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Conference aims to shed light on populist plutocracy

Conference aims to shed light on populist plutocracy

September 21, 2017

A rich candidate campaigns as a representative of the common man against a shadowy elite, but once in office governs in ways that support and enrich people like him. It happened in Italy with the election of Silvio Berlusconi, and in Thailand under Thaksin Shinawatra. Some critics say it is happening in the United States in the early months of Donald Trump’s presidency.

To understand the phenomenon of populist plutocrats, a Harvard conference on Saturday ...

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Dr. Frederick Jakobiec receives Merrill Reeh prize from American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

September 21, 2017

Frederick Jakobiec, MD, DSc, has received the Merrill Reeh prize from the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS). This award is given to an individual who has written the most important eye pathology paper on the subject of oculoplastics during the preceding academic year, as judged by the ASOPRS membership. His winning paper was entitled "...

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Medical School Raises $706 Million

September 20, 2017

Harvard Medical School has raised nearly $706 million since the public launch of its capital campaign in Nov. 2014.

New Data Science Initiative hosts talks on methodology, application

New Data Science Initiative hosts talks on methodology, application

September 20, 2017

Harvard’s new Data Science Initiative had its public kickoff this week, bringing together the University’s practitioners in the field for the first of a planned series of seminars focusing on the best ways to handle and analyze data, including the enormous sets of it now available.

The event at Harvard Law School’s Austin Hall was the first of the initiative’s “45 + 45 seminars” featuring a pair of 45-minute talks. Cynthia Dwork, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for...

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Harvard’s Claire Messud on her new novel, “The Burning Girl”

Harvard’s Claire Messud on her new novel, “The Burning Girl”

September 20, 2017

Novelist Claire Messud writes about early adolescence in her new book, “The Burning Girl,” capturing both the joy and pain of middle school, when awkwardness reigns and friends can suddenly become strangers. The author of several works of fiction, including “The Emperor’s Children” and “The Woman Upstairs,” Messud is a senior lecturer in the English Department and host of the Writers Speak series at the Mahindra Humanities Center.

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Student Late Night welcomes students with food, music, and art

Student Late Night welcomes students with food, music, and art

September 20, 2017

At first, it seemed it was all about color. Magenta, titian, and canary zinnias dotted the room atop matching tablecloths. Cake pops, licorice sticks, chocolate-dipped strawberries, and vegan bark lined a long table. Nearby, mocktails flowed in triad of splashy hues: “Cobalt Violet,” “Chrome Yellow,” and “Lacca Rossa,” all inspired by the Forbes Pigment Collection.

But the young men and women who streamed in after the doors opened on Sept. 7 for Student Late Night at the Harvard Art Museums found so much...

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