Plaque honors contributions of four colonial-era slaves Plaque honors contributions of four colonial-era slaves

Plaque honors contributions of four colonial-era slaves

Memorializes Titus, Venus, Bilhah, and Juba, four slaves who lived and worked in Wadsworth House

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Hunting polluting gases around Boston

Climate fund grant supports efforts to track sources of mysterious leaks

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Michael Sandel Experience Michael Sandel Experience

Michael Sandel’s passion for justice

Best known for teaching “Justice,” he's grown to be among the most influential political philosophers of his era

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Harvard Horizons Scholar brings rhythm back to prose Harvard Horizons Scholar brings rhythm back to prose

Beyond poetry

Harvard Horizons Scholar brings rhythm back to prose

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Events

Thu., April 7, 2016, 7:30pm

Phil Collins: Tomorrow Is Always Too Long

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts: 24, Quincy Street, Level 0

Thu., April 7, 2016, 7:30pm - 9:30pm

Fantastic Voyage

Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA

Fri., April 8, 2016, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Art Study Center Seminar: Spanish and Neapolitan Art

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street , Cambridge, MA

Fri., April 8, 2016, 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Fighting for Change in the U.S. Senate: Voices in Leadership featuring Senator Elizabeth Warren

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/voices/events/warren/

Fri., April 8, 2016, 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Disrupting Bureaucracy: Rescuing Healthcare.gov and Starting the U.S. Digital Service

Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor, Littauer Building @ HKS

Fri., April 8, 2016, 2:00pm - 2:50pm

Student Guide Tour

Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy Street , Cambridge, MA
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A focus on earth’s other greenhouse gas problem

Methane doesn’t get top billing in the global climate debate, but it’s a more potent greenhouse gas than headline-grabbing carbon dioxide and the major component of natural gas that heats our homes and generates our electricity. Harvard scientist Steven Wofsy is heading a project to both track escaped methane from our natural gas infrastructure and better understand carbon dioxide exhaust in the Boston area, neighborhood by neighborhood.

Conversations From HLS: Rob Manfred ’83, MLB Commissioner

This is the second season that Rob Manfred ’83 will serve as MLB commissioner. During a visit to HLS, Manfred participated in a Q &A moderated by Professor Michael Klarman.

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Latest Harvard Gazette News

Chiaroscuro: Exploring the dark and the light

Chiaroscuro: Exploring the dark and the light

The Italian word “chiaroscuro” means roughly “light and dark.” As in film noir, visual attributes play a starring role. Blacks are like coal, and shadows are long and dramatic.
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White and male and seen all over

White and male and seen all over

When portraits on institutional “walls of fame” are almost exclusively of white men, it sends a message that can have psychological and performance effects, two researchers said at a recent …
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New weapon against breast cancer

New weapon against breast cancer

Levels of a molecular marker in healthy breast tissue can predict a woman’s risk of getting cancer, according to new research from the Harvard Stem Cell Institute.
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To Titus, Venus, Bilhah, and Juba

To Titus, Venus, Bilhah, and Juba

Harvard officials unveil a plaque as part of efforts to recognize the lives and contributions that enslaved people have made to the University.
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News from Around Harvard

Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies

This book explores the sources and dynamics of social opposition to innovation. …
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Ila Berman (MDes '91, DDes '93) appointed dean of the University of Virginia School of Architecture

Ila Berman (MDes '91, DDes '93) has been appointed dean of the University of Virginia School of Architecture
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Harvard Law students spend spring break focused on legal services work

Each year, teams of Harvard Law School students are given the opportunity to spend their Spring Break experiencing legal services work with clinics and legal organizations in the Boston area, or …
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Cambridge Science Festival April 15-24

This year is the 10th anniversary of the Cambridge Science Festival, a 10-day celebration with over 160 events focused on science, technology, engineering, art, and math. …
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Media & Politics Must Reads, April 8, 2016

Our weekly roundup of news found at the intersection of media, politics, policy and technology, from the Shorenstein Center and from around the web. …
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Fernando Ribeiro Delgado recognized by students for integrating critical race theory into classroom

Yesterday, it was my great honor to present Fernando Ribeiro Delgado, my former clinical instructor, with the Shattered Ceiling Award for Excellence in Integrating Critical Race
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After HKS, Student Plans Return to Political Life in East Timor

Fidelis Magalhaes describes his aspirations following graduation
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How Expressing Disappointment Impacts Offers in Negotiations

Most of us have had the experience of feeling disappointment during a negotiation. …
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