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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Bridget Terry Long to lead Ed School
Bridget Terry Long will become the new dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education in July.
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Assistant professor named a Carnegie Fellow
Elizabeth Hinton, assistant professor of history and of African and African American Studies, has been named a 2018 Carnegie Fellow.
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A thanks-giving meal
Donors and recipients gathered in the Northwest Science Building to mark the 12th annual Celebration of Scholarships dinner event.
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Sustainability report marks milestones
Reductions in trash, water use, and net greenhouse gas emissions are among the highlights of the 2017 Harvard Sustainability Report.
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The Sox beyond Fenway
As the Boston Red Sox look to build on their strong start this season, the team’s work off the field, including its efforts to support inner city children and to confront racism, took center stage at a panel discussion at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
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Gates recalls Harvard past, sees problem-solving future
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates dropped by Harvard to tour SEAS labs and talk with students about making the most of their time here.
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A lasting legacy, now on view
The University unveiled a portrait of the late S. Allen Counter, founder of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations.
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Brown-Nagin named Radcliffe dean
Tomiko Brown-Nagin, a leading historian on law and society as well as an authority on constitutional and education law and policy, has been named dean of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
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From Visitas participant to chronicler
Another Visitas prompts a Harvard undergraduate to gauge just how far she has come in a year.
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How college rocked my world
The Transcript Project aims “to recognize the curiosity-driven intellectual journey that college is meant to be,” according to Dean Robin Kelsey.
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Space to learn
Harvard postdoc Or Graur finds success in the launch of Science Research Mentoring Program, which provides 10 local high school students a year of space research, working with a “real-life” scientist.
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A new director
Pierre Berastaín Ojeda has been appointed director of Harvard’s Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response.
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At Extension School, a sustainable program grows
As natural disasters increase in frequency and severity, the Harvard Extension School’s Sustainability Program has grown in exponential increments.
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Eleven faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election of 213 new members, including 11 Harvard faculty.
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President’s Innovation Challenge names finalists
Fifteen finalists have been selected in the President’s Innovation Challenge, which tackles real-world issues. Winners will be named May 2.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie named Class Day speaker
Nigerian-born writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was selected to be Harvard College’s Class Day speaker as part of the University’s 367th Commencement Week celebration. The May 23 event will be streamed live online.
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The weight of the ‘eights’ on her shoulders
What she lacks in size she makes up for in volume as leader of the heavyweight varsity rowers.
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Bringing a dying language back to life
Harvard instructor Sunn m’Cheaux worked with 30 Vassal Lane Upper School seventh-graders, teaching them the origin of the Gullah language as part of Harvard’s Project Teach program.
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Progress on faculty diversity
Harvard’s faculty is more diverse than ever, with women making up 30 percent of tenured and tenure-track faculty and minorities making up 23 percent.
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Heart of mettle seeks more than medals
Divinity School student and former Navy SEAL Daniel Cnossen won six medals as part of the U.S. Nordic skiing team at the 2018 Paralympics.
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House renewal comes to Adams
Adams House is the next Harvard residence complex slated for renewal. It includes a building that predates the Revolution, an antique printing press, and a theater crafted from a swimming pool. The renewal will retain such gems, while improving accessibility and providing modern amenities.
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Harvard’s hand across the bridge to citizenship
At the annual Citizenship Celebration Dinner, Harvard welcomed its newest Americans.
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FAS stars honored with Dean’s Distinction Awards
Four teams and 61 employees from across FAS were honored at the annual Dean’s Distinction Awards ceremony.
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Students provide tax help
Harvard Law School students are volunteering their time to provide tax help to the community at the Cambridge Public Library.
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Making a difference 101
A gift from Jorge Paulo Lemann ’61 will support the creation of new curricular offerings and expanding current courses that focus on innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Jurij Striedter, 80
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Jurij Striedter, Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Professor of Comparative Literature, was placed upon the records. Professor Striedter was a leading scholar of Russian literature.
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I. Bernard Cohen, 89
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late I. Bernard Cohen, Victor S. Thomas Professor of the History of Science Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Cohen led the professionalization of the history of science and established the flagship department at Harvard.
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Four scholars win Arts and Sciences Professorships
Catherine Dulac, Jennifer Lewis, Louis Menand, and Mary C. Waters have been appointed to prestigious, five-year chairs at Harvard.
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People everywhere are on the move
Famed activist Angela Davis was guest speaker at a Harvard Art Museums event co-sponsored by the DACA Seminar.
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Harvard senior awarded Churchill Scholarship
Vikram Sundar ’18 was awarded a Churchill Scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge in the fall.