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Obama and Kerry Should Listen Hard

February 20, 2013It was inevitable that the announcement of U.S. President Barack Obama?s visit to the Middle East in mid-March would trigger expectations of new proposals for re-starting Palestinian-Israeli peace talks. This visit, coupled with John Kerry?s appointment as secretary of state and the start of Obama?s second term, heightens speculation about what, if anything, the United States may do to prod the parties towards fresh negotiations

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How to sidestep sequestration

Gazette staff writer Colleen Walsh spoke with budgeting expert Linda J. Bilmes, a Harvard Kennedy School senior lecturer in public policy, about the looming government sequestration, and some possible ways to avoid it in future.

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Talk Tomorrow: Reasserting the Unity of International Law

Event Notice February 20, 2013 ?Reasserting the Unity of International Law: The ICJ as a Human Rights Court, and Other Departures from Old Doctrines? A Talk by Mads Andenas, Professor of Law, University of Oslo 12- 1 pm Hauser 104 … Continue reading →

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EMcounting the Mela: From Chennai to Prayag *

* With apologies to Prof Eck This blog marks the final series of posts from the FXB February team. It explains in some detail how the disease surveillance project was implemented and focuses on our local team composition. Subsequent posts will shed light on the water-sanitation components, and on our observations during the stampedes. Yesterday, [...]

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A Way Forward on Nuclear Disarmament

"Rather than continuing to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on deploying an all-encompassing system of highly doubtful effectiveness that threatens to seriously undermine Washington's nuclear security and disarmament agenda, the Obama administration should shelve the plans for deploying the fourth phase in Europe and engage Russia in joint talks."

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North Korea's Third Nuclear Test: Plutonium or Highly Enriched Uranium?

"North Korea has only a small supply of plutonium?material that it had stopped producing by 2008?and had more recently demonstrated an operational capability to enrich uranium, which would support a much larger arsenal of weapons given North Korea's huge deposits of natural uranium.... However, the seismic signals are useless in this regard. The question is, then, can the off-site environmental sampling analysis distinguish a plutonium explosion from a HEU explosion?"

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Future of Diplomacy Project Selects Senior European Officials as Spring 2013 Fisher Family Fellows



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North Korea?s third nuclear test: plutonium or highly enriched uranium?

By Hui Zhang Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School On February 12, 2013, North Korea conducted its third nuclear test, and a number of seismic stations around the … Continue reading >

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Arabs Seek Citizenship and Statehood

February 15, 2013As we navigate this period that marks the two-year anniversary of the uprisings and revolutions that began to change the face of the Arab world in January 2011, we witness a dizzying array of conditions across the Arab countries: street demonstrations, clashes between groups of young activists and police, outright warfare, slow-motion constitutional transformations, the occasional assassination or bombing, many elections and referendums, and recurring government crises.

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Melani Cammett: Political and Economic Challenges in the Arab Transition

February 15, 2013A video recording of Melani Cammett's lecture from December 6, 2012 at the Middle East Initiative.

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Saving the mother river

The Sangam ? the point where the Ganges, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati rivers meet ? is one of the holiest spots in India, drawing millions of Hindus for the Kumbh Mela festival. As a group of Harvard students learned, it?s also a place where centuries-old religious practices and modern-day environmental politics collide.

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Confronting the drug war

Professor Charles J. Ogletree joined writer-director Eugene Jarecki for a Q&A after a screening of Jarecki?s documentary, ?The House I Live In,? Feb. 5 at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.

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How the US should handle Iran

Following President Obama's State of the Union address, Professor Burns outlines steps that the administration can take to produce the best possible outcome with US-Iran talks.

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Conversations in Diplomacy: Minister Antonio Patriota

February 14, 2013Brazilian Minister of External Relations Antonio de Aguiar Patriota discusses Brazil's growing role in international politics, as well as current crises like that over the Iranian nuclear program.

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The Potential for Brazil's Growing Regional and Global Diplomatic Outreach

February 14, 2013Speaking on February 11th, 2013, Brazilian Minister of External Relations Antonio de Aguiar Patriota argued that Brazil is at a unique period in the evolution of the South American nation?s foreign policy. ?For the first time in Brazil?s history,? he said, ?Brazil can engage not only in relations, but in global outreach.?

