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Tag: Harvard
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A park by the river
Cambridge and Harvard officials dedicate Riverside Community Park, the city’s newest open space, and the result of years of cooperative effort.
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50 receive Dean’s Distinction awards
Fifty FAS staff members and managers receive first Dean’s Distinction awards, in recognition for strong contributions during difficult times.
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Harvard University: Year in Pictures 2009-2010
In her Commencement remarks, President Drew Faust celebrated the year’s achievements, which included expanded public service, blossoming arts programs, broadened community outreach, and myriad academic accomplishments. Here, she discusses the year that was, with, as backdrop, a photo diary of life at Harvard, which bookends students arriving with pillows and graduating with hugs.
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Then and now
In conjunction with Radcliffe Day (May 28), a panel examines the history and present of feminism, looking at what has changed and what obstacles remain.
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Text of Justice David Souter’s speech
Harvard Commencement remarks, as delivered by Justice David H. Souter, May 27, 2010.
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The good ol’ days
Members of Harvard’s Class of 1950 reminisce about their undergrad years and discuss where their lives went in the 60 years that followed.
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The art of science
Susan Mango, professor of molecular and cellular biology and MacArthur award winner, brings her unorthodox approach to research.
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Moving toward financial health
FAS continues to make progress in cutting deficit, now forecasting it at $50 million to $55 million for the coming fiscal year.
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Sit a spell, and pass the sweet tea
A Southern student reflects on what his expectations were, and how the reality differed, when he moved to Cambridge from Arkansas to attend Harvard.
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Treading the green carpet
One day after Earth Day, Harvard continued to celebrate the environment, rolling out a green carpet for the individuals, teams, projects, and Schools that have advanced the cause of sustainability.
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Gates on giving, getting, sharing
In a visit to Harvard, Microsoft’s Gates says that top minds need to focus on critical social problems — to find solutions.
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Strength in naughty or nice
Research suggests that when people are convinced they’re engaging in a moral act, either for good or ill, they become stronger in performing physical tasks.
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In last semester, ‘Last Lectures’
As a prelude to graduation, seniors organize a “Last Lecture” series to receive advice from favorite professors.
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Reflecting on a young life
A freshman reflects on an eye-opening seminar session, designed to prompt Harvard undergrads to step back from the striving and ponder what life means to them, and what they value.
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Photographic memory
By a roundabout route, Robin Kelsey became an authority on photography, eventually becoming a professor in the field at Harvard.
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A historic year for Harvard admissions
Harvard admits 2,110 out of more than 30,000 applicants to the Class of 2014, a 6.9 percent acceptance rate. More than 60 percent of the new students will receive need-based scholarships averaging $40,000.
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Rolling up their sleeves
Harvard students and alumni arrive at work sites to begin construction, tutoring, other tasks as part of Alternative Spring Break, a tradition of public service initiated by the student-run Phillips Brooks House Association.
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Signs of ‘snowball Earth’
Researchers find strong clues that sea ice covered tropical climes, including the equator, 716.5 million years ago, suggesting there was a time of a “snowball Earth.”
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Red hot for bluegrass
Harvard hosts one-day symposium on bluegrass music, past and present on Saturday (Feb. 6).
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Sperm competition, cooperation
Some mouse sperm can discriminate between their brethren and the competing sperm from other males, showing an unusual behavioral complexity.
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Zebrafish point the way
A new technique for screening drugs’ effects on zebrafish behavior is pointing Harvard University scientists toward unexpected compounds and pathways that may govern sleep in humans.
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Evolution and ailments
The pressures of human evolution could explain the apparent rise of disorders such as autoimmune diseases and autism, researchers say. Some adaptations may even help such ailments persist.
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To tell the truth
Harvard University study suggests that the pain of torture can make even the innocent appear guilty to those interrogating them.
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Harvard joins in support for open-access publication
Five of the nation’s premier institutions of higher learning — Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of California, Berkeley—announced their joint commitment to a compact for open-access publication.
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Sing a song of praise
From Puritan psalms to spirituals to Ellington and Coltrain, a Divinity School class explores – and performs – the sacred and musical.
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Financial aid leads to a record applicant pool at Harvard College
More than 29,000 students have applied to Harvard for entrance next September, exceeding last year’s record of 27,462 and the previous record of 22,955, set the year before. In the face of an unprecedented economic downturn, financial aid has proven to be a crucial element in encouraging so many students to apply.
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Election 2008 excitement
Harvard students came together and tuned in to the national media at Election Night 2008 gatherings that ranged from small and quiet to large and loud, ultimately spilling into Harvard’s Yard and Square.
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The magic of J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling inspires the Class of 2008 with a heartfelt, fluent talk about the uses of failure and imagination.
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South Africa: Edendale Hospital
On a hill in South Africa’s KwaZulu Natal province, near the hall where Nelson Mandela delivered his last speech before prison and the station where Mahatma Gandhi was tossed off a train to begin his life’s work, stands Edendale Hospital.
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Haiti: Malnutrition
In Haiti, malnutrition is the most serious threat to pediatric health.