Xiongnu people, the world’s first nomadic empire.
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Dealing with legacy of slavery must include voices of descendants
The Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Memorialization Committee hosted the first of a series of programs to explore the role descendants of enslaved people play in helping institutions reckon with the history of slavery in the present.
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Tracking rapidly changing patterns of suicidal thought
Smartphones enabled researchers to capture shifts multiple times a day, gathering data that could help guide more effective prevention.
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Can prisons be abolished? Look at 1973 Walpole takeover
On the 50th anniversary of the takeover, former prisoners, activists recall when inmates ran prison without incident during guard strike.
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Axim Collaborative names Stephanie Khurana CEO
Previously known as the Center for Reimaging Learning, Axim Collaborative is the nonprofit started by Harvard and MIT.
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Cars blaring? Boss nagging? Take a deep breath. Now another.
Daniel Goleman, Tsoknyi Rinpoche walk us through science, practice of why we should meditate
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On campus and beyond, rise of ‘natural leader’ cause for celebration
Claudine Gay’s election as Harvard’s next president was greeted with joy and praise by scholars on Thursday.
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What to know about Harvard’s case in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case to decide whether race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard College and the University of North Carolina can continue.
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Finding hurdles, stepping up
Emerging from two years of strict COVID-19 policies, Harvard welcomed back all in-person classes and on-campus activities. A timeline marks the highlights of the 2021-22 academic year.
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Higher ed, civil rights leaders decry high court decision to hear admissions case
Experts from higher education and beyond react to the Supreme Court’s decision to hear the admissions case.
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7 from Harvard among new Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators
Seven Harvard affiliates are among 33 scientists from across the United States to be appointed as investigators by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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Mark I, rebooted
After a yearlong delay, the landmark Harvard IBM Mark I Automatic Calculator shifts residences to its new Science and Engineering Complex in Allston.
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A year of strength and resilience
As life returns more to normal, there is so much to reflect on and to celebrate as we look back.
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A diet that’s healthy for people and the environment
Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, takes a closer look at a diet that is as healthy for you as it is the planet,
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Harvard Republicans view election outcome as largely positive
The Harvard Republican Club finds reasons to celebrate during the presidential election.
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Appeals court hears arguments in admissions case
A three-judge panel heard oral arguments Wednesday in the appeal of a ruling last fall that found Harvard’s admissions policies do not discriminate on the basis of race.
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Viewing flattened fossils in a new light
Harvard and Chinese scientists study Cambrian fossils using micro-CT and 3D models.
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National Science Foundation awards $20M to launch artificial-intelligence institute
Harvard partners with MIT, Northeastern, and Tufts to launch NSF artificial intelligence institute.
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U.S. abruptly drops new visa rules for international students
Facing widespread opposition led by Harvard and MIT, the government abandoned a policy requiring international students to take classes in person during the pandemic.
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Higher ed leaders back Harvard-MIT fight against ICE rules
Harvard and MIT file suit against a federal order requiring international students to attend classes in person this fall or risk deportation, visa denial.
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Serving up a new social order
The curator of “Resetting the Table” at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography walks us through the exhibit, providing a narration that begins with “Once upon a time, Harvard students and faculty ate together, like a family.”
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Horizontal helper
Cassandra Extavour and Leo Blondel provide the strongest suggestive evidence yet that at least part of a specific gene came from bacterial genomes.
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If Harvard were to reopen today, who should be allowed to return?
Harvard Professor Michael Sandel led a campuswide audience in a Zoom event, “Harvard Live: Pandemic Ethics.”
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From ancient flooding, modern insights
Tamara Pico, a postdoctoral fellow, is using records of flooding in the Bering Strait to make inferences about how the ice sheets that covered North America responded to the warming climate, and how their melting might have contributed to climate changes.
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Impeachment: What this means, where this leads
To gain a better understanding of the issues in play following the House impeachment of President Donald Trump, the Gazette asked Harvard faculty and affiliates in history, law, politics, government, psychology, and media to offer their thoughts.