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How the big speech fared

After Tuesday night?s State of the Union address, Harvard College students at the Institute of Politics watch party offered their first impressions of President Obama?s second-term agenda.

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No Oil for Israel

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Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir once said that the only thing the Jews have against Moses is that he ?brought us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!? Israel has always been the barren state, but recent excavations of natural gas and the presence of large shale oil deposits promise to change Israeli energy policy. The consequences of an energy independent Israel are profound, but may not be entirely good for the Middle East. 

Israel produces much less oil and natural gas than it consumes and has historically been dependent on its Arab neighbors to supply these energy resources. Israel?s small size and barren history make the possibility of an energy-exporting Israel a game-changer in the region. Consider this: today, Israel consumes about 200 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year. It is estimated that the sum total of natural gas that is available to Israel across all excavation sites stands at 24 trillion cubic feet. Not only does such a figure provide tremendous energy security, but it also means that Israel can become a global exporter and energy player. 
Israel is also estimated to have 250 billion barrels of shale oil, a substitute for crude that is notoriously difficult to extract. Extraction of shale oil is often done through fracking, a process whose adverse environmental effects are well-known, though hotly contested. Israeli scientists have potentially made a breakthrough in this challenge and have developed new methods of extracting shale oil through underground heating. This new method promises less harm to the environment and requires less water use. The impact of Israeli shale oil becoming accessible is tremendous. To provide some prospective, proven Saudi Arabian oil reserves amount to 260 billion barrels, not much above Israel?s estimated shale deposits. 


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Israeli natural gas is sure to have a more immediate impact on Israeli energy policy than oil will, since the new shale technology is still being refined. There is a clear demand for Israeli natural gas: with eastern Europe clamoring for alternative suppliers of natural gas since the 2009 Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Israel not only has a market, but a distinct geopolitical advantage, in that it is so close to its potential customers. 
Israel?s natural gas excavations in the Mediterranean have not been without controversy, however. In order to effectively excavate, the Jewish state has cooperated with Greek Cyprus in the region and has therefore further deteriorated its relationship with Turkey. The Israeli-Turkish relationship has eroded dramatically in recent years and has resulted in Israel?s loss of a key regional ally and emerging global player. Israeli excavations have also been disputed by Lebanon, which has filed complaints to the United Nations claiming that Israel is encroaching on its maritime border. While the United Nations may have little power to halt Israeli excavations, a bitter relationship with the full spectrum of Lebanese political groups may prove detrimental to Israel?s long-term diplomatic interests and may further isolate the country.
An energy independent Israel has less incentive to avoid isolationism. Less dependent on oil and natural gas imports from its Arab neighbors, Israel would have less interest in providing concessions when negotiating on various regional conflicts. It already is the economic and militaristic superpower of the region, and energy independence would cement this status. The Israeli unwillingness to concede bodes poorly for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which is already stalled due to lack of negotiation. 
The domestic effects of oil and natural gas on the Israeli economy may not all be positive either. A quarter of all electricity produced in Israel is made with natural gas and so newfound natural gas supplies will undoubtedly lead to economic growth. However, with money to be made in the energy sector, countries often lose ground in cultivating talent and innovative prowess in their populations. It is by creating a talented and innovative workforce that Israel has become the economic power it is today. Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have both voiced their long-term goal of moving the West away from an addiction to oil. President Peres argues that this can be done only if Israel offers a model for the West that embraces electric cars on a national level and does away with as many oil-based technologies as possible. With Israeli oil production sure to increase over time, the move away from oil, if more expensive than the conventional alternative, is sure to be politically unpopular with the Israeli public.
Only time will tell how Israeli energy will affect Israel and the region. While sure to increase Israeli economic growth, the presence of Israeli oil and natural gas may have detrimental effects. Indeed, for poorer countries, oil is often a curse in the long run, and not a blessing. Then again, Israel is not by any means a poor country. Maybe Moses led his people to the right spot after all.

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The cyclical city

In April began the planning of the Kumbh Nagri. In October they secured its space and laid down roads in November. InDecember they marked the plots and allocated land. Come January Kumbh Nagri turned into a mega city of tents, tin, and plywood: resplendent in its highly temporal state. Come March it will dismantle and [...]

