Featured series 
Month: December 2009
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Arts & Culture
Indian College found?
Students digging in Harvard Yard may have found remnant evidence of Indian College, one of Harvard’s earliest buildings.
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Health
Shifts in health care landscape
Harvard School of Public Health Dean Julio Frenk delivered the Barmes Global Health Lecture Dec. 15 at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland, saying that new challenges and opportunities face the global health community amidst a changing health care landscape.
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Science & Tech
Study: Polar ice sheets vulnerable to even moderate global warming
A new analysis of the geological record of the Earth’s sea level, carried out by scientists at Harvard and Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, employs…
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Campus & Community
New director of I Tatti
Harvard Provost Steven E. Hyman announced Dec. 16 that Lino Pertile will become director of the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti in Florence, Italy, beginning next summer.
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Campus & Community
Florida A&M, Harvard study link between lead and hypertension
A machine that looks as if it can emit a laser beam may be key to determining why many adults in Gadsden County have high-blood pressure.
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Campus & Community
Survey Finds Travelers Taking Health Precautions
More than half of adult travelers say they are taking more precautions against flu this year compared to last year, according to a poll conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Campus & Community
Houghton to conclude Corporation service
James R. Houghton, the longest-serving member of the Harvard Corporation and chair of the University’s 2006-07 presidential search, today announced his plans to step down at the end of the 2009-10 academic year, after 15 years on the Corporation.
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Campus & Community
Harvard gets $500k gift for history museum
The Harvard Museum of Natural History has received its largest donation since its founding in 1998. The $500,000 commitment from a Harvard University alumnus will help fund a permanent multi-media exhibition…
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Campus & Community
Designated driver turns 21
The designated driver campaign is marking a milestone birthday: It’s turning 21. Born of tragedy, the effort transformed attitudes toward drinking and driving. And it did so using a novel tactic…
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Campus & Community
Midyear Commencement commences
A midyear graduate celebration took place on Dec. 10 at the Radcliffe Gymnasium, to honor Harvard College students who graduated outside of the schedule for the academic year.
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Campus & Community
Coleman named chief diversity officer
Lisa M. Coleman has been named chief diversity officer for Harvard University. Coleman, who has served in a similar capacity at Tufts University for the past three years, also will hold the title of special assistant to the president.
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Campus & Community
Q&A on Harvard’s Allston plan
In a letter to the Allston community sent earlier today, Harvard President Drew Faust outlined the University’s path forward for its presence in Allston. The Gazette sat down with Executive Vice President Katherine Lapp to learn more about what’s on the drawing boards.
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Science & Tech
It does indeed compute
Harvard lecturer David Malan’s introductory computer-programming class spawns an array of imaginative new applications, reflected in the annual CS 50 Fair.
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Campus & Community
Markley nabs her third Ivy Player of the Week award this season
Emma Markley ’11 of the Harvard women’s basketball team was named Ivy Player of the Week on Dec. 7.
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Campus & Community
Harvard racks up postseason honors
The Crimson dominated the postseason awards with four players named to the New England Football Writers’ Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) All-Star Team and 19 members of the team named All-Ivy League.
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Campus & Community
Crimson goaltender Kessler wins second-consecutive ECAC honor
Goaltender Christina Kessler ’10 of the Harvard women’s hockey team was named ECAC Goaltender of the week on Monday (Dec. 8) after shutting out No. 2 Minnesota twice this past weekend. It is her second-consecutive honor this season and third overall.
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Campus & Community
Lin named Ivy Player of the Week
A 30-point, nine-rebound effort by co-captain Jeremy Lin ’10 may not have been enough to help the Harvard men’s basketball team defeat the University of Connecticut (UConn) in their 79-73 loss to the No. 13-ranked Huskies on Dec. 6, but it did earn the senior guard his second Ivy Player of the Week award this…
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Campus & Community
Exercise Can Benefit Men With Prostate Cancer (ABC News)
As little as 15 minutes of physical activity a day can substantially cut death rates in men with prostate cancer, new research hints.
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Campus & Community
Digging Veritas 2009 – The Find
While digging up the Old Yard, Harvard students may have turned a corner in rediscovering the 17th century Indian College.
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Campus & Community
Freshmen to receive H1N1 vaccine
Harvard University Health Services (UHS) has received a new shipment of H1N1 vaccine and will begin distributing it to College freshmen at a clinic in Annenberg Hall on Wednesday (Dec. 9). UHS also will offer the vaccine to UHS patients between the ages of 18 of 24 who have high-risk health conditions.
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Campus & Community
In the footsteps of Du Bois
Eight receive W.E.B. Du Bois Medals for aiding African-American culture, including Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Hugh M. “Brother Blue” Hill, Vernon Jordan, Daniel and Joanna S. Rose, Shirley M. Tilghman, Bob Herbert, and Frank H. Pearl.
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Arts & Culture
Revelations on Revelation
Biblical scholar Elaine Pagels visits Radcliffe, presenting a “mad dash” of fresh thinking on the New Testament’s Book of Revelation.
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Campus & Community
Weiss to guide Library Implementation Work Group
Deborah Jackson Weiss has been named senior project director for the Library Implementation Work Group. In that role, she will guide the panel putting in place the recommendations made last month by the Library Task Force.
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Nation & World
Ties that bind
To celebrate the 800th anniversary of the founding of the University of Cambridge, Gordon Johnson, the institution’s deputy vice chancellor, gave a talk about the import of universities in society.
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Campus & Community
Risks: Leaving ‘Stroke Belt’ but Not the Dangers
Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health who analyzed stroke deaths in the United States found that people who were born in the Southeast and continued to live there as adults were 34 percent more likely than other Americans to die of a stroke
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Campus & Community
Happiness is…
Which would make you happier: winning the lottery, or losing the ability to walk? It may seem like a no-brainer, but Daniel Gilbert, a psychology professor at Harvard University, says the answer may surprise you.
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Campus & Community
Harvard promotes area businesses this holiday season
With sizzling hamburger sliders coming off the grill, steaming hot chocolate going into eager hands, and harmonious a cappella voices filling the background, organizers on Thursday (Dec. 3) launched a “Think Harvard Square” campaign to promote local businesses this holiday shopping season.
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Campus & Community
Harvard vs. Maryland – Men’s Soccer
A silent stadium opens and closes the 2009 season-ender for Harvard Men’s Soccer team.