Julie R. Barzilay
"On the Move" Gets Harvard Going
Ted “Barefoot Ted” McDonald was 87 miles into a 100-mile race in the Copper Canyons of Mexico when he stopped ...
Harvard Scientists Control Minds of Worms
To the extent that a worm smaller than a pinhead has a mind, Harvard scientists have shown that they are capable of controlling it.
University Moves School Start
The University has shifted the start dates for fall classes over the next seven years to minimize disruptions caused by the Labor Day holiday and to alleviate the “compressed pace” of the fall semester, according to an e-mail sent to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences community yesterday.
Gen Ed Ethics Classes Attract Crowds
Several Ethical Reasoning classes have proven surprisingly popular this semester.
Science and Art Mix in Trento, Italy
Optical illusions in theatres, old Roman streets, and even the Vatican were just one way that Harvard students engaged with life in Italy.
Samantha Power Encourages Law School Grads to Master Uncertainty
Harvard Law School graduate and national security expert Samantha Power urged the Law School class of 2010 to heed their moral compasses and remember that everyone is battling a “batcage” of insecurities—no matter how confident they appear.
Harvard Resists Reagan’s ’85 Budget
The winds of budgetary change rippled menacingly after the Reagan Administration proposed cuts to federal financial aid and research funding for scientists.
The Conan We Knew
From running the Lampoon to hosting The Tonight Show, there are things about O’Brien that have never changed.
Will Speech Fade?
Ever since Rebekah Maggor came to Harvard in 2004 to help international students with classroom communication, she has been expanding the public speaking resources available to the Harvard community.
Students Design Slavery Course
A Sociology course about modern-day slavery designed by undergraduates will be taught next spring by Sociology Professor Orlando Patterson.
Dispatches from Lamont: Jasmine K. Casart ’13 and Nicole K. Casart ’13
This week, we'll bring you dispatches from fellow students in Lamont as they fight valiantly against looming deadlines and final ...
Gen Ed Identity Still Emerging
Tariq A. Musa ’10 left three Core classes for his senior spring semester, hoping they would “vanish” if he waited long enough.
Freshman Film Time Capsule Video To Revisit in 2013
Sitting together in their Hollis double at three a.m. one morning last semester, roommates Smitha Ramakrishna ’13 and Nicole Paulet Piedra ’13 lamented the quickly approaching end of their freshman year.
Gen Ed Promotes Creative Classwork
When Nur N. Ibrahim ’13 visited her Culture and Belief class’s art exhibit last week, she found herself surrounded by God—the letters of Allah’s name, that is, depicted using everything from DNA helices to Solo cups.
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