http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/ Top news stories from Harvard University en-us terry_murphy@harvard.edu webmaster@harvard.edu Copyright 2008 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 15 May 2008 15:30:01 EST Thu, 15 May 2008 15:15:01 EST http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.15/01-yield.html With a record applicant pool of 27,462, the Class of 2012 will enter Harvard College through the most competitive admissions process in its history. 'Members of the Class of 2012 experienced a year of dramatic changes in admission and financial aid policies nationwide that will reshape college access and affordability for many years to come,' said William R. Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions and financial aid. Thu, 15 May 2008 15:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.15/14-vote.html The 2004 presidential candidates reached out to voters across the political aisle - but not in a genuinely conciliatory spirit, according to a new analysis that says George W. Bush and John Kerry sought to peel away voters from the opposing party using hot-button issues. The strategy leads to fragmentation, say political scientists, as candidates focus on multiple controversial issues, such as stem cell research or immigration, often communicating different priorities in an effort to gain votes. Thu, 15 May 2008 15:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.15/23-prostate.html Many patients perceive minimally invasive surgery as the better choice over open surgical procedures; however, up to this point, little data were available about utilization and outcomes of minimally invasive radial prostatectomy (MIRP) to treat prostate cancer compared with the older open radical prostatectomy approach. Thu, 15 May 2008 15:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.15/09-nalgene.html For a while last month, whenever Scott Elfenbein '11 was thirsty he'd take a pull or two from a Nalgene bottle. Thu, 15 May 2008 15:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.15/01-trend.html What do doctors - who have spent years studying complex sciences and enduring sleep-deprived hospital nights - do in their spare time? Some of them, improbably, go back to class. Thu, 15 May 2008 15:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.15/08-reifenberg.html Kennedy School graduate Steve Reifenberg M.P.P. '88 reflected recently on becoming - at the age of 23 - a father figure to 12 young children. Thu, 15 May 2008 15:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.15/05-magazine.html Spanning topics as diverse as cancerous tumors and the overfishing of grouper in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a new journal aims to highlight the serious scientific research regularly undertaken by Harvard undergraduates. Thu, 15 May 2008 15:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.15/24-pyramid.html The Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has relaunched its Web site, The Nutrition Source Thu, 15 May 2008 15:00:01 EDT