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"El Salvador Can Shine Again": An Interview with Former President of El Salvador Francisco Flores



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New CMES Spring 2013 lecture series: "Updates on the Arab Transformative Movements"

February through April, with lectures by Ellis Goldberg, Salim Tamari, Benny Morris, Malika Zeghal, and Ousmane Kane...read more

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Vatican in flux



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CMES welcomes Shawwaf Visiting Professor Salim Tamari

Professor Tamari is professor of sociology at Birzeit University, senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies, adjunct professor at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, and the editor of Jerusalem Quarterly and Hawliyyat al Quds....read more

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Mauni Amavasya: Everyone was invited. And everyone came.



Source: Mauni Amavasya: Everyone was invited. And everyone came.

Tomorrow: Human Rights and Palestinian Statehood After the ?Arab Spring?

Event Notice February 12, 2013 ?Human Rights and Palestinian Statehood after the ?Arab Spring?? A Discussion with Ahmed Fathalla, Permanent Observer for the League of Arab States at the United Nations 12- 1 pm WCC 3016 Please join us for … Continue reading →

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NY Times Blog on HSPH Project

NY Times Blog on HSPH Project Filed under: All Tagged: HSPH FXB surveillance public health

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Waiting for an Uneventful Day

February 9, 2013: The crowds in the Kumbh Nagri have swollen to fill the sandy Gangetic floodplain as the largest bathing day begins tomorrow. Today the roads brimmed with pilgrims on their way to and from the Sangam; the barricades rolled to block all vehicular traffic from entering the City. A great deal of attention [...]

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Forecasting Italy?s Upcoming General Election



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Rethink civil society amid Arab turmoil



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Remaking Arab Civil Society



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Business Findings of the Kumbh Mela Team (comments for TOI)

(I drafted these comments in response to a query from Times of India directed through Meena). Questions 1) Purpose of the ?Mapping the Kumbh Mela?- South Asia Institute 2) Could you elaborate on the focus of the project? ? Faculty member at the South Asia Institute 3) Experience at the Kumbh Mela ? Any student [...]

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Using new media to save the old

Nine years after he helped Harvard roommate Mark Zuckerberg launch Facebook, Chris Hughes ?06 returned to campus to discuss his latest underdog venture: his plan to reinvigorate the ailing but venerable magazine The New Republic.

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To win elections, get diverse

Republicans must accept a broader definition of their party, finding a way to embrace young voters, women, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and environmentalists, if they are to avoid repeating the losses of the 2012 election, panelists at an Institute of Politics forum said.

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Irish Government Acknowledges Role in Magdalene Laundries; Offers No Apology or Reparations

Posted by Cara Solomon For a while now, this blog has followed Maeve O’Rourke, LLM ’10, a former Global Human Rights Fellow, as she works with other advocates to secure reparations for thousands of women and girls who labored in … Continue reading →

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What?s the most critical and under-appreciated issue in international security? World peace.



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Photos posted on SAI?s Kumbh Mela site!

Photos posted on SAI’s Kumbh Mela site! http://southasiainstitute.harvard.edu/kumbh-mela/ We have posted a first batch of photos from the trip, and will be updating photos regularly! Filed under: Kumbh Mela Project, Photos

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A message of inclusion

Songs of struggle and freedom filled the vast sanctuary at Harvard?s Memorial Church on Monday as part of a celebration of the life and message of Martin Luther King Jr. The event marked the start of the University?s third annual Interfaith Awareness Week.

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In Turkey, problems for press

In Turkey, the concept of a free press has devolved to a ?Pravda-like? state, with 91 journalists in jail on charges of terrorist activity, and stories of corruption suppressed by the government, a prominent former editor says.

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Conference this Friday: ?When Will Women Have the Floor??

Posted by Elizabeth Hague, JD ’14, Harvard Women’s Law Association Given the record-breaking number of women elected to public office, 2012 was undeniably a historic year for women in politics in the U.S. Still, women constitute only 19% of Congress. … Continue reading →

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Ginsburg holds court

Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sat down with Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow to reflect on her 20-year tenure on the Supreme Court.

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Dreaming in Washington, D.C.

