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Systems pharmacology, new drug discovery initiative, at Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School announces a new initiative in systems pharmacology to quicken the pace of drug discovery.

Brent R. Stockwell

David Nathan reviews Brent R. Stockwell's book on drug development

David Nathan reviews Brent R. Stockwell's "The Quest for the Cure"

Gustave and Rita Hauser

Gift from Gustave and Rita Hauser launches new learning and teaching initiative

The Hausers invest $40 million to launch the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching.

Rita and Gustave Hauser

Gustave and Rita Hauser, donors who funded initiative on learning and teaching

The benefactors who launched the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching

Gustave and Rita Hauser

Pedagogy, classroom design, evaluation: the recent history at Harvard

The context for a major new initiative on teaching skills, classrooms, learning technology, and evaluation

Former Hollywood filmmaker Michael Rich studies how media affect youth

Former Hollywood filmmaker Michael Rich of HMS studies how media affect youth.

by Cara Feinberg

Digital media consumption by young children, a subject of study by Michael Rich

A report on young children's digital media consumption, related to the work of Michael Rich

An a cappella group performs in the rain. Despite monsoon-like weather, dozens of student music and dance groups performed in Harvard Yard as part of the evening's program.

Harvard 375th anniversary student music and dance performances

After much waiting and wondering, student music and dance groups perform around the Yard for a wet but appreciative crowd.

To get the evening's dancing started, a "flash mob" of dancers performed a choreographed routine they'd rehearsed throughout the previous week. The dancers were on the steps of Widener Library and at other Yard locations. Colorful LED lighting decorated buildings around the Yard.

Harvard's 375th anniversary celebration, in words and photographs

Harvard's 375th anniversary celebration, in words and photographs

Eric Chivian, director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, supplied heirloom apples from his orchard in central Massachusetts, including the Roxbury Russet, a variety that Chivian believes was once grown in Harvard Yard.

Food from Harvard's 375th anniversary celebration

Heirloom apples, "1636" ale, and a historical dining hall menu provide sustenance for the 375th anniversary gala.

Instead of commemorative T-shirts, an official 375th umbrella might have been a more appropriate souvenir for the evening.

Student voices from the 375th: an anniversary gala where nothing goes as planned

At a 375th birthday party that was months in the planning, nothing goes as planned.

by Katherine Xue

Students prepare the Eliot House elephant to appear in the 375th anniversary parade.

Student voices from the 375th: braving the rain to enjoy parade and dancing

A student account of a memorably wet 375th anniversary gala.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield