Sciences Division
Jones Tackles Medical Ethics and History
Professor David S. Jones ’97 is the A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine and this year he is teaching a new, wildly popular class entitled Ethical Reasoning 33: “Medical Ethics and History.” In his most recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine, he explores the evolution of therapeutics from the days of blood-letting to what we see today.
Sheila Jasanoff
William Clark, Rebecca Henderson, John Spengler, Bill McKibben, Frances Beinecke, Andrew Revkin, Sheila Jasanoff, and James McCarthy field questions at the Science & Advocacy discussion.
CS 50 Office Hours To Move To Annenberg
Starting this semester, Computer Science 50: “Introduction to Computer Science I” office hours will be held in Annenberg to facilitate interaction between students and the course staff.
A Harvard Reunion for Civil War Vets
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past. June 18, 1914: Class of 1864 Holds Reunion The 50th anniversary of their graduation has brought back to the reunion in Phillips Brooks House today nearly all of the 36 living members of the Class of 1864. There were 99 men in '64 who completed their four years and 44 who were associated with the class for a part of that time. The large number of men who did not graduate is accounted for by the fact that many of them went to war. Forty-one members of the class, either graduate or associate, took part in the Rebellion—35 in the Union Army and six in the Confederate Army. Of the 99 graduates, almost every one took a further degree than the A.B., and more than a third studied medicine or law.
41 Harvard Lab Mice Die, Prompting Federal Citations
Forty-one mice died of dehydration in a Harvard University laboratory this past spring, prompting the federal government to cite Harvard for violating the American Animal Welfare Act.
Harvard To Resume Allston Science Center Development in 2014
After halting construction on its Allston science center more than two years ago, Harvard announced on Wednesday that it will resume development in 2014.
SEAS Will Move to Allston Science Complex
Constuction halted on Harvard's Allston Science Comlex in December 2009. The vast construction site (above) is hidden from traffic, pedestrians, businesses, and resindets by a wall surrounding its entire perimeter.
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.
Harvard Researchers Discover Hypervelocity Planets
Although there was a brief scare last year when researchers thought that neutrinos had broken the speed of light, the laws of physics haven't thrown our conceptions of speed many curveballs in the past year. Until a few days ago, that is. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced that there might be planets which tear across the universe at many millions of miles per hour. In a paper to be published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, researchers Idan Ginsburg, Avi Loeb, and Gary Wegner confirm the possibility of these "hypervelocity planets."
OEB Students Take Sponsored Spring Break Trips
This year, three classes from the Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Department offered all-expenses-paid spring break trips for its students.
Biomedical Engineering Concentration Grows
Only in its second year of existence, the biomedical engineering concentration saw a 38 percent growth in the number of sophomore concentrators who declared this fall.
Low Q Score Prompts Changes to LS1b
At the start of the first lecture for Life Sciences 1b, lecturer Andrew Berry said to his students, “Welcome to Harvard’s most unpopular class.” A round of applause followed.
LPSA Students Experience Eye Injuries After Lab
Adeyemi was one of about five students who were exposed to ultraviolet light in LPSA lab on Tuesday while not using the proper eye protection. As a result, they suffered from what Adeyemi was told may have been “thermal retinal burn from UV radiation,” a condition that includes symptoms of eye redness, pain, and blurry vision.
Stem Cell Scientist Discusses New Drug Development Process
Pharmaceutical companies should turn to stem cells for a more effective and cost-efficient way to experiment with new medications, Harvard professor Lee L. Rubin said in a presentation yesterday.
Norman Ramsey, Nobel-Winning Physics Professor, Dies at 96
Norman F. Ramsey, a Nobel Prize winner in physics and a former Harvard professor, died last Friday at age 96.
Federal Government A Financial 'Lifeline' For Physics Department
The vast majority—93 percent—of external funding spent by the physics department in fiscal year 2011 came from federal sources, including a number of grants from the Department of Defense.
Professsor Robert Lue
FM visits Professsor Robert Lue's office to learn about the intersections of science and art.
Professors Reflect on Steve Jobs' Accomplishments
As the world reflects on Jobs’ legacy, one Harvard professor says that remembering the iconic genius primarily as an innovator would be a mistake.
Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Department Occupies New Building
This is the first time the newly-renovated Sherman Fairchild Biochemistry Building has been entirely devoted to stem cell laboratories since the consolidation was proposed in early 2009.
Three Harvard Graduates Share Nobel Prize in Physics
The alumni discovered that the universe is not only expanding, but constantly accelerating—a discovery that shook the cosmology world by overturning the common belief that the universe was slowing down.