February 6, 2013We will find out in coming months whether the second term of the Obama administration will herald any significant changes in United States policies in the Middle East. Four main issues should be monitored for any signs of change: the Palestine-Israel and wider Arab-Israeli conflicts; tensions with Iran; the Arab uprisings, revolutions, and constitutional transformations; and socio-economic conditions across the region.

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Honoring the Work of Patricia Williams

This Friday, Columbia Law School?s Center for Gender and Sexuality Law will host a day-long symposium honoring the work of Patricia Williams, the school?s James L. Dohr Professor of Law. Each year the symposium honors a senior scholar who has...

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The World through Ceramic Traditions: An Interview with Michelle Erickson

Ceramicist Michelle Erickson: On adapting contemporary work, globalization and how we appropriate cultures through their objects and technology.

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Gordon Ward Gahan Collection

Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 15:13
 We?re really excited about a recent addition to our website: a database of 3000 photographic objects by photojournalist and combat photographer Gordon Ward Gahan.

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100 years of Harvard University Press

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Harvard University Press (HUP), and as part of a yearlong celebration Houghton Library is hosting an exhibition of HUP publications, correspondence, and other materials.

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Reducing Land to Plantation, Human Being to Hand

Most of the cotton grown in the Mississippi Valley in the 19th century was the hybrid strain Gossypium barbadense, otherwise known as ?Petit Gulf.? The strain was patented in 1820 and prized for its ?pickability,? as Walter Johnson explains in...

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Is Addiction a Disease or a Choice? Gene Heyman Interview

Psychology lecturer Gene Heyman discusses his controversial book Addiction: A Disorder of Choice.

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Cavell at the Movies

?Every teacher knows the excitement, and chaos, in learning about a subject by undertaking to teach it.? So writes Stanley Cavell of his decision in 1963 to teach a seminar on film. The idea struck him as pedagogically promising, in...

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Discovering the Future in the Middle Ages

Friday, February 22, 2013 - 11:43
 Thanks to the magic of digital 3D imaging, students in Harvard professor Daniel Lord Smail?s Making the Middle Ages course had a virtual hands-on experience with a pilgrim flask in our collections from the Byzantine period. Full story

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Cultural humanist Eddie Izzard: ?Do unto others?

Humanist Eddie Izzard: "Let's believe in us."

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Renovation Update: The New Harvard Art Museums

Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 09:33
 Those of you following the blog already know about the progress we?ve made on our renovation and expansion project: the steel and glass roof is complete and the building is weathertight. We are now in new phase of construction, focused on building out the interior.

This shift to the interior of the new facility has gotten us thinking about, well, what will happen inside the museums. Full story

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A teaching treasure trove

As plans for renovating the Harvard Art Museums progress, officials offer a look at what the refurbished facility will hold.

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Restoring a Sculpture?s Majesty

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 17:19
 Harvard Art Museums conservator Susan Costello recently completed restoration work on Virgin and Child in Majesty (?Seat of Divine Wisdom?), a French wooden sculpture from the 12th century. Full story

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The signature sound of Sweet Honey

Sweet Honey in the Rock, winner of the 2013 Luise Vosgerchian Teaching Award, featured in women's choral weekend at Harvard.

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Arresting images

A new exhibit at the Harvard Law School Library explores the portrayal of crime in the American media, a relationship that began in the mid-1800s when a public fascination with true crime emerged.

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Harvard Art Museums to Open Renovated and Expanded Facility in Fall 2014

The Harvard Art Museums?comprising the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum?today announced that the renovation and expansion of the landmark building at 32 Quincy Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will open in the fall of 2014. Designed by architect Renzo Piano, the transformative facility will bring the three museums and their collections together under one roof for the ?rst time.

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Artistic empowerment and the sounds of Arab lands

A panel and performance at GSD push toward the future by going back to the ancient roots of Arab lands.

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How do you get to Symphony Hall? Line up at the OFA.

Sign up for the OFA Weekly Beat e-newsletter. Score BSO tickets.

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What Is Law?

For decades we?ve had the privilege of working with the legal scholar Ronald Dworkin, who passed away yesterday at 81. Widely considered the most influential legal philosopher of his generation, Dworkin?s work was built on his belief that morality must...

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Opening Celebration for the Calderwood Collection



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James Wood?s lighter side

James Wood, Harvard professor and New Yorker critic, talked to the Gazette about his new book, "The Fun Stuff," losing himself in music, and a looser approach to fiction.

