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Astronaut performing an experiment inside the International Space Station.

NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim to Speak at Harvard in June

The American Navy SEAL, born to immigrants, is a doctor and a space traveler.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Visualizations like Stephen Malinowski’s Music Animation Machine version of Debussy’s Arabesque no. 1 for piano solo can lead to new insights into musical compositions.

Harvard music professors create dynamic music theory diagrams

Two scholars—in jazz, and in German music—team up on a tool that makes musical structure visible.

by Sophia Nguyen

Globalization’s benefits flow unevenly to a garbage collector in Allahabad, India, and a call-center worker in Bangalore.

Harvard’s Eric Maskin and Michael Kremer look at globalization and inequality

Modeling how globalization leaves the least-skilled workers behind

by Stephanie Garlock

Graduate School of Education professors Tina Grotzer and Christopher Dede have designed virtual realities, such as the pond above, for students to explore as scientists: for example, by collecting data along the shoreline or underwater, via submarine.

Teaching with technology, for a new generation

From the “Teaching Machine” to the promise of twenty-first-century learning technology

by Sophia Nguyen

The progress of palliative medicine

The progress of palliative medicine

Here lies an eager patriot.

“Love Story” locale, and other passionate pursuits

Love Story locale, and other passionate pursuits

Google’s Parisa Tabriz speaks at Harvard Women Engineers WECode conference

The Harvard Women Engineers Code (WECode) conference encourages all genders in technology fields.

by Cherone Duggan

HSPH study suggests people naturally regulate coffee intake

A new Harvard School of Public Health study suggests people naturally regulate their coffee consumption.

by Laura Levis

University of Michigan historian Ronald Suny, whose new book explains the history of the Armenian genocide

Historian Ronald Suny Discusses Armenian Genocide at Harvard's Davis Center

On the centenary, historian Ronald G. Suny discusses the causes of the twentieth century’s first genocide.

by Stephanie Garlock

Susanne Daniels and Amy Lippman discuss their careers in television.

Susanne Daniels and Amy Lippman discuss their careers in television

MTV's president of programming and the executive producer of Masters of Sex on their craft

by Laura Levis

2015 Overseer and HAA Director Nominees

The official candidate slates