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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Grading the MOOCs
A new study examines who’s learning from MOOCs, and how.
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Getting their hands on science
With Harvard help, Gardner Pilot Academy celebrates its new, interactive science lab.
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Candidates announced for Overseers, Alumni Association elected directors
Harvard alumni will receive ballots to vote for a new group of Harvard Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association elected directors this spring.
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James Ackerman, historian on Renaissance architecture, dies at 97
James Ackerman, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Fine Arts Emeritus, lived a life of service, giving himself fully to his country, his pupils, and his research.
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Minow to step down as Law School dean
Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow announced she will step down at the end of this academic year. With a focus on access to justice, public service, and entrepreneurship, Minow guided the School in new directions to prepare lawyers for challenges and opportunities brought by globalization and a changing legal profession.
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Top stories of 2016
A look back at some of the Gazette’s most popular stories of 2016.
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Style with staying power
The Ivy League style of clothiers such as J. Press and the Andover Shop has stood the test of time.
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Recognition for their discoveries
Harvard physicists Cumrun Vafa and Andrew Strominger have been named winners of the 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in recognition of their groundbreaking work in a number of areas, including black hole theory, quantum gravity, and string theory.
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Backstage at Harvard’s Oberon Theater
Go behind the scenes of the Harvard-Radcliffe Drama Club’s production of “Into the Woods”
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Delving into ‘belonging’ at Harvard
The Presidential Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging, created by President Drew Faust in September, is gathering information through listening sessions and has started subcommittees to examine how to build on Harvard’s commitment to campus diversity and be a university where all feel they belong.
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‘I’m very lucky to represent’ Harvard
Tommy Amaker reflects on becoming the Crimson’s winningest men’s basketball coach after his 179th win.
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Rhodes and Marshall scholars
At this time of year, most Harvard seniors are worrying about job interviews or graduate school applications, but not Dhruva Bhat and Julius Bright Ross. The two seniors will spend the next two years studying in the United Kingdom, Bhat as a Rhodes Scholar and Ross as a Marshall Scholar.
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Harvard Yard to Boston City Hall
Jackie Lender ’16, who is the first Harvard Presidential City of Boston Fellow, shares her experience.
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Thomas Schelling, Nobelist and game theory pioneer, 95
Thomas C. Schelling, a major figure in shaping the modern Harvard Kennedy School and a 2005 Nobel Prize winner in economics, died at 95.
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Seeing Harvard at dawn
In the morning hours before classes start, the Harvard community prepares for the day ahead.
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938 admitted early to College Class of 2021
Harvard admissions officials say 938 students have been admitted early to the College to the Class of 2021, as early action thrives as a “new normal” for undergraduate admissions.
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The ways Boston changed
Students enrolled in the course “Reinventing (and Reimagining) Boston: The Changing American City” examine the city and the many changes it has undergone in recent decades.
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Putting their faith into action
Two comparative study of religion concentrators tell what drew them to their field, and how they plan to use their lessons to make a difference.
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10 Named Schwarzman Fellows
Ten Harvard students and alumni have been selected to attend Tsinghua University in Beijing as Schwarzman Scholars.
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Islamic studies scholar addresses myths and mores behind the veil
Islamic studies scholar Celene Ibrahim discussed the myths and realities of Muslim Feminism at the year’s second Diversity Dialogue.
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Charting a different course
The journey to graduation can take many twists and turns, and for some, it doesn’t fit neatly into the standard four years.
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Richard John O’Connell, 73
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Dec. 6, 2016, the following Minute was placed upon the records. Professor Richard O’Connell, who arrived at Harvard as Assistant…
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Stanisław Barańczak, 68
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Dec. 6, 2016, the following Minute was placed upon the records. After the dissident Polish poet Stanisław Barańczak accepted a…
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What it takes to make the Harvard choir
“The Chorus Line” documents the process of auditioning for the Harvard University Choir. Those chosen will perform two concerts in December.
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Opening doors, defining dreams
Last year’s Presidential Public Service Fellows spent a summer answering Drew Faust’s questions “What is your responsibility to others? What values guide your work?”
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Geneticist Stephen J. Elledge wins Breakthrough Prize
Harvard Medical School geneticist Stephen Elledge won the 2017 Breakthrough Prize for unraveling the mechanism by which cells sense DNA damage and initiate self-repair.
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Planting the seeds of STEM
Harvard students from the Digital Literacy Project (DLP) are providing computer science curricula to seven local middle schools this year. The DLP outreach model is unusual because lessons are presented during the school day.
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Two Harvard scholars headed across the pond
Two Harvard students were among those selected to receive prestigious Marshall Scholarships, which support up to two years of study in the United Kingdom.
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The archaeology of Harvard Yard
Year after year, the annual archaeological dig in Harvard Yard unearths treasures and insights.
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Faculty Council meeting held Nov. 30
On Nov. 30 the members of the Faculty Council approved the Harvard Summer School course list for 2017. They also approved a proposal to establish a master’s degree in Data Science…