Harvard scientists announce they've created metallic hydrogen

Material theorized to have wide range of applications

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Trials for a global university

With travel to U.S. banned from some nations, Harvard moves to support members of its international community

A custom-tailored course

Students learn fashion industry’s legal ropes and find career potential

From Harvard to ‘La La Land’

Golden Globe-winning composer made key connections on campus

Events

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, 5:00pm

Exhibition Opening: 'After the River'

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, 4:30pm - 6:30pm

Pathways to Entrepreneurship: Adam Friedman, M.D., Ph.D.

Wednesday, February 1, 2017, 7:00pm

Harvard College Opera presents Le Nozze di Figaro

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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.

Latest Harvard Gazette News

Adding security at Harvard

Harvard encourages computer users to watch out for and report phishing expeditions, which are increasing.

Finding comfort at home and here

A Harvard undergraduate who now calls two coasts home learns to bridge the 3,000-mile gap.

My 21 years in Cambridge

A Harvard undergrad reflects on leaving home, but staying put.

Drawing the eye to extinction

A new exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History brings an artist’s view to the ongoing extinction crisis affecting the planet.

News from Around Harvard

Breaking into print

Four writers offer quick tips for breaking into the writing world. They are among the speakers, panelists and workshop leaders during LITFest Feb. 3 and 4 at Harvard. By the English Department staff

Neil M. Gorsuch ’91 nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court

Neil M. Gorsuch, a 1991 graduate of Harvard Law School, is President Donald Trump’s pick as the next justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Gorsuch currently serves as judge on the U. S. …

Der 45. US-Präsident und die Medien: „Trump hat die Ursprungsfunktion der Presse nicht verstanden“

Jan 20, 2017 Ab dem heutigen Freitag werden die USA von einem neuen Präsidenten regiert. …

Donald Trump Bans Refugees

Jan 30, 2017 Following Donald Trump's ban on refugees, the UN's Refugee Agency and the International Organisation for Migration are calling on the US to continue to protect people fleeing war and …

Nicholas Burns on Trump immigration: It's a gift to the Islamic State

Jan 30, 2017 Former State Department Undersecretary Nicholas Burns on the potential impact of President Trump's immigration ban.

The Future of Populism in a Trump Era

Jan 30, 2017 As Donald Trump begins his term as President, he can claim victory in more ways than one: Not only was he able to secure the electoral college majority, but Trumpism is already having …

U.S. communications at a crossroads?

Last month, the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University hosted outgoing FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to discuss his tenure with Harvard Law School Clinical Professor Susan …