Tag: Melissa Franklin

  • Science & Tech

    Representation making difference

    Three physics Rhodes Scholars reflect on ways female mentorship helped them, importance of paying it forward.

    6–9 minutes
    Elizabeth Guo, Samantha C.W. O’Sullivan, Melissa Franklin, Cora Dvorkin, and Jenny Hoffman pose together outside the Science Center.
  • Science & Tech

    Mathematician’s life advice: Subtract the boring parts

    Marcus du Sautoy discussed his latest work “Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life,” with Melissa Franklin, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics.

    3–5 minutes
    Illustration of head full of data connections.
  • Campus & Community

    Physics Department loses a center of gravity

    Dedicated and beloved Harvard Physics Department staffer Carol Davis retires after five decades.

    4–6 minutes
    Carol Davis.
  • Campus & Community

    Films that go bump in the night

    As All Hallows’ Eve approaches, the Gazette checks in with members of the Harvard community to hear which films they love to fear.

    6–8 minutes
    Scene from "Carnival of Souls."
  • Campus & Community

    5 awarded Harvard College Professorships

    The five faculty members named Harvard College Professors this month all share a talent for making their respective subjects come alive in the classroom.

    4–6 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    They ponder the universe

    A Harvard research summer at CERN in Switzerland can lead to hard work, sightseeing, and, for some, a lifetime in physics.

    13–19 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Sculptor finds physics a welcoming space

    Sculptor Kim Bernard, known for her spinning, swaying, bouncing, moving creations, is artist-in-residence in the Physics Department.

    3–5 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Back into the dark

    Harvard physicists look toward new frontiers as they anticipate the restart of the Large Hadron Collider and their ATLAS experiment in spring 2015.

    9–13 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Microbursts in learning

    The annual Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching conference forges path between engagement and distance.

    5–8 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    ‘Physics was paradise’

    Interview with Professor Melissa Franklin as part of the Experience series.

    19–28 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Eat, play, sleep

    As freshmen move into dorms in and around the Yard, fellow students, faculty, and administrators offer their advice on how best to adjust to the Harvard experience. Their suggestions range from maintaining basic wellness to making sure to have fun.

    5–7 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Floating classroom

    Putting problem sets, papers, studying, and exams behind them, a small group of Harvard students brought together by Professor Melissa Franklin built their own boat, going from raw materials to finished product in just five days and then launching the vessel on the Charles River.

    3–4 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Helping hunt for the Higgs

    For decades, it has been the holy grail of particle physics, an elusive subatomic particle that offered the tantalizing possibility of explaining how much of the universe works. Billions of dollars have been spent in the search for it. Thousands of researchers — including dozens from Harvard — have conducted trillions of experiments as part…

    5–7 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    ATLAS detector seeks to illuminate universe’s mysteries

    Scientists at Harvard and around the world held their breath earlier today, as colleagues switched on the most powerful particle accelerator ever built, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, the particle physics laboratory in Geneva. To their relief, the twin proton beams circulated in opposite directions around the 17-mile underground loop with no problems. Though…

    6–10 minutes