Jonathan Shaw

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Jelani Nelson

John Harvard's Journal | May-June 2015

Jelani Nelson, Speeding Algorithms

A theorist explores the limits to shrinking datasets.

Isaac Kohane

John Harvard's Journal | May-June 2015

Harvard Medical School makes biomedical informatics a full-scale department

Building scale in biomedical informatics

Mara Prentiss

Features | May-June 2015

Mara Prentiss of Harvard says, for efficiency, electrify the energy economy

Why the United States may be on the cusp of an energy revolution

Sven Beckert

University News |

Beckert's “Empire of Cotton” Wins a Bancroft Prize in History

His Empire of Cotton: A Global History puts slavery in an international context.

J. Michael McGinnis, keynote speaker at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health symposium on the report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

University News |

Dietary guidelines change with respect to fats, cholesterol, meat and sugar

Changes to guidelines for fats, cholesterol, meat, and sugar are among the highlights

The Continuum residential and retail project at Barry’s Corner (see photo position A on map)

John Harvard's Journal | March-April 2015

Allston ready for academic expansion

After years of planning, significant development in Allston is imminent.

The renovation of Winthrop House includes plans for a five-story addition to Gore Hall at Plympton and Mill streets.

Harvard College |

Harvard's Winthrop House renovation to include five-story addition to Gore Hall

Renovation will include a five-story addition to Gore Hall.

Sven Beckert

Features | November-December 2014

History turns toward the global, the scientific, and the quantitative

Scholars pursue sweeping new interpretations of the human past.

Thomas Rowlandson’s view of the library of the Royal Institution in London, circa 1810

Features | May-June 2014

Innovation in humanities courses aims to reach larger numbers of students

New gateways into the humanities for students “still fully molten as human beings”

Dariush Mozaffarian

Right Now | March-April 2014

What it costs to eat healthy food

With changed policies and food supply systems, healthy foods would cost less.

Gary King’s study of social media uncovered massive government censorship in China.

Features | March-April 2014

Understanding big data leads to insights, efficiencies, and saved lives

Information science promises to change the world.

This disortion-free flat lens, less than a millimeter across, uses antennae etched from a layer of gold, rather than glass, to focus laser light.

Right Now | January-February 2013

Lightweight, distortion-free flat lens uses antennae, not glass, to focus light

Harvard scientists have developed a tiny, lightweight, distortion-free lens that focuses light without glass.