Harvard scientists announce they've created metallic hydrogen

Material theorized to have wide range of applications

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A student’s Harvard Square hideaways

The area’s busy and crowded, but it’s home, particularly when you know what parts make you happy

University archives depict Harvard military history

For almost 250 years, the U.S. military and Harvard have shared a deeply interwoven history

From Harvard to ‘La La Land’

Golden Globe-winning composer made key connections on campus

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Potters give anthropology students hands-on lessons

Native American potters Wilma and Aaron Tosa bring their hand-coiled pottery to anthropology students at the Ceramics Studio.

Harvard Art Museums’ blackest pigment

British biotech company Surrey NanoSystems has developed a material known as Vantablack, a sample of which is now part of the collections at the Harvard Art Museums. The color is located in the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies’ Forbes Pigments Collection, an assortment of about 2,500 synthetic and organic pigments that helps conservators, curators, and students study and safeguard artworks.

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Shadows of Cuba’s past

An exhibit by Cuban mixed-media artist Juan Roberto Diago at the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery folds history into imagery.

What’s in a (scientific) name

The Harvard Museum of Natural History is taking on names — both common and scientific — together with companion institutions in a series of new installations that introduce the public to the …

Harvard University Housing establishes new rents for 2017–18

HUH 2017–2018 market rents will increase 3 percent on average across the 3,000-unit portfolio relative to last year’s rents, although within the portfolio rents on some units have been adjusted …

Hasty Pudding honors Octavia Spencer

The Hasty Pudding Theatricals honored actress Octavia Spencer two days after she received her latest Academy Award nomination.

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Generosity Burnout

Senior leaders Brad Feld, Sarah Robb O’Hagan, Mike Ghaffary, Heidi Roizen, and John Rogers Jr. …

How contact with the poor affects the actions of the wealthy

A new study suggests Americans are less likely to support a tax on the wealthy after seeing a poor person in an affluent setting. …

Why News Organizations Should Buy Twitter

Since its founding, Twitter has always lost money—more than $2 billion since 2011 alone. …

Our Changing Oceans

Human activity’s deep impact on our largest natural resourceAt “From Sea to Changing Sea,” scientists discussed the history of the oceans and the diverse life they hold, the role they play in …

How Protests Become Successful Social Movements

It’s not about building a broad coalition.

Top 5: Harvard Startup Career Fair

The Harvard Startup Career Fair is an educational and career-focused event offering students a chance to network with representatives from entrepreneurial and startup organizations, learn about jobs …

Boards Must Be More Combative

How directors can learn to speak up.

Lou: “You’ve got spunk.” (Mary beams.) Lou: “I hate spunk.” But her spunk made Mary Tyler Moore our role model

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included, natch — and some of it on vinyl …