Campus & Community
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What’s next after a Nobel? It’s a surprise.
Harvard scientist Gary Ruvkun awarded medicine prize for microRNA insights. ‘My ignorance is bliss,’ he says.
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A blueprint for better conversations
After months of listening and learning, open inquiry co-chairs detail working group’s recommendations
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Celebrating 25th anniversary of Radcliffe Institute
Three Harvard presidents, two Nobel laureates gather to mark ‘unique legacy and remarkable impact’
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Scruggs describes ‘super surreal moment’ when she made Olympics history
Harvard fencer reflects on path to silver and gold — including facing a childhood idol — and what keeps her balanced, focused
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Why are you so offended?
It’s about status, not hurt feelings, philosopher argues
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Goodheart to step down as University secretary in May
Will continue to advise Garber and other campus leaders
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Learning to talk about race in the workplace
Allison Manswell, author of “Listen In: Crucial Conversations on Race in the Workplace,” spoke at Harvard as part of its Faculty of Arts and Sciences Diversity Dialogue series.
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Playing The Game, both past and present
Photo gallery of scenes from the 135th playing of The Game, Harvard-Yale football at Fenway Park.
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The thrill of winning a Rhodes
Two Harvard undergraduates, Jin Park and Brittany Ellis, are among the 32 American men and women chosen as Rhodes Scholars on Saturday. They will begin their studies at the University of Oxford next October.
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Harvard beats Yale 45-27
In the 135th playing of The Game, the Harvard football team (6-4, 4-3 Ivy) bested the Yale Bulldogs (5-5, 3-4 Ivy) in a commanding 45-27 victory at the historic Fenway Park today. Harvard’s victory in the colosseum of champions snaps Yale’s two-game winning streak in The Game.
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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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Harvard’s long history at Fenway
In advance of The Game with Yale Saturday, here’s a look at Harvard’s long history at Fenway Park (beyond football).
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Presto: From ballpark to gridiron
A look inside the process of turning Fenway Park from a baseball temple to a football stadium for the annual Harvard-Yale game.
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Presidential Public Service Fellowship has broad reach
In its eighth year, Harvard’s Presidential Public Service Fellowship offered both undergraduate and graduate students opportunities to give back to communities, agencies, and nonprofits.
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Nuclear submarine expert turns to Law School
It was in the spring of 2017, just before Eve Howe’s stint with the Navy was ending, when she decided to go to law school. “I’d always imagined using whatever degree or knowledge I had to help people in some way,” she said.
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Nicolaas Bloembergen, 97
Nicolaas Bloembergen was universally acknowledged for his seminal contributions to the fundamental physics requisite to magnetic resonance imaging.
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Wood recognized with Planck-Humboldt Medal
Harvard engineer and roboticist Robert Wood is honored with the newly created Max Planck-Humboldt Medal for his role and accomplishments in the field of soft robotics.
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Mourning Devah Pager
An academic ‘force of nature,’ Harvard sociologist Devah Pager is remembered for her trailblazing scholarship, extraordinary mentorship.
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Student pens manifesto on menstruation
Harvard College student Nadya Okamoto’s nonprofit distributes menstrual products to women in need, and her new book offers a strategy for more openness.
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Great War left an enduring legacy across Harvard
Over the next several weeks, Memorial Church will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I in a series of performances featuring the music and composers of the era.
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Seven recognized for high-risk, high-reward research
Seven Harvard scientists are among the 89 researchers selected to receive grants through the National Institutes of Health’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, which funds innovative research designed to address major challenges in biomedical science.
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The spark behind ‘Frankenstein’
Monstrous Electrical Show demonstrates scientific instruments from Mary Shelley’s day as part of Frankenweek.
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‘We did all we could, but we could have done more’
Accepting the Robert Coles “Call of Service” award at Harvard, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz reflected on the aftermath of deeply damaging Hurricane Maria.
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‘Frankenweek’ will take the measure of the monster
“Frankenweek at Harvard” marks the bicentennial of novelist Mary Shelley’s classic invention.
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Not just a humanities cat
Meet Remy, Harvard’s resident cat by day, whose campus rambles have inspired a Facebook page with more than 1,000 followers.
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For Harvard, a look at the financials
Reflecting on the end of the fiscal year June 30, the Gazette sat down with Executive Vice President Katie Lapp and Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Finance Thomas Hollister to talk about the last budget year and the opportunities and challenges ahead.
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Summit celebrates Asian American ‘innovators, instigators, and inspirers’
Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance organizers envision the Oct. 26‒28 summit as something that will “inspire innovation and be a starting place for instigating local and global transformation.”
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Mostafavi to step down as GSD dean
Mohsen Mostafavi, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) since January 2008, announced Oct. 24 that he will step down from the position at the end of the 2018-19 academic year.
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New faculty: Ellis Monk
Ellis Monk, assistant professor in Harvard’s Department of Sociology, focuses on social inequality through a comparative global lens, with particular attention to race in the United States and Brazil.
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‘Pathway to public service’
Lexi Smith ’18, who is the latest Harvard Presidential City of Boston Fellow, wants to serve at the city level because that’s where she sees the tangible action for environmental change.
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7 projects win Global Institute grants
Seven projects that feature interdisciplinary, cross-collaborative research and span five Harvard Schools will receive grants from the Harvard Global Institute.
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Worldwide Week at Harvard brings it home
Worldwide Week at Harvard Oct. 20‒27 will shine a bright light on the University’s international work.
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Imaging leap rewarded with $3M
Harvard Professor Xiaowei Zhuang has been named the recipient of the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences in recognition of her pioneering work in the development of super-resolution microscopy techniques.
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National Academy of Medicine honors 12 faculty
Twelve Harvard faculty are among the 85 new members elected to the National Academy of Medicine, which is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
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Staying grounded
A profile highlights Eva Ballew, a first-year, a first-generation student, and a Native American from rural northern Wisconsin.
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When her life is over, she’ll have lived
Harvard senior Elsie Tellier has responded to her lethal disease with courage, sadness, and compassion. But not bitterness.