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Campus & Community
City approves new home for A.R.T. in Allston
Project includes large residential building for Harvard affiliates, will add to vibrancy of emerging hub of creativity, innovation
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Health
‘When you’re with a patient … their suffering counts more than your suffering’
Symposium honoring late global health pioneer Paul Farmer reflects on achievements, purpose, influence of Haiti
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Campus & Community
Committee to review request to dename Winthrop House
Inquiry led by Professor Sean Kelly will report findings to Gay, Hoekstra
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Science & Tech
From a plant-free place, clues about how to help plants survive as planet warms
Data from salt flats suggest dry soil is worse than rising temperature
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Arts & Culture
An honor named for her best friend and mentor
Ruby Bridges receives Robert Coles Call of Service award for work educating others about tolerance
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Science & Tech
Nobel-winning physicist, artist illustrate universe’s ‘warped side’
New book seeks to demystify complex science from black holes to time travel
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Nation & World
How big a deal is meeting between Biden, Xi? Pretty big
Longtime China watcher Tony Saich says two nations want to stabilize ties a bit amid troubling levels of tension
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Campus & Community
Stepping toward justice
Repair & Responsibility conference brings together Native, University leaders to advance conversation
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Health
‘There’s no treatment if you don’t know what you’re treating’
Network of medical detectives solves genomic mystery of boy plagued by series of life-threatening, seemingly disparate ills
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Campus & Community
Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery launches first grant program
Seeks proposals from community, Harvard that will address systemic inequities
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Health
U.S. men die nearly six years before women, reflecting largest gap since 1996
Analysis finds COVID-19 and ‘deaths of despair’ behind trend that has been growing since 2010
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Arts & Culture
How to translate a Nobel-winning author (and 700-page sentence)
Damion Searls — English ‘gateway’ for Jon Fosse and other writers — discusses Harvard roots, elevating new voices, and his multilingual ‘Matrix’ moment
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Campus & Community
10 from Harvard named Rhodes Scholars
Nine U.S. recipients, one international; areas of study include higher education, philosophy, neuroscience
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Science & Tech
Screech owl wisdom
‘Alfie and Me’ ecologist on what he learned as he bonded with bird
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Nation
Chan School study plays key role in successful suit against airline uniform maker
Hundreds of flight attendants argued wearing formaldehyde-treated gear triggered health issues
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Arts & Culture
‘Still caught in a system that makes us smaller than we could be’
Tracy K. Smith explores America’s past, present challenges, hopes in new book
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Campus & Community
A minority within a minority — women vets at College
They come from different backgrounds, but all agree on need to put themselves out there and hang in
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Health
Benefits of work-life balance extend to heart health, study suggests
Intervention benefits older, lower-wage workers at higher risk, novel Chan School study finds
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Campus & Community
Hilary Whitehall Putnam, 89
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 7, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Hilary Whitehall Putnam was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty. Hilary Putnam’s influence on analytic philosophy was and remains enormous, ranging widely across fields including mathematical logic, philosophy…
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Campus & Community
Franco Fido, 88
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 7, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Franco Fido was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty. Born in Venice, Franco Fido spent his early youth under the Fascist regime before beginning advanced studies upon conclusion…
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Health
Waistline growing? Eat more veggies — but not this kind.
Study adds starchy variety to list of culprits contributing to middle-age weight gain
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Campus & Community
Oh. My. Gourd.
The stunt was a fundraiser for Harvard OpenBio, a student-run laboratory aimed at democratizing biology.
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Nation
Democracy teetering on brink
Danielle Allen says ordinary citizens need to step up, calls for formation of cross-ideological supermajority committed to revitalizing system
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Campus & Community
Breaking ground on a groundbreaking project
City and University leaders celebrate mixed-use development in Allston
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Arts & Culture
How opium, imperialism boosted Chinese art trade
Harvard Art Museums exhibition chronicles history, explores lessons for U.S. drug crisis
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Campus & Community
‘Sharing scholarship in many different registers’
George Aumoithe rings the bell teaching history, exploring electronic music
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Health
Research shows working out gets inflammation-fighting T cells moving
Activated by regular exercise, immune cells in muscles found to fend off inflammation, enhance endurance in mice
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Arts & Culture
Champion, creator of American theater
Robert Brustein, founder of rep companies at Harvard and Yale, recalled as teacher, critic, mentor, innovator
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Arts & Culture
‘We had to create something new — and we did’
Ahead of Harvard visit, two legends of hip-hop recall New York beginnings
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Campus & Community
147 sworn in as U.S. citizens at Harvard Business School
Dean commends ‘determination, commitment, and courage’ of honorees hailing from 40-plus countries
