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Tag: Science Center Plaza
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Nation & World
Season of cheer
Photographer captures festive traditions that light way from fall to winter.
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A guide to Harvard’s toasty fireplaces
As the weather outside gets frightful, the Harvard community might find these fires delightful.
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Three lies and lots of truths on campus
We take a tour of Harvard University with Rachel “Rae” Gilchrist ’20, a student who works as tour guide through the College’s Visitor Center.
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Warning: Warming ahead
An art installation at Harvard’s Science Center Plaza aims to spread information about global warming, and prompt discussions of how to combat it.
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Made to shade
Flag-like banners shade Science Center Plaza, one of Harvard’s many common spaces.
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‘Humanity’ through a telephone by way of a telescope
A large-scale, audio-video installation uses the Fukushima nuclear disaster as a starting point to examine the fragility of humanity. “Ah humanity!” was created by Harvard artists Ernst Karel, Véréna Paravel, and Lucien Castaing-Taylor.
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In praise of the tweak
Robert Hammond, a force behind New York’s High Line park, took time out from a short Harvard fellowship to discuss the University’s open spaces.
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Common Threads: In-between days
What to wear when it’s not quite sweater weather, not quite right for short sleeves? In those in-between days when the season is sorting itself out, dressing at Harvard can be a head-scratching task — especially for those incoming students hailing from balmier climates.
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To market, to market
For several Fridays, dozens of local artists, crafters, and designers from Boston’s SoWa Open Market will be selling their wares at the Science Center Plaza.
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Managing a ‘seismic shift’
Harvard simultaneously faces stiff economic challenges and evolving opportunities, President Drew Faust said in her opening-of-year speech.
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Reducing the juice
The Office of Sustainability hosted a “lighting fair” Tuesday that offered members of the Harvard community energy-efficient bulbs at a fraction of their regular cost.
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A Harvard crossroads in summer
The reconstructed Science Center Plaza has become a warm-weather gathering spot, complete with food trucks, and more improvements are on the way.
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In plaza, ‘remembrance walls’ rise
In the wake of tragedy, people gather to support each other, and to give thanks for family, friends, and community. After the Boston Marathon bombings and the area shutdown during the search for suspects, the Harvard community has been doing just that.
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A time was had by all
A fond look back at the memorable events of Harvard’s 375th year.
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Renewing a hub of Harvard
It has played host to farmers markets, seen musical performances, and been the site of a skating rink. Now, the plaza outside Harvard’s Science Center is about to be refurbished, with the goal of transforming it from a pedestrian walkway into a vibrant meeting space for Harvard student, faculty, and staff events, and the surrounding…
