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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 screen shot from the therapeutic video game RAGE Control (Regulate and Gain Emotional Control)

A video game for anger management and emotional control

At Children's Hospital Boston, a video game offers emotionally explosive youths methods of self-control.

by Erin O’Donnell

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

Letters from our readers

The psyche, kindergarten, more mushroom verse

In <i>Black Swan</i>, Natalie Portman's character dances the role of the Swan Queen and her dark rival in <i>Swan Lake</i>. Here, Portman as the White Swan.

The film "Black Swan" has Harvard creators behind it

A tense thriller, with ballerinas

by Craig Lambert

Quotation Q&A

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Year-end humor with a Harvard angle

Elena Kagan, Mark Zuckerberg, and Drew Faust's hard-charging, softball-playing daughter

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

Video: a clip from "Black Swan," starring Natalie Portman '03

View a clip from Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman ’03 and directed by Darren Aronofsky ’91.

Steven Hyman

Provost Steven Hyman to step down after a decade of service

The overseer of interdisciplinary scholarship and Harvard's affiliated institutions concludes a decade of service.

Harvard's libraries adopt new administrative structure

Management of the Harvard University Library will be consolidated under a single director.

President Drew Faust and Senior Fellow Robert Reischauer discuss the changes in the Corporation's membership, operations, and focus on December 5.

Harvard University governance to change

For the senior governing board, an expanded membership, term limits, and a fresh focus on the University’s strategic opportunities and challenges