Technology
Seeing Old With New: Digital Push Begins in Harvard's Art Museums
For some, however, a traditional encounter with a work of art in a museum is necessarily devoid of a device like an iPad. And as Harvard’s cultural collections come of age in the digital era, curators and other museum administrators must straddle a fine line between enhancing their collections and distracting from their original purpose.
Harvard.xxx: Bad for the Brand
Imagine trying to drunkenly access Harvard University's homepage after a long night of debauchery, only to find yourself staring instead at the homepage of an Ivy League-themed porn site, accessed via harvard.xxx. Keep dreaming—that internet fantasy won't be happening anytime soon.
Seeking and Offering News, Community Members Turn to Social Media
With cell phone service in Boston down and TV news slow to sort out the details, members of the Harvard community turned to Twitter and other forms of social media to find and exchange the latest news about the bombings.
The Drama Over Bullying: What's in a Word?
In this series, Flyby Staff Writer Olivia M. Munk identifies, dissects, and discusses ideas, articles, and opinions found in popular media and popular culture. She's here to inform you and to make you think—about what's out there, what it means to us, and what it might mean for you.
Winklevi Invest in Anonymity
Call the Winklevoss twins "craggy" and "Neanderthal-esque" or "aggressively aristocratic" if you'd like... but don't accuse them of failing to learn from their mistakes. The Winklevosses again in the news once again, and this time we've learned that they're heavily invested in some internet technology that's definitely not Facebook. The New York Times reported yesterday that the Winklevosses own "one of the single largest portfolios" of bitcoins, a digital form of currency.
Start-Up Launches Growth Hack Competition
A competition launched by a Harvard graduate is encouraging students of all disciplines to try their hands at developing a “hack” of their own.
Text of Letter from 32 Members of the History Department to FAS Dean Smith
Read the text of a March 14 letter that was sent by 32 members of the History Department to Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith. The letter, which was authored by history professor Lisa M. McGirr, calls on Harvard to “repair the breach of trust in our community” caused by administrators' secret search of the email accounts of 16 resident deans last September.
Letter Cosigned by 32 History Faculty Says Secret Searches Threaten 'Climate of Trust'
Thirty-two members of the History Department sent a letter to Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith last Thursday, lodging “strong opposition” to Harvard’s decision to secretly search the email accounts of its 16 resident deans and imploring the administration to address what they characterized as a growing gap of trust within the University.
Sharon Howell's Letter to Faust Addressing the Secret Email Search
Read the full text of a March 11 letter from Senior Resident Dean Sharon Howell to University President Drew G. Faust. In the letter, Howell expressed concern about administrators' handling of a secret search of resident deans' emails last fall.
Tinder Obituary
Last night, after several weeks in isolation, Tinder passed peacefully away in its sleep with a rosy glow on his ...
In Wake of Email Scandal, Professors Mourn Loss of Trust
Four days after news broke that Harvard administrators secretly searched the email accounts of 16 resident deans last September, professors called on administrators to address what one called a corroding of a “culture of trust” between the faculty and its leaders.
Text of Leaked Email Originally Sent by Ad Board Secretary to Colleagues
Read the text of an Aug. 16 email originally sent by Ad Board Secretary John “Jay” L. Ellison to his colleagues, including the 16 resident deans. The leak of the email to the media prompted Harvard administrators to secretly search the email accounts of the resident deans in an effort to trace the origin of the leak.
Administrators Secretly Searched Resident Deans' Email for Cheating Scandal Leak
Harvard administrators secretly accessed the email accounts of 16 resident deans in an attempt to determine who leaked communication regarding the Government 1310 cheating scandal that made its way to the media, the Boston Globe reported on Saturday evening.
Hey Professor! Google Glass
FM sat down with Professor James H. Waldo, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, Chief Technology Officer, ...
EdX Goes International as Six New Schools Join Partnership
EdX, the nonprofit online learning venture started by Harvard and MIT last May, announced Wednesday that it is doubling in size and expanding internationally with the addition of six new schools to its consortium.
Students To Create Modules for ChinaX
The students who take Chinese History 185: “Creating ChinaX—Teaching China’s History Online” will produce work that will be used by thousands of online learners across the globe.
The Future of Supercomputers
Senior director of architecture research at NVIDIA Stephen Keckler was one of many speakers present at Saturday's computing symposium. The topics focused on the potential and future of supercomputers, and Keckler contributed by discussing commodity technologies.
Computation Talk Stresses Applications
Delivering the keynote speech at a symposium Friday on the future of computation, hedge fund founder and scientist David E. Shaw predicted that researchers will increasingly rely on high-speed simulation to probe biological questions.
Harvard Refused Heymann's Monitoring Proposal
Days after internet activist Aaron Swartz's Jan. 11 suicide, The Huffington Post reports that during the 1990s, Swartz's prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Heymann—who was, even then, a pioneer in policing the internet—tried to get Harvard's cooperation in monitoring the University's network usage without a court order. Heymann proposed that the University put an "electronic banner on its intranet telling users they were being monitored" and implying their consent. Harvard refused, HuffPo reports, citing "the privacy of its users."
Innovation in Kendall Square
Kendall Square has become a magnet for the global information technology, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries. Use the interactive map to see some of the big names of Kendall.
EdX Announces Spring 2013 Courses
EdX, the virtual learning initiative launched by Harvard and MIT last May, announced Wednesday that it will offer courses in the humanities and social sciences for the first time this coming spring.
Kendall Square: An Incubator for Allston
Once a post-industrial wasteland, the now-vibrant Kendall area could provide a model for Harvard as it reboots plans to transform the underdeveloped Allston neighborhood into the University’s research hub.
Eight Things We'll Miss: Technology
Everyone knows that the world might or might not be ending next Friday, December 21st. Flyby's not in the business of making predictions, but just in case the Mayans were right and the last day of exam period also happens to be the end of, well, everything, we're compiling 8 lists of 8 great things (in no particular order) about the world as we know it, one for each day between now and The End. Today's theme is Technology.