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Harvard filmmakers in Berlin

Filmmakers with Harvard ties are showing, speaking, and mingling at the Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival.

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When Love Goes Wrong?.Composers and Librettists Go ?Yay!?

We would like to remind those who will be alone on Valentine?s Day that the Music Library will be open from 9 am to 10 pm, and our audiovisual stacks offer a wide array of reminders that the course of true love does not run particularly smoothly. For the Taylor Swiftian who just knows that [...]

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The shattering freedom of ?Glass?

Opening night of the A.R.T. production of "Glass Menagerie" was magic.

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Saga of a Civil War surgeon

A lecture series on medicine in the Civil War continues at Harvard Medical School with a look at Zabdiel Boylston Adams, a descendant of an iconic American founding family who served heroically as both a doctor and an infantry officer.

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5 Tips for Healthy, Loving Relationships

Looking for advice on love this Valentine’s Day? Here are 5 tips to improve your romantic relationships.

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Touring the Schlesinger Library?s Culinary Collection



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Sound that travels

Grad students discussed issues of appropriation and collaboration during  ?Africa Remix: Producing and Presenting African Musics Abroad? at the Barker Center.

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Changes for the Church?

In a discussion of the process by which the Catholic Church will select a successor to Pope Benedict, the NPR correspondent Sylvia Poggioli (the real winner in this whole episode) raises the possibility that we may see serious changes to...

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A remembrance of things Proust

Ahead at Harvard is a semester of celebrating Marcel Proust, whose landmark ?Swann?s Way? was published in 1913.

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Violence, meet nonviolence

Starting in 2014 at the Mahindra Humanities Center, a three-year, interdisciplinary seminar and lecture series, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will investigate the interdependence of violence and nonviolence.

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A different take on Tut

French Egyptologist Marc Gabolde offered a different interpretation of the DNA evidence on King Tut?s lineage in a talk at Harvard?s Science Center.

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The Ever-Deeper Ideal of Freedom

Last week we heard from John Burt, author of Lincoln?s Tragic Pragmatism, on the promise of equality in Barack Obama?s second inaugural address. In the piece below, Burt further explores the historical allusions in Obama?s speech, and considers the contingent...

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Harvard hails choreographer Trisha Brown

Harvard dancers celebrate Trisha Brown as she ends leadership tenure at her company.

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National Digital Stewardship Residency with ICFA



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Bernini in Fort Worth and Online

Friday, February 8, 2013 - 10:28
 Completing its run at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bernini: Sculpting in Clay recently traveled down south to the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, where the display of 40 terracotta ?sketches? and 30 drawings is currently on view. The exhibition illuminates the creative process behind the great baroque sculptor?s colossal marble and bronze works.

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The Promise of Equality

Within days of President Obama?s second inauguration the country and the government had returned from the moment?s pageantry to the social and fiscal challenges we face. His inaugural address, though?with its echoes of hallowed American oratory and its own appeals...

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Danny Mekonnen: Debo, Ethiopian pop and remix culture

Danny Mekonnen talks about Ethiopian music, globalization and remix culture.

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Arbonauts: of trees, data, and teens

For over a year, metaLAB has been working with the scientific and curatorial staff of Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum to explore new digital lives for the institution?not only a much loved public park, but a collection of rare plants, a research … Continue reading →

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Allan Ryan Discusses "Yamashita's Ghost"

Allan Ryan will be hosting a talk about his new book at the Harvard Book Store.

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Henry is one of the richest in the world, but can't make his SM employees regular workers? And pay them the right wage rate as mandated by DOLE?

Stanford 'Makers-in-Residence' program gives teens taste of real-world engineering

New research aims to shed light on how "FabLabs" may enhance the way high school students learn science, technology, engineering and math.

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Stanford scholar looks to genes to make sense of the dollars you invest

Researchers say how much risk you're willing to take in your investments may be linked to genetics. The results may help investors understand how emotions affect their choices.

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Hand over your email inbox to boost productivity, Stanford team says

Users of the new research application EmailValet let remote assistants peruse their emails to create to-do lists. With the assistants' help, users completed twice as many tasks.

