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Science and Cooking series fetes sugar, traditional foodways, and more
Next week, the popular Science and Cooking Public Lecture Series kicks off its 13th year at Harvard University. The series pairs Harvard professors with celebrated food experts and renowned chefs…
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Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership announces Hauser Leaders
The Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School has announced the appointment of five Hauser Leaders for the fall 2022 semester. Celebrating its eighth year, the Hauser Leaders Program brings…
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Researchers develop new approach to accelerate high-tech economy in Palestine
Avner Halperin is a research fellow with Harvard Kennedy School’s Middle East Initiative, based in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and led by Ford Foundation Professor of…
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From high school to Harvard chemistry labs
A group of local high school students joined Harvard mentors for a six-week program to improve their science literacy and equip them with basic life science, laboratory, and workforce skills.…
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Harvard Chan C-CHANGE youth summit empowers next generation of climate, health leaders
Traveling from over 25 states and nine countries, with different levels of climate education and involvement, 122 students met for the first time on July 24 at the Youth Summit on…
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HBS to provide full-tuition scholarships to those with greatest need
In an effort to make the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree more affordable and accessible to a wider array of students, Harvard Business School (HBS) announced today that it…
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For 20 years, Harvard Kennedy School has been training LGBTQ leaders in state and local government
When Harvard Kennedy School was approached by the Victory Institute, a national organization supporting openly LGBTQ leaders, to create an executive training fellowship, no one imagined the lasting and profoundly…
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Preparing for the next pandemic
Before COVID-19 emerged as a global threat in 2020, institutions around the world had been trying to tackle the issue of pandemic preparedness. But those groups were underfunded, did not have clear-cut roles,…
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A multidisciplinary approach to eradicating malaria
In 2021, the longstanding global health goal to eradicate malaria experienced a paradigm shift: after 30 years of development, the first vaccine for the disease was endorsed by the World Health Organization. Countries are…
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Decarceral strategist Brittany White named visiting practitioner at Radcliffe, HLS
The Institute to End Mass Incarceration at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Radcliffe Institute today announce the joint appointment of Brittany White as a visiting practitioner in residence for…
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$205M investment accelerates construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope
The Giant Magellan Telescope, the most powerful telescope ever engineered using the world’s largest mirrors, has secured a $205 million investment from its international consortium to accelerate construction. The investment…
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Can the U.S. regain the lead in the microchip race?
Semiconductors, the building blocks of the modern information age, are critical components to seemingly every manufactured product from phones to cars to computers. To discuss the challenge of building new…
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Supreme Court curbs EPA’s power to regulate carbon emissions. What’s next?
In late June, the Supreme Court issued a ruling stating that the Environmental Protection Agency cannot put state-level caps on carbon emissions under the 1970 Clean Air Act. Such authority…
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Harvard Growth Lab projects fastest-growing economies to 2030
China, Vietnam, Uganda, Indonesia, and India are projected to be among the fastest-growing economies to 2030. That is the conclusion of researchers at the Growth Lab at Harvard University who…
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Helping public health agencies improve emergency risk communication
Elena Savoia is a principal research scientist in the Department of Biostatistics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH). She is deputy director of the Emergency Preparedness, Research,…
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Samagya Banskota among MIT’s innovators under 35
Samagya Banskota, former postdoctoral researcher in the David Liu Lab, has been recognized as one of the world’s top innovators under 35 by MIT Technology Review. Banskota was celebrated for…
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Graduate School of Design students reimagine a London community
Between the traditional 19th-century houses of London’s Islington neighborhood and the mega-development of the city’s Knowledge Quarter, home to a cluster of life science, technology, and cultural institutions as well…
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From Kansas City to Kigali, forty mayors go back to school
On July 18, the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative welcomed its sixth class of 40 mayors from around the world to participate in a yearlong education and professional development program.…
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Remembering Lily Safra
The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics announced the passing of Lily Safra, its longtime friend and benefactor. Mrs. Safra was a constant friend of Harvard’s Center for Ethics,…
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Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof joins Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof has joined the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as the third senior faculty dedicated to the teaching and scholarship of ethnicity, indigeneity, and migration (EIM). A historian with…
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Jeffrey Hamburger receives honor from Gutenberg Society
Jeffrey F. Hamburger, the Kuno Francke Professor of German Art & Culture, was awarded the 2022 Gutenberg Prize of the International Gutenberg Society and the city of Mainz for his…
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Inside the Bloomberg Harvard Negotiation for City Leaders program
In mid-June, seasoned city hall officials from four continents gained Harvard insights on negotiation using a novel set of resources. Participants in the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative’s inaugural Negotiation for…
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Barakett appointed to HMC Board of Directors
Harvard Management Company (HMC) announced today that Timothy R. Barakett ’87, M.B.A. ’93, has been elected to serve on the HMC Board of Directors. Barakett, who also serves as a…
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Erika Lee joins Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Erika Lee will join the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as the second hire of senior faculty dedicated to teaching and scholarship of ethnicity, indigeneity, and migration (EIM). An award-winning…
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Jia Liu named among top Innovators Under 35 by MIT Technology Review
Jia Liu, assistant professor of bioengineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), has been recognized as one of the world’s top Innovators Under…
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Conor Walsh wins Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists
Conor Walsh, the Paul A. Maeder Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), has received a 2022 Blavatnik National…
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Barry Mazur Awarded 2022 Chern Medal
The International Mathematical Union named Harvard Gerhard Gade University Professor Barry Mazur as the recipient of the 2022 Chern Medal. The award celebrates lifelong outstanding achievements in the field of…
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Amgen Foundation commits $30M to LabXchange
The Amgen Foundation announced on June 20 an increased commitment to LabXchange, an online science education platform that provides users with access to high-quality science education resources at no cost.…
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Two statistics department grads honored for coursework, contributions
The Harvard Department of Statistics awarded the 2022 Undergraduate Department of Statistics Prize to Yash Nair while also awarding the Dempster Prize to graduate student Ambarish Chattopadhyay. The Undergraduate Department…
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New scholarship honors trailblazers and enhances diversity in dentistry
Growing up in Chicago, Hoda Mahmoud rarely came across dentists who looked like her. “Only later did I make the connection that it was not due to a lack of…