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Eight luminaries named W.E.B. Du Bois Medalists
The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research announced the 2024 cohort of W.E.B. Du Bois Medal honorees on Sept. 16. The eight recipients, who hail from across the…
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Kempner Institute announces speaker lineup for 2024-25 Kempner Seminar Series
The Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard University is pleased to announce the speaker lineup for the 2024-25 season of the Kempner Seminar Series…
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Artist exchange program builds bridges with nation of Georgia
On his first visit to Tbilisi, percussionist Marcus Santos was struck by the tight relationship between music and movement. “In Georgia, most drummers can really dance and most dancers can…
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ALI marks its official shift to an academic year program as it welcomes its 2025 cohort
Harvard University’s Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) announced the selection of its 2025 fellowship cohort, which is notable for its significant global representation and deep leadership experience across multiple sectors. For…
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Fossil site in Massachusetts reveals 320-million-year-old ecosystem
Researchers have discovered an exceptionally preserved fossil site in Massachusetts that provides a rare glimpse into terrestrial life from over 300 million years ago. The findings, published in Nature Communications, reveal…
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Making a pitch for youth: Celebrating PBHA’s 120th anniversary
Harvard’s annual Red Sox night was a home run for over 700 youth and families in the Greater Boston area as it raised over $11,000 for the Phillips Brooks House…
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Thirteen grads assume new roles as Bloomberg Harvard City Hall Fellows
The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, a program of the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, has named 13 recent Harvard graduates to the third cohort of the Bloomberg…
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Harvard Grid names inaugural fellows
In its inaugural Grid Fellowship cohort, Harvard Grid will support two postdoctoral fellows at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) in a year-long translation immersion program. The Grid Fellowship is…
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Modern implant dentistry focus of Goldhaber Lecture
From replacing a single tooth to addressing extensive dental damage, implant dentistry has become a groundbreaking option, giving people the chance to reclaim their smiles and improve their quality of…
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Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative looks to build on partnerships with HBCUs and Boston, Cambridge organizations
“Transformational” and “growth-oriented.” These are just two descriptions members of the Du Bois Scholars Program used to summarize their experience. This summer, 20 rising college juniors and seniors from 12 Historically Black…
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Psychology Professor Samuel J. Gershman wins Polymath award
Professor of Psychology Samuel J. Gershman is one of six academics to win the 2024 Schmidt Sciences Polymath award. Founded in 2021, the New York-based Schmidt Sciences Polymath Program recognizes risky, cross-disciplinary work that…
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New faculty grants for climate research on South Asia
The Mittal Institute is excited to announce a new funding opportunity for faculty research on climate change in South Asia in the academic year 2024-2025.
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GSE’s EdRedesign appoints inaugural director of fellowship; announces cohort of fellows
The EdRedesign Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education has appointed Denisse Arias as the inaugural director of the Fellowship for Cradle-to-Career Partnership Leaders — a visiting fellowship launched…
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Faculty Council meeting — Sept. 4, 2024
On Sept. 4 the Faculty Council welcomed new members, reviewed the history and policies of the Faculty Council, and elected the Docket Committee for 2024–25. They also discussed the University’s…
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Harvard Business School announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows
Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced the 2024 recipients of the Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowships. Established in 1988 by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and Richard L. Menschel (M.B.A. 1959),…
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Harvard’s Institute of Politics announces fall 2024 Resident Fellows
The Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School today announced the appointment of six Resident Fellows who will join the IOP for the fall 2024 semester. The fellows bring diverse…
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High schoolers at the cutting edge of chemistry
The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) celebrated the successful completion of the third iteration of its Pathways program, an immersive and transformative initiative designed to provide high school…
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M-RCBG’s Healthcare Policy Program announces 2024-2025 Grossman Fellow
The Healthcare Policy Program at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School has named Claire Morton as the 2024-2025 recipient of the Jerome H. Grossman MD…
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Weatherhead Scholars Program welcomes members for 2024–2025
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs announced its 2024–2025 scholars and fellows of the Weatherhead Scholars Program (WSP). This year’s cohort comprises 20 members, including six postdoctoral fellows, five visiting…
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Youth Summit on Climate, Equity, & Health brings climate optimism and inspires global action
Each summer, the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE) joins forces with Putney Pre-College to bring together…
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New study pairs immunolabeling with