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Using games as an educational tool provides opportunities for deeper learning, panelists at Stanford event say

Interaction and opportunities to make choices are among the virtues of the new generation of educational games, experts say.

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Stanford humanities and science scholars join forces for groundbreaking research on Jewish genetics

A geneticist and a Jewish studies professor develop an interdisciplinary lecture series that produces new research to be included in a scholarly volume on Jewish genetics.

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Stanford Board of Trustees has elected four new members to five-year terms

The new trustees ? whose five-year terms begin March 1 ? were elected through the alumni nominations process.

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Stanford scholars view the Mali conflict with a historical eye

As the French intervention in Mali continues, Stanford experts who study the history and culture of West Africa examine the significance of Mali's racial and religious histories.

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Stanford scientist closes in on a mystery that impedes space exploration

The large meteoroid that struck Russia last week is just one of the factors in space that cause satellites to fail. Sigrid Close, an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics, is proving that the effects of "space dust" are a more likely cause.

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Stanford Libraries award prizes for international innovation



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In an assessment of Pope Benedict XVI's legacy, Stanford scholar predicts continued conservatism

Thomas Sheehan, a religious studies professor at Stanford, says the conservative agenda of the Catholic Church is stifling theological scholarship.

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Stanford scientists help shed light on key component of China's pollution problem

A new study reveals that nitrogen deposited on land and water in China increased by 60 percent annually from the 1980s to the 2000s, with profound consequences for the country's people and ecosystems.

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Stanford campus shines for moms and dads on Parents' Weekend

This year's Parents' Weekend kept moms and dads busy, with tours and a performance at Bing Concert Hall, faculty lectures, discussions with administrators, and best of all, time spent with their kids.

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NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be Stanford Commencement speaker

Stanford's 122nd Commencement Weekend also will feature a Class Day lecture by computer scientist Mehran Sahami and a Baccalaureate address by alumna and interfaith organizer Valarie Kaur.

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New course brings 'The Art of Living' to Stanford and to the airwaves

Philosophy Talk and Stanford Continuing Studies team up to create a unique course that combines philosophical wisdom with a radio broadcast experience.

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ABC Unified: Disney's new advertising platform could finally put TV anywhere you want it (Tim Carmody/The Verge)

Tim Carmody / The Verge:
ABC Unified: Disney's new advertising platform could finally put TV anywhere you want it  —  Nielsen's new standards for cross-platform ads will affect which shows stay on the air and the platforms where they're available  —  Traditionally, TV networks gauge the number and demographic makeup …

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Sony Hits Beyonce File-Sharer With $233,000 Damages Lawsuit (Andy/TorrentFreak)

Andy / TorrentFreak:
Sony Hits Beyonce File-Sharer With $233,000 Damages Lawsuit  —  Sweden has long been associated with the sharing of digital data, a position that was further underlined in the last decade by the creation of Piratbyran and The Pirate Bay.  —  Due to its connections with the world's largest torrent site …

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Pandora Gains Access to $14 Billion Radio Ad-Sales Market (Andy Fixmer/Bloomberg)

Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:
Pandora Gains Access to $14 Billion Radio Ad-Sales Market  —  Pandora Media Inc. (P), the music- streaming service, will compete directly with radio stations for the first time on the industry's biggest advertising services, gaining better access to the $14 billion annual ad-sales market.

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Apple Launches $1099 21.5-Inch iMac With 3.3 GHz Dual-Core i3 Processor for Educational Institutions (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Launches $1099 21.5-Inch iMac With 3.3 GHz Dual-Core i3 Processor for Educational Institutions  —  Apple appears to have quietly introduced an updated version of its low-end 21.5-inch iMac for educational institutions, taking advantage of a cheaper dual-core Intel Core i3 processor …

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Chrome Beta For Android Gets Support For Experimental Data Compression On Google's Servers, Reduces Data Usage By 50% (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Chrome Beta For Android Gets Support For Experimental Data Compression On Google's Servers, Reduces Data Usage By 50%  —  Google just announced that it has released a new feature for the Chrome Beta for Android that could speed up web browsing and save bandwidth for mobile Chrome users.

Source: Chrome Beta For Android Gets Support For Experimental Data Compression On Google's Servers, Reduces Data Usage By 50% (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)