Pforzheimer Could Have Been Conant House

Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.

College Expands Summer Research Programs

After successful pilot programs last summer, the College’s two new summer research programs have expanded their undergraduate research opportunities in the social sciences and business for the summer of 2012.

Friday afternoon Anna Lee Hirschi, Smith College '15 (left), and Joan L. Brunetta, Williams College '15, discuss their experiences in the Cambridge Public School District at "The Five Paragraph Education." The event was sponsored by the Graduate School of Education's Civic and Moral Engagement Intitiative.

Defacement and Dedication in Libraries

Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.

Cheaper Natural Gas Reduces Carbon Emissions, Study Says

The reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants in 2009 can be explained by a fall in the price of natural gas, according to an article published last month by researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

After Two More Primate Deaths, NEPRC Head Steps Down

Following two recent monkey deaths at Harvard Medical School’s New England Primate Research Center, the interim director of the research facility announced his resignation Thursday morning in an email to people associated with NEPRC.

Two Monkeys Die At HMS Research Center

Two monkeys have died at the Harvard Medical School’s New England Primate Research Center in the past three months, resulting in the suspension of all new experiments at the Center indefinitely.

Junior Faculty Suffer From Reduced Research Funding

Harvard faculty expressed mixed opinions over the role the Faculty of Arts and Sciences should play in supporting junior faculty’s ...

Former Researcher at School of Public Health Retracts Three Papers

Akio Kawakami has retracted three articles that he published during his time as a medical researcher at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Genome Sequencing Reveals E. coli Diversity

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have completed a whole-genome sequencing of the E. coli bacterial strains responsible for the deadly 2011 outbreaks in Germany and France.

Barrel-like Nanobots Target Cancer Cells

Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have developed a nanobot that may allow for the detection and destruction of cancer cells.

Hyman Leads Stanley Center

Prior to becoming director of the Center, Hyman served as director of the National Institute of Mental Health in the 1990s, which helped fuel his interest in the problems posed by serious mental illnesses.

Griffin Investigates Biomechanics of Furry Jerboas

In Organismic and Evolutionary Biology professor Andrew A. Biewener’s lab, Mary M. Griffin ’13 studies the techniques that jerboas use to stabilize their vision fields.

Ancient Sichuan

Associate Professor of Anthropology, Rowan Flad, speaks on Tuesday afternoon about his research on the Chengdu Plain and the sacrificial pits of Sanxingdui.

Flying Robots

On Friday, Harvard graduate student Pratheev S. Sreetharan demonstrates how the robotic fly works when it is cranked manually. He hopes to explore all of the implications of his breakthrough.

Harvard Researchers Develop SIV Vaccine

Researchers at the Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center recently developed a vaccine for rhesus monkeys that provides immunity against the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), a virus found in monkeys that is analogous to HIV.

New Blood Test May Help to Diagnose Depression

A new blood test designed at Massachusetts General Hospital appears to accurately indicate whether a person is suffering from depression, according to a paper published in Molecular Psychiatry.

Iodide Exposure Tied To Thyroid Disorders

Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that exposure to high levels of iodide—widely given intravenously to patients for medical imaging procedures—is associated with an increased risk of thyroid disease.

Cancer Patients Still Smoking

A sizeable minority of patients diagnosed with lung and colorectal cancer continued smoking after their diagnosis, according to a recent Harvard Medical School study published in the journal Cancer.

Nine Animals Died in Harvard-Affiliated Laboratories

Two sisters, one in pink and one in purple, held a sign twice their size as cars passed by in ...

Just Don't Be Neutral

If there is one list we all strive to be on more than the list at the Fly, it's Santa's nice list. So in the midst of the holiday season, don't forget to be kind to the people around you. If Santa isn't strong enough motivation, try this: studies show that taking moral action can result in increased physical strength and endurance.

Teaching, Tenure, and Trade-offs

This emphasis on teaching and research as a “zero-sum game” is misplaced and greatly detracts from a forthright discussion of tenure practices on campus. Strong teaching and innovative research are not mutually exclusive goals, traded off and balanced against one another.

Alumna Develops Hangover Cure

For months, Brenna S. Haysom ’00, endured four to five hangovers a week as she attempted to hone in on the perfect flavor for her new drug.

Fellow Wins Research Prize

Erez Lieberman-Aiden, a fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, has won the GE & Science Prize for Young Scientists for his dissertation research developing a new method of determining the three-dimensional structure of nuclear DNA.

Harvard Professors Search for Alien Life

Discovering extraterrestrial life is not a new goal on mankind’s to-do list. The search, of course, has traditionally played a larger role in popular culture than in the halls of academia.