Featured series 
Tag: Yale University
-
Nation & World
Competing visions
Ahead of Harvard football’s annual showdown with Yale, two art historians got into the competitive spirit.
-
Nation & World
Creating art from Radcliffe archives
Artist Tomashi Jackson’s latest work, “Brown II,” on view at Radcliffe, is inspired by the work of Civil Rights pioneers Pauli Murray and Ruth Batson, who helped drive public school desegregation efforts
-
Nation & World
Isaiah Andrews wins Clark Medal
Harvard economist Isaiah Andrews has won the John Bates Clark Medal, recognized for developing statistical tools and models that help scholars to overcome research obstacles that can lead to inaccuracies.
-
Nation & World
‘I developed a sense of the enormous, great luck in managing to survive, giving me a strong feeling that I had an obligation to pay it forward’
As he prepares to retire after 52 years, Harvard Law School’s Laurence H. Tribe retraces his journey from awkward immigrant math whiz to leading constitutional law scholar and admired professor.
-
Nation & World
Oliver Hart named University Professor
Nobel-laureate economics Professor Oliver Hart is awarded Harvard’s highest faculty honor.
-
Nation & World
When words spell danger
Six writers at risk discussed their work during an event at Harvard.
-
Nation & World
Siyani Chambers: Back on point
Siyani Chambers was looking forward to finishing his senior year as starting point guard for the men’s basketball team until an injury took him off the court and off campus for a year. Now he’s back.
-
Nation & World
Retracing a path of destruction
Timothy Snyder, a history professor at Yale, talks about his new book, “Black Earth.”
-
Nation & World
Long hours for big dreams
Learning how to connect with your audience, young or old, is a key tenet at the A.R.T. Institute, where careers in acting, dramaturgy, and voice training take shape.
-
Nation & World
Yale professor examines unconscious biases by whites
“But I Don’t See Color! Consequences of Racial Color-Blindness,” was the topic of a talk by John Dovidio, the Carl Iver Hovland Professor of Psychology at Yale University. The discussion was part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Diversity Dialogue series.
-
Nation & World
Ready to change the world
Lauren A. Taylor, who arrived at Harvard Divinity School in 2012 with a book contract and a desire to delve into global health partnerships, wants to change the public discourse around health care.
-
Nation & World
Ready for The Game
With ESPN and NBC broadcasting on campus, the Ivy League’s two best football teams will face off on Saturday at The Game.
-
Nation & World
A light touch for Rothko murals
Abstract artist Mark Rothko’s series of Harvard murals will be displayed in November using a digital technology that casts light on the paintings to restore their faded colors.
-
Nation & World
Chu, Clair to lead Overseers
Morgan Chu, J.D. ’76, has been named president of the Board of Overseers for 2014-15. Walter Clair ’77, M.D. ’81, M.P.H. ’85, will serve as vice chair of the board’s executive committee.
-
Nation & World
Seizing power from below
At an early age, Linda Gordon traded her passion for dance to study history. Today, the accomplished author and historian is spending the year at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study working on a book about social movements in the 20h century.
-
Nation & World
A national perspective on climate change
Director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication Anthony Leiserowitz spoke at a Harvard Kennedy School seminar called “Climate Change in the American Mind.”
-
Nation & World
Harvard alumnus wins share of medicine Nobel
James E. Rothman, a 1976 Harvard alumnus, won a share of the 2013 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for work illuminating the internal machinery that cells use to transport molecules.
-
Nation & World
Reising serves those who serve
Harvard Law School student Jesse Reising will extend the Warrior-Scholar Project to Harvard. The Warrior-Scholar Project is a two-week “academic boot camp” to help veterans transition from the military to college.
-
Nation & World
Where horseplay is the point
The Harvard Polo Club, which dates to early in the 20th century, is enjoying a strong revival after a hiatus.
-
Nation & World
Dorrit Cohn, literature scholar, 87
Dorrit Cohn ’45, Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature Emeritus, died March 11. A professor of German and comparative literature, Cohn was one of three women appointed to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 1971.
-
Nation & World
Teaching a tragedy
Speakers from the fields of education, history, government, religion, and politics convened at the Harvard Graduate School of Education to examine how, why, and what should be taught to young people about the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
-
Nation & World
Breaking the sonnet barrier
Poet and fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Anna Maria Hong takes the traditional sonnet form and breaks it wide open in her new volume of poetry.
-
Nation & World
Unraveling Reconstruction
Professor sifts post-Civil War writings for societal clues that give context to a troubled time in American life.
-
Nation & World
The ripples of Brown v. Board
Panelists say Brown v. Board of Education is still a banner for racial equality, but its inspiration may not be matched by its actual legal impact.
-
Nation & World
Figuring out suicidal behavior
Matthew Nock is a new professor of psychology at Harvard who uses scientific research to try to determine which medical treatments help to prevent suicide.
-
Nation & World
How touch can influence judgments
Researchers find ways in which tactile sensations appear to influence social judgments and decisions in everyday life.
-
Nation & World
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.
-
Nation & World
Global warnings
Harvard Kennedy School panelists say that the slippage in mainstream media outlets means more voices argue about environmental issues, prompting the public to have difficulty sorting out the cacophony and even to doubt global warming.
-
Nation & World
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.
