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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

Oscar nominees include film from book by Harvard anthropologist Kimberly Theidon

Kimberly Theidon's book on female victims of Peruvian violence was the basis for The Milk of Sorrow, nominated for best foreign-language film.

This image, provided by a member of the Boston University delegation upon his return from Haiti, shows the wall map sheets printed at Harvard being used for damage assessment surveys.

Harvard Rallies Help for Haiti with Benefit Concert; Plans Memorial Service

Evidence of Harvard maps in use; updates on the situation on the ground; a benefit concert featuring student performers and a memorial service.

David H. Souter

Souter Named Harvard Commencement Speaker

The recently retired Supreme Court Justice will appear on May 27.

Justin Timberlake Accepts Award from Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals

The singer, actor, and former boy band member stays good-natured while being roasted by members of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

Thoreau's Walden Pond dataset shows that climate change helps invasive species

This is what a new study by a team including Harvard scientists, using a Walden Woods dataset begun by Henry David Thoreau, suggests.

Fiction by E.O. Wilson, David Cutler on healthcare, and more

Our roundup also includes a New Yorker profile of U.S. education secretary Arne Duncan and a review of the work of architect Jeanne Gang, both Harvard graduates.

Derrick Ashong in the radio studio

Derrick Ashong hosts a new show on Oprah Radio

Derrick Ashong ’97 hosts a new show on Oprah Radio.

Amy Wagers Discovers a Regenerative Pathway in Blood

Aged blood stem cells in mice act young again when exposed to the circulation of a young mouse.

Members of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals honored Anne Hathaway with a parade during her January 28 visit to Harvard.

Timberlake and Hathaway snag Pudding pots, Carlos Slim gift, IRS audit, and more

UPDATED. Our roundup also includes news of a gift from Carlos Slim, a favorable ranking of Harvard's value among colleges, and an audit by the IRS.

At the Center for Geographic Analysis office, the Harvard-MIT Data Center's Eric Alderman examines a map of Port-au-Prince with Jean-Lucien Ligonde, a businessman in the Boston Haitian community, in preparation for sending the map to Haiti to be used in relief work.

Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis Hosts Haiti Map Portal

The Center for Geographic Analysis has created an online portal and sent up-to-date high-resolution wall maps with a delegation traveling to the earthquake-stricken country.