Harvard University, USA - Harvard creates first University-wide conference center [The Harvard Gazette, December 2022]

Title:

Harvard creates first University-wide conference center

 

Published:

The Harvard Gazettte, 14 December 2022

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/12/harvard-creates-first-university-wide-conference-center/

From the news article:

Harvard has announced the creation of its first University-wide conference center, a state-of-the-art convening and innovation hub that will serve as a universally accessible “front door” to welcome visitors to the University’s planned Enterprise Research Campus (ERC) in Allston.

 

Harvard’s New Genetics Research on Ancient Britain Contains Insights on Language, Ancestry, Kinship, Milk [SciTechDaily, January 2022]

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Harvard’s New Genetics Research on Ancient Britain Contains Insights on Language, Ancestry, Kinship, Milk

 

By:

Harvard University, USA - 

 

Published:

SciTechDaily, 7 January 2022

https://scitechdaily.com/harvards-new-genetics-research-on-ancient-britain-contains-insights-on-language-ancestry-kinship-milk/

 

From the article:

New research reveals a major migration to the island of Great Britain 3,000 years ago and offers fresh insights into the languages spoken at the time, the ancestry of present-day England and Wales, and even ancient habits of dairy consumption.  

 

The findings are described in Nature by a team of more than 200 international researchers led by Harvard geneticists David Reich and Nick Patterson. Michael Isakov, a Harvard undergraduate who discovered the existence of the migration, is one of the co-first authors.

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Samsung wants to reverse engineer human brain and replicate it on 3D chip [SAMMOBILE, September 2021]

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Samsung wants to reverse engineer human brain and replicate it on 3D chip

 

Published:

SAMMOBILE, 27 September 2021

https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-reverse-engineer-human-brain-replicate-3d-memory-chip/

 

From the article:

Samsung wants to reverse engineer human brain and replicate it on a 3D chip Samsung has announced a new way to reverse engineer the human brain and mimic it with semiconductor chips. The world’s biggest memory chip maker has collaborated with Harvard University researchers to share a new approach that takes the world one step closer to making neuromorphic chips.

Harvard scholars and Samsung engineers have published a new perspective paper titled ‘Neuromorphic electronics based on copying and pasting the brain’ on Nature Electronics.

 

Note:

The scholarly article was published in Nature Electronics on 23 September 2021. 

 

Harvard University: Looking back on 2020 - A dark year of sickness, reckoning, loss — and periodic bits of light [The Harvard Gazette, 17 December 2020]

Title:

A dark year of sickness, reckoning, loss — and periodic bits of light

 

Author:

Colleen Walsh

 

Published:

The Harvard Gazette, 17 December 2020

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/12/harvard-faculty-look-back-on-2020/

 

From the article:

Like countless others, members of the Harvard faculty have been finding their way through the difficult days of 2020, planning Zoom wedding receptions, socially distancing from family and friends, tending to patients suffering with COVID-19, learning to teach students remotely, and trying to make sense of a year defined by a deadly pandemic, a reckoning with racial, social, and economic inequities, recession, and political upheaval. As December winds to a close, the Gazette asked faculty from across the University for their thoughts on how history, and they themselves, will remember the tumultuous past 12 months.

 

Harvard University & Sony Corporation - Cutting surgical robots down to size

Title:
Cutting surgical robots down to size

Author:
Lindsay Brownell

Published:
The Harvard Gazette, 25 August 2020
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/08/engineers-bring-surgical-robots-down-to-microscale-size/

From the article:
In a collaboration between Harvard and Sony, engineers have brought surgical robotics down to the microscale by creating a new, origami-inspired miniature manipulator to improve precision and control.

Harvard University & Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Coronavirus: Elite universities sue over US visa ruling

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Coronavirus: Elite universities sue over US visa ruling

Published:
BBC News, 8 July 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53337392

From the article:
Two elite US universities are suing immigration services over a decision to withdraw visas from foreign students whose courses move fully online.

United States of America - 40% of Harvard Students to Return to Campus for Remote Classes

Title:
40% of Harvard Students to Return to Campus for Remote Classes

Published:
VOA News, 6 July
https://www.voanews.com/student-union/40-harvard-students-return-campus-remote-classes

From the article:
Harvard University will allow 40% of its student population back on campus this fall, though all instruction will remain remote, the school announced Monday.

Harvard had previously announced that all classes would be held remotely through the fall semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but on Monday announced it would welcome back to campus first-year students and those who most need campus resources to complete their education.

Harvard University - Gender Pronouns Can Be Tricky on Campus. Harvard Is Making Them Stick

Title:
Gender Pronouns Can Be Tricky on Campus. Harvard Is Making Them Stick

Published:
The New York Times, 19 February 2020

From the article:
"The push for personal pronouns like “they/them” and “ze/hir” can ignite a power struggle in college classrooms." 

To read this article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/us/gender-pronouns-college.html

Short Article: Harvard, Yale Accused Of Failing To Report Hundreds Of Millions In Foreign Donations

Title:
Harvard, Yale Accused Of Failing To Report Hundreds Of Millions In Foreign Donations

Authors:
Scott Neuman & Cory Turner

Published:
NPR, 13 February 2020

From the article:
"The U.S. Department of Education says it is opening an investigation into Yale and Harvard universities for failing to disclose hundreds of millions of dollars in gifts and contracts from foreign donors."

To read this article:
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/13/805548681/harvard-yale-targets-of-education-department-probe-into-foreign-donations

Short Article: Johns Hopkins Displaces Harvard as Top Fundraiser in Record Year

Title:
Johns Hopkins Displaces Harvard as Top Fundraiser in Record Year

Author:
Janet Lorin

Published:
Yahoo, 5 February 2020

From the article:
"Johns Hopkins University dislodged Harvard University as the top fundraiser among U.S. colleges, fueled by a $1.8 billion donation from Michael Bloomberg."

To read this article: 
https://news.yahoo.com/johns-hopkins-displaces-harvard-top-130000981.html