Science
More Than 170 Teams Apply For President's Challenge
Over 170 teams submitted applications for the President’s Challenge, a university-wide competition that encourages students to develop entrepreneurial solutions to the world’s social problems.
It Takes Two: Andrew Berry & Naomi E. Pierce
I’m giving my life story to the Crimson. No, I’m actually talking about my relationship with my wife, which is more or less my life story because I can’t remember anything before that.
Infant Language Acquisition
Dr. Patricia Kuhl, of the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences at the University of Washington, discusses infant language acquisition as part of the Mind, Brain, and Behavior’s Annual Distinguished Lecture series.
USDA Cites Harvard Center for Non-Compliance with Federal Law
The United States Department of Agriculture has recently cited Harvard Medical School’s New England Primate Research Center for non-compliance with the Animal Welfare Act, following the death of a cotton-top tamarin monkey in February.
Linguistic Genius of Infants
Dr. Patricia Kuhl, Ph.D gives a lecture entitled "The Linguistic Genius of Infants: Early Learning and Brain Plasticity," engaging the audience as she explains her research on infant cognition.
HSPH Researchers Present New Findings on Breast Cancer Screening
New research from the Harvard School of Public Health suggests that routine mammography screenings may lead to a significant amount of overdiagnosis of invasive breast cancer. Generally viewed as an important tool in detecting breast cancer, mammography screening was found to overdiagnose between 15 to 25 percent of breast cancer cases.
The Crimson Made Fun of the Lampoon Before the Lampoon Existed
Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past. March 27, 1874: Humorous Articles In reading over with care our college papers we find, as a general rule, that the various themes which meet our eyes apply directly or indirectly to college rules, college customs. This certainly ought to be expected, from the nature of these papers. I do not wish even to argue that this is not perfectly right; but I should like to call attention to the fact that a certain class of articles are not as a general rule popular, although their character might at first lead one to expect otherwise. I refer to humorous productions.
Books for Sale at Cabot Science Library
This week, there's a special reason to stop by the Cabot Science Library (and no, we don't mean to study.) It's the yearly Science Book Sale! The library is selling a variety of books from Harvard's collections at a low cost—in this case, just $4 a piece, or less.
It's a Mad World
Protestors stand silently outside the Harvard T-stop to bring attention to the recent deaths of primates in the New England Primate Research Center. Many of these primates are thought to have died due to neglect rather than research.
Award Winner Is A Scientist At Heart
A graduate student at Harvard, Itay Budin has been a scientist for as long as he can remember. He spent much of his childhood “playing around”—building airplanes, rockets, and generators.
How to Teach the Teachers
Physics professor Eric Mazur has been recognized internationally for his research program in optical physics as well as his work in science education. The Harvard Crimson interviewed Professor Mazur to find out more about his role as a science educator.
Professor Revives Egyptology At Harvard
Through his ongoing archaeological research and innovative computer modelling, Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian ’81 hopes to help ancient Eygypt make a comeback at Harvard and in the intellectual community at large.
Pest Control Can Fight Poverty
The solution to eradicating the world’s poverty may lie in managing some of the tiniest creatures of the natural world, said Director General of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) Christian Borgemeister in a lecture on Monday at the Harvard University Center for the Environment.