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Record-Setting $650M Donation Paves Way for Psychiatric Research at Broad
The donation is the largest ever given for psychiatric research, according to the institute’s press release, and promises to put the Cambridge-based biological research foundation on stable footing for years to come.
Q & A with Anant Agarwal
Anant Agarwal, an MIT computer science professor who has served as CEO of edX since its establishment, sat down to recount the challenges of creating courses for an online learning environment, discuss the non-profit’s business model, and speculate about what the future might hold for edX.
Art Museums Will Display Digitally Restored Rothko Murals in Inaugural Exhibition
Including the five murals commissioned by the University, the exhibition will display 38 of Rothko’s works created between 1961 and 1962 and many of the artist’s related studies on paper and canvas.
In Talk, Greenwald Blames Government, Media for Distorting Snowden's Intentions
Glenn Greenwald blamed both the government and the media for distorting Snowden’s intentions while debuting his book, “No Place to Hide.”
Low Voter Turnout in Coop Elections is Concerning but Familiar
With a week left until the end of elections for the Harvard Coop’s board of directors on April 24, candidates and Coop management remain uncertain whether enough members will ultimately vote in the elections.
Tiny Crossbows, Silly String Lava War, and 2am Topology: Crashing MIT Campus Preview Weekend
Even the most seasoned Harvard partiers need a break from Mount Auburn Street once in a while. Here’s your guide to an unconventional--and surprisingly educational--three days at the trade school down the road.
Happiness Challenge Expands To New Campuses
The Happiness Project, a Harvard wellness group, has partnered with student organizations at MIT, UCLA, Wellesley, and Yale to expand the student health initiative The Happiness Challenge to those four college campuses this spring.
Is Harvard Losing Its Grip?
Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Princeton, Yale, Cornell, and the University of Pennsylvania all saw a rise in their early application pools; Harvard was the only Ivy League school to face a decrease in the number of its early decision applications, by 3 percent.
Journalists Describe Changing State of Media
Coates, a senior editor at “The Atlantic,” and Hertzberg, a senior editor at “The New Yorker” and former Crimson managing editor, discussed the shifting state of journalism in the United States at a lecture in MIT’s Stata Center Tuesday evening.
Mexican Billionaire Donates $74 Million to Broad for Disease Research
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú has donated $74 million to the Broad Institute to continue studying the genomic basis of human disease—the second gift he has given for this effort—according to an announcement made by Slim and Broad President and Director Eric S. Lander at the Broad Institute on Monday.
Physics Professors Approach Real-Life Lightsaber
More than 40 years after the Star Wars saga's debut, Harvard physics professor Mikhail Lukin and MIT physics professor Vladan Vuletić say that they are closer to making the film’s iconic lightsaber a reality.
Harvard Prefrosh Declare War on MIT Counterparts
They weren’t on campus to partake in the Great House War of 2012, but members of the Harvard Class of 2017 have already declared a war of their own with their prefrosh counterparts at MIT following an online prank.
University Signs Sustainability Compact With MIT, City
University President Drew G. Faust signed the “Cambridge Community Compact for a Sustainable Future” on Monday in an official gesture of Harvard’s commitment to working with other institutions to address the threat of climate change in Cambridge.
University Fundraising Drives
Past capital campaigns at Harvard and its peer institutions have exceeded their fundraising targets.
