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November 4, 2009 - Quantum Gas Microscope Offers Glimpse of Quirky Ultracold Atoms
November 4, 2009 - Orphan Army Ants Join Nearby Colonies
October 30, 2009 - Maria Gough Named Pulitzer Professor of Modern Art
October 30, 2009 - For Gay and Straight Men, Facial Attraction Operates Similarly
October 29, 2009 - Similar Molecular Tweaks Led Both a Shrew and a Lizard to Produce Venom
October 26, 2009 - The Pain of Torture Can Make the Innocent Seem Guilty
October 21, 2009 - Scientists Bend Nanowires into 2-D and 3-D Structures
October 19, 2009 - Mark E. Richard Named Professor of Philosophy
October 16, 2009 - Health Care is Only Part of the Puzzle; Social Scientists Analyze Society’s Health and Success
October 8, 2009 - Scientists Decipher the 3-D Structure of the Human Genome
September 23, 2009 - Caroline Elkins Named Professor of History
September 16, 2009 - Genetic Sex Determination Let Ancient Species Adapt to Ocean Life
September 15, 2009 - Marc Melitz Named Professor of Economics
September 10, 2009 - Environmental Scientists Estimate That China Could Meet Its Entire Future Energy Needs by Wind Alone
September 10, 2009 - Archaeologists Discover Oldest-Known Fiber Materials Used by Early Humans
September 7, 2009 - Florian Engert Named Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
September 3, 2009 - Erez Manela Named Professor of History
September 3, 2009 - Carrots Are Better than Sticks for Building Human Cooperation
August 27, 2009 - Szonyi Named Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
August 27, 2009 - Roberts Named Professor of History of Art and Architecture
August 27, 2009 - Outcome Matters More Than Intention When Punishing or Rewarding Accidents
August 27, 2009 - Mice Living in Sandy Hills Quickly Evolved Lighter Coloration
August 24, 2009 - Ham Named Professor of Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics
August 6, 2009 - Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Center for Research on Computation and Society Join Fellowship Programs
August 3, 2009 - Two SEAS faculty receive 2009 IBM Faculty Awards
July 30, 2009 - Freshwater Fish at the Top of the Food Chain Evolve More Slowly
July 29, 2009 - Human Resource Managers, Not Legislatures or Courts, Defined Equal Opportunity and Discrimination in the Workplace
July 28, 2009 - Maternal, Paternal Genes' Tug-of-War May Last Well Into Childhood
July 24, 2009 - Melissa McCormick Named Professor of Japanese Art and Culture
July 15, 2009 - Childhood Adversity May Affect Processing in the Brain’s Reward Pathways
July 13, 2009 - Neuroimaging Suggests that Truthfulness Requires No Act of Will for Honest People
July 10, 2009 - Ann Pearson Named Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences
July 9, 2009 - Harvard College Dean Announces New Office of Student Life
June 16, 2009 - Individual Primates Display Variation in General Intelligence
June 12, 2009 - Sevcenko Named Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures
June 12, 2009 - Damrosch Named Professor of Comparative Literature
June 4, 2009 - Researchers Solve 'Bloodcurdling' Mystery
June 4, 2009 - Harvard University Announces Groundbreaking Professorship in LGBT Studies
June 2, 2009 - Ernest May, Harvard Professor and Eminent Historian of International Relations, Dies at 80
June 2, 2009 - Trading Energy for Safety, Bees Extend Legs to Stay Stable in Wind
June 1, 2009 - Harvard Scientist Says We are What We Eat - and What We Cook
May 19, 2009 - Super-Recognizers, With Extraordinary Face Recognition Ability, Never Forget A Face
May 19, 2009 - Kelsey Named Professor of History of Art and Architecture
May 7, 2009 - Jerry Mitrovica Named Professor of Geophysics at Harvard
May 7, 2009 - Mark Kisin Named Professor of Mathematics at Harvard
May 5, 2009 - Quad Library to be Re-purposed for Student Social Space
May 4, 2009 - Harvard Professor Michael Sandel to Deliver BBC Radio's Prestigious Reith Lectures
April 30, 2009 - Some Vocal-Mimicking Animals, Particularly Parrots, Can Move to A Musical Beat
April 20, 2009 - Cyclones Spurt Water Into the Stratosphere, Feeding Global Warming
April 16, 2009 - Microbes Thrive in Harsh, Isolated Water Under Antarctic Glacier
April 15, 2009 - Jehn to Lead Harvard College Writing Program
April 10, 2009 - Samuel Hutchison Beer, Harvard Scholar of British and American Politics, Dies at 97
April 7, 2009 - New Mexican Health Care Program Successful at Reducing Crippling Health Care Costs
April 1, 2009 - Catalog, Handbooks, Q Guide Go to On-Line Only Versions
April 1, 2009 - Report on Harvard House Renewal
March 31, 2009 - A Mother's Criticism Causes Distinctive Neural Activity Among Formerly Depressed
March 31, 2009 - Matt Lauer of NBC News to Deliver Class Day Speech at Harvard
March 30, 2009 - Financial Aid the Key to a Record Admissions Year
March 30, 2009 - Chetty Named Professor of Economics
March 19, 2009 - Stranger Knows Best: Other People Know More About What Will Make Us Happy Than We Do
March 16, 2009 - Friedrich Named Assistant Dean Responsible for Undergraduate Social, Extracurricular Planning
March 10, 2009 - Harvard to Offer Undergraduate Concentration in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology
March 10, 2009 - Cherry A. Murray Named Dean of Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
March 5, 2009 - Computer Scientists Deploy First Practical, Web-based Secure, Verifiable Voting System
February 19, 2009 - Dan Aykroyd is Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year
February 18, 2009 - Tuition to Rise 3.5 Percent at Harvard for 2009-10, Need-Based Aid to Jump 18 percent to $147 million
February 11, 2009 - Ronald Sullivan Jr. and Stephanie Robinson Appointed Master and Co-Master of Winthrop House
February 9, 2009 - Diverse 'Connectomes' Hint at Genes' Limits in the Nervous System
February 6, 2009 - Howard Stone Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
February 3, 2009 - Neural Mapping Paints A Haphazard Picture of Odor Receptors
January 26, 2009 - The Genes in Your Congeniality: Researchers Identify Genetic Influence in Social Networks
January 22, 2009 - Implants Mimic Infection to Rally Immune System Against Tumors
January 21, 2009 - Financial Aid Leads to a Record Applicant Pool at Harvard College
January 8, 2009 - Asani Named Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures
January 8, 2009 - Researchers Control the Assembly of Nanobristles into Helical Clusters
January 7, 2009 - Researchers Measure Elusive Repulsive Force From Quantum Fluctuations