Is anybody out there?

Astronomer Jill Tarter on the search for intelligent life

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Bringing ‘Coco’ to campus

The women behind the Academy Award-winning Pixar film discuss their creative ambition and career paths

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Electrons, up really close

A Harvard team made the most precise measurement ever of the shape of the field around an electron

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Meet Remy, Harvard’s resident cat

This 4-year-old orange tabby, who lives nearly a mile from Harvard, has quite a campus following

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Events

Friday, November 2, 2018, 2:00pm - 3:45pm

Off-Site Materials Lab Workshop: Hands-On Silverworking Demonstration

Friday, November 2, 2018, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Can Education Curb Bigotry and Hate?

Friday, November 2, 2018, 9:00am - 5:00pm

Lily Simonson: Painting the Deep

Friday, November 2, 2018, 10:00pm - 11:30pm

Billy Dean Thomas

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Harvard’s new president Larry Bacow returns to his roots

In one of his first official trips as president, Larry Bacow headed back to his hometown of Pontiac, Michigan, where he revisited childhood memories and met with students, educators, Harvard alumni, state and local leaders, and made the national case for college.

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Claudine Gay named Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Claudine Gay, a government scholar who has studied political behavior, citizenship, and inequality in America, is the new dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

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Latest Harvard Gazette News

Key region of brain examined through cellular atlas

Key region of brain examined through cellular atlas

Harvard scientists have created a first-of-its-kind cellular atlas of an important region in the brains of mice. …
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Radcliffe hears from astronomer Jill Tarter on search for intelligent life

Radcliffe hears from astronomer Jill Tarter on search for intelligent life

SETI astronomer Jill Tarter was among the speakers at this year’s Radcliffe science symposium, “The Undiscovered.”
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Election of Bolsonaro likely to test democracy in Brazil and beyond

Election of Bolsonaro likely to test democracy in Brazil and beyond

Scott Mainwaring, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor for Brazil Studies at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, sat down with the Gazette to talk about the election of far-right populist Jair …
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Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum attracts ‘Little Women’ with Meryl Streep

Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum attracts ‘Little Women’ with Meryl Streep

Columbia Pictures transforms Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum into a Paris park as it films the American classic “Little Women.”
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News from Around Harvard

The Information Disorder Update: November 1, 2018

Muslim candidates face online hatred, disinformation With an unprecedented number of Muslim candidates running in the midterm elections, a virulent Islamophobic backlash has erupted in some districts …
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The Root of the Matter: Data and Duty

Rules for the New Digital Economy Should Look to Old Common Law Traditions By Tom Wheeler, Senior Research Fellow, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and Mossavar-Rahmani Center …
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Women Act More Ethically Than Men When Representing Themselves — But Not When Representing Others

A new study looks at how we’re influenced by others’ expectations.
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Harvard EdCast: Evaluating Fairness in College Admissions

950x475-harvard-yard.png Like many, Associate Professor Natasha Warikoo, who studies issues of race, college admissions, and elite universities, is keeping a …
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Shaina Taub Shares Suffragists in Song

As part of a celebration for the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Schlesinger Library, Taub and eight other singers performed a dozen songs from her musical-in-progress about the American …
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We Need to Talk More About Mental Health at Work

In the U.S. one in four adults struggle with it.
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Helping a child with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Helping a child with obsessive-compulsive disorder

If your child has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), you know that this condition affects not only your child but also your entire family. …
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Sexual Harassment Is Rampant in Health Care. Here’s How to Stop It.

Five steps health organizations can take.
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