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147 sworn in as U.S. citizens at Harvard Business School
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts welcomed 147 new citizens during a naturalization ceremony Tuesday at Harvard Business...
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‘We had to create something new — and we did’
When hip-hop was young, there were many avenues for artists to get involved: graffiti, break dancing, MC-ing. With extra ambition, they could even work at becoming one of the genre’s real stars: a DJ....
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Champion, creator of American theater
When Robert Brustein died on Oct. 29 at the age of 96, he left behind a legacy as a teacher, playwright, critic, occasional actor, and author. But central to the pugnacious longtime Cambridge resident...
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Research shows working out gets inflammation-fighting T cells moving
The connection between exercise and inflammation has captivated the imagination of researchers ever since an early 20th-century study showed a spike of white cells in the blood of Boston marathon...
View Article‘Sharing scholarship in many different registers’
Sometimes people think they should have “one professional identity and one thing you do for fun,” said George Aumoithe. “But I look at both sides as different modes of expression — and I want to...
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How opium, imperialism boosted Chinese art trade
For years a painting of ships passing each other in a foreign harbor hung largely unnoticed in a since-forgotten Harvard office. The work shows vessels large and small, some with vivid red flags atop...
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Breaking ground on a groundbreaking project
The first phase of construction on Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus (ERC), a nine-acre mixed-use development in Allston, was marked with a groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 1. Lifting the ceremonial...
View ArticleDemocracy teetering on brink
In a time of polarization and tribalism, when only 30 percent of millennials see democracy as “essential,” the need to protect and renovate our system of government is now more urgent than ever, said...
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Oh. My. Gourd.
For Benjamin Chang, rowing a pumpkin across the Charles River wasn’t about fame (although 15 minutes of that came, too). It was about money. The intrepid voyage in a hollowed-out gourd was a fundraiser...
View ArticleWaistline growing? Eat more veggies — but not this kind.
Most know indulging in cookies and cakes, soda, and white bread can accelerate weight gain in middle age. New research suggests adding another culprit to the list: starchy vegetables. A study published...
View ArticleFranco Fido, 88
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 7, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Franco Fido was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty. Born in...
View ArticleHilary Whitehall Putnam, 89
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 7, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Hilary Whitehall Putnam was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty....
View ArticleBenefits of work-life balance extend to heart health, study suggests
Increasing workplace flexibility may lower employees’ risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Penn State University. In workplaces...
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A minority within a minority — women vets at College
Seventy-one U.S. military veterans attend Harvard College. That’s less than 1 percent of the student body. Of that group, only six are women. Ahead of Veterans Day on Nov. 11, the Gazette caught up...
View Article‘Still caught in a system that makes us smaller than we could be’
Tracy K. Smith taught herself to meditate in the summer of 2020, anxious and grieving the loss of Black lives around the country like those of George Floyd and others. Sitting every day in an...
View ArticleChan School study plays key role in successful suit against airline uniform...
Following the introduction of new uniforms in 2016, American Airlines flight attendants began experiencing rashes, headaches, and breathing problems. One American Airlines flight attendant, Tracey...
View ArticleScreech owl wisdom
It took an ailing screech owl to teach a scientist the value of up-close-and-personal study. In a talk Monday at the Science Center, Carl Safina, an ecologist at Stony Brook University and author of...
View Article10 from Harvard named Rhodes Scholars
Nine Harvard College students will enroll at the University of Oxford next year as recipients of the American Rhodes Scholarship. A 10th student will join them as a recipient of the International...
View ArticleHow to translate a Nobel-winning author (and 700-page sentence)
When Damion Searls ’92 first read a novel by 2023 Nobel Prize-winning writer Jon Fosse more than 20 years ago, he had to read a German edition because he didn’t know Norwegian. An American publisher...
View ArticleU.S. men die nearly six years before women, reflecting largest gap since 1996
We’ve known for more than a century that women outlive men. But new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and University of California, San Francisco, shows that, at least in the...
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