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Harvard Horizons Spotlights Nine Scholars
Tuesday evening , nine Harvard Ph.D. students shared their research in short, TED-talk-style presentations at the Harvard Horizons annual symposium. Through this highly-selective program, the cohort spent 10 weeks learning how “to share their original, …
Harvard’s Lowered Voice
In late May , when Harvard adopted the recommendation of its Institutional Voice Working Group —that the University and its leaders should not make official statements about public matters that do not directly affect the core academic functions of …
Antisemitism on Campuses
As Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack and the ensuing war in the Middle East reverberated on college campuses, some academic departments felt the impacts more acutely than others. Professors of Jewish studies, antisemitism studies, and Israel studies …
Presidents’ Paths
Lawrence S. Bacow, a president emeritus again, has advised many institutions on how to pick good leaders. He always begins with intellectual prowess. Character comes second: those who have a deficit rarely make it up later. Third is what he calls the …
Issue: September-October 2023
Ben S. Bernanke ’75 Shares Economics Nobel
B en S. Bernanke ’75, former chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, today shared the Nobel Prize in economics with two other scholars of banking and financial crises. The honor—formally, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic …
Harvard Great Performances: Endicott Peabody ’42
If we lived in an ordinary time , this Saturday would have seen Game 3 of the 2020 Harvard football season, with ancient and honorable non-league rival Holy Cross visiting the Stadium. Last year in Worcester, the Crimson defeated the Crusaders …
Why Taxi Drivers Don’t Die of Alzheimer’s
London cabbies are famous for knowing their way around their city’s maze of streets. To obtain a taxi license in London, drivers must pass a legendary test requiring them to memorize the names and locations of 25,000 streets, as well as landmarks and …
Issue: May-June 2025
How Paper Crumples
You probably crumple up paper without ever considering that such a routine act could be of scientific interest. But researchers at Harvard—including Loeb associate professor of engineering and applied sciences Christopher Rycroft and his doctoral student, …
Issue: July-August 2021
Science Surges
Applied Tech 1 Harvard’s Office of Technology Development and Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have launched the Grid: a hub for funding, mentorship, and education intended to accelerate commercial development of faculty-led …
Issue: November-December 2022
Maia Sandu at Kennedy School Class Day
The war in Ukraine loomed over the Class Day celebrations at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Wednesday afternoon, with a keynote address delivered by Maia Sandu, M.C./M.P.A. ’10 , president of the Republic of Moldova, a small nation that borders Ukraine …
Nicholas Stephanopoulos: Why Does Gerrymandering Matter So Much?
Why Does Gerrymandering Matter So Much? Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a political scientist and legal scholar whose research focuses on gerrymandering, explains its effect on American democracy and how it might be stopped. Topics include recent state laws …
At Home with Harvard: Sounds of Music
This round-up is part of Harvard Magazine’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a guide to what to read, watch, listen to, and do while social distancing. Read the previous selections, featuring articles about climate change, racial justice, movies and …
Demographic Subplots
First-time timing: Ages at first marriage range widely around the world. In India the median age at first marriage for brides is just under 19 and for grooms just over 23; in Jamaica, it is much higher for both men and women, at 31. In the United States, …
Issue: November-December 2004
Boston Roller Derby
When not holed up in a Harvard chemistry lab, fifth-year graduate student Cristin Juda lets loose as her alter ego, “Brutyl Lithium.” The Boston Roller Derby track name is a play on the compound tert -Butyllithium, she says with a smile: “When it comes …
Issue: March-April 2018
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Mental Health Thank you for “ No Going Back to Normal ” and the compelling picture it provided of the very real crisis in youth mental health and the considerable detail it offered on the many thoughtful responses to the challenges it presents …
Issue: September-October 2022