Harvard’s alumni impact

Survey says graduates create vast numbers of ventures worldwide, help govern boards, support nonprofits

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Cass Sunstein, ‘Star Wars’ fan

Professor discusses legal insights that can be gleaned from that galaxy far, far away

(Now) there’s an app for that

CS50 students display creative and useful apps at final project fair

The gift of Kuumba

Christmas songs, gospel, spirituals, spoken word and dance will fill Harvard’s Memorial Church

Tackling climate change through research and teaching

Events

Fri., December 11, 2015, 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Medical Tests: Inaccuracies, Risks and the Public's Health

Sat., December 12, 2015, 10:00am - 7:00pm

Ceramics Program Holiday Show and Sale

Mon., December 14, 2015, 12:00pm - 5:00pm

teamLab at Radcliffe: What a Loving and Beautiful World

Tue., December 15, 2015, 12:00pm - 1:15pm

Techno-Vernacular Creativity and STEAM

Thu., December 17, 2015

Lorraine O'Grady: Where Margins Become Centers

Mon., December 21, 2015, 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Art Study Center Open Hours

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Comedy at Harvard

While Harvard does offer a few courses on the topic, most of the action occurs outside the classroom, in student-driven extracurricular groups that have made the University something of a comedic training ground.

What's Replacing 'No Child Left Behind'? | Harvard Graduate School of Education

Marty West, associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, discusses the big changes in federal legislation replacing "No Child Left Behind."

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Struggle in the shadows

New book by Roberto Gonzales, an assistant professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education, says undocumented young adults are at risk of becoming a disenfranchised underclass.

Style by degrees: Harvard Graduate School of Design

For the students, staff, and faculty at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, wearing black is an announcement of their craft. But increasingly, color has found its way back into vogue.

Cass Sunstein, ‘Star Wars’ fan

Cass Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, is writing a book about lessons that can be drawn from the box-office phenomenon "Star Wars."

The less-traveled path

Harvard’s Midyear Graduates Recognition Ceremony pays tribute to more than 100 seniors.

News from Around Harvard

How to Destress During Finals Week

Last Thursday, marked the last days of classes officially bringing us into Reading Period. …

On Climate, Developing Countries Need More Than Betting Billions on Clean Energy Breakthroughs

"What's missing from the technology discussions in the climate arena is a focus on a much more important and urgent issue: how to ensure that cleaner energy technologies available today are deployed …

Media & Politics Must Reads, December 11, 2015

Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. …

Becoming a More Authentic Leader

Bill George, Harvard Business School professor and author of “Finding Your True North,” gives advice to both new and experienced leaders.

Symposium honors legacy of Dimitrios Trichopoulos, leader in field of epidemiology

Former students, colleagues remember his kindness, generosity, passion for science December 10, 2015 — Scientists from around the globe joined Harvard T.H. Chan School…

Sliver of a Full Moon | Play Reading and Discussion

Sliver of a Full Moon is a powerful reenactment of the historic congressional reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in 2013: a movement that restored the authority of tribal …

An Articulate Exploration

Examining Linguistics and the Neurocognitive Basis of Speech Examining Linguistics and the Neurocognitive Basis of Speech Rachel Romeo has been fascinated by the brain ever since she can …

A single gene spawning multiple disorders: Guoping Feng on Shank3 in autism, schizophrenia

The Stanley Center’s Guoping Feng discusses research showing how different mutations in the gene Shank3 may contribute to autism, schizophrenia