Current Events and Campus Life
How a grade-school field trip led to Harvard professorship
April 8, 2019
Harvard Divinity School Professor Anne Monius’ determination to get to Harvard started on a grammar school field trip. Today she inspires students to love learning as much as she does. Continue reading
Indigenous leaders put ‘the language of the Earth on the agenda’ at Harvard
April 8, 2019
At Harvard, indigenous Alaskan elder Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq and Polynesian navigator Nainoa Thompson offered a close-to-the-earth perspective on climate change. Continue reading
Did ‘Beowulf’ have one author? Researchers find clues in stylometry
April 8, 2019
Using a statistical approach known as stylometry, which analyzes everything from the poem’s meter to the number of times different combinations of letters show up in the text, a team of researchers... Continue reading
Harvard professor combines coding with community
April 5, 2019
Professor Jelani Nelson develops new algorithms to make computer systems work more efficiently, but also takes his educational efforts beyond Harvard’s walls. He founded AddisCoder, a program that... Continue reading
Harvard students celebrate the stories behind their grades
April 5, 2019
Students reflect on a transformative semester on campus as part of The Transcript Project, now in its second year. Continue reading
Harvard’s Bacow addresses universities’ role in tackling inequality
April 5, 2019
In conversation with Bridget Terry Long, dean of the Graduate School of Education, President Larry Bacow discusses the role of universities in building economic opportunity. Continue reading
Conference addresses concerns of ‘Unsettled Citizens’
April 5, 2019
Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, but are not treated equally, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz said at Radcliffe conference on “Unsettled Citizens.” Continue reading
At Harvard, adding AI to M.D.
April 5, 2019
Researchers at Harvard Medical School’s Blavatnik Institute are developing an algorithm with information that is so complex, it will understand everything a first-year medical student knows. Continue reading
At Harvard, Nobelist Nadia Murad explains the making of an activist
April 4, 2019
Nadia Murad came to Harvard as a survivor of genocide under ISIS, an advocate for victims of sexual violence, and the first Iraqi citizen to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Her talk focused on her... Continue reading
At Harvard, writer Masha Gessen recounts individual migration tales
April 4, 2019
Masha Gessen’s lecture “How We Think About Migration,” was delivered Wednesday at Paine Hall. It was the first of two lectures on “How Do We Talk About Migration” that Gessen delivered as part of the... Continue reading