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What a Key EPA Repeal Means for America’s Climate Future

A Harvard alumni panel examines the impact of the “Endangerment Finding.”

by Olivia Farrar

Hyman professor of chemistry Charles Lieber has created a transistor so small it can be used to penetrate cell membranes and probe their interiors, without disrupting function. The transistor (yellow) sits near the bend in a hairpin-shaped, lipid-coated silicon nanowire. Its scale is similar to that of intra-cellular structures such as organelles (pink and blue orbs) and actin filaments (pink strand).

Charles Lieber's nanoscale transistors can enter cells without harming them

Chemist Charles Lieber and his colleagues have developed a nanoscale transistor so small it can enter, probe, and communicate with cells without harming them.

by Jonathan Shaw

When poverty is defined as living on $1.25 or less a day, about 40 percent of both Ethiopians and Uzbekistanis are considered poor. But by multidimensional measures that capture living standards, almost 90 percent of Ethiopians live in poverty, while only a small percentage of Uzbekistanis do.

Amartya Sen proposes a measure of poverty that looks beyond income

A multidimensional poverty index, based on the ideas of Amartya Sen, reveals a different map of the world's poor.

A gathering of Harvard Asian American Alumni from across six decades

A three-day summit draws more than 400 participants from across six decades.

by Sarah Zhang

Yale’s defense held Gino Gordon ’11, Harvard’s all-Ivy running back, to 36 yards rushing, but couldn’t keep him out of the end zone. Gordon rushed for short-yardage touchdowns in both halves of The Game. At the team’s postseason banquet he received the Crocker Award as the team’s most valuable player.

Image gallery from the 2010 Harvard-Yale football game

A gallery of images from the 2010 Harvard-Yale football game

Harvard-Yale football game results: Harvard wins 28-21

The football team wins its fourth straight over the Elis.

by Bethell, John T

Faust calls for repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" and return of ROTC

President Faust says the program "ought to be fully and formally present" on campus, and voices hopes for an end to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

Peter Marsden named dean for social sciences

The sociologist oversees a large Arts and Sciences division.

November 13, 2010: Penn 34, Harvard 14

Quakers quash Crimson quest for Ivy laurels.

by Bethell, John T

Linda Greenhouse and Reva Siegel bring new insights to Roe v. Wade

Longtime Supreme Court watcher Linda Greenhouse ’68 and Yale legal historian Reva Siegel offer new insight about the landmark court case's effect on the abortion debate and American political discourse.

by Madeleine Schwartz

The Radcliffe Institute’s “Why Books?” conference

The Radcliffe Institute’s “Why Books?” conference touches on a timely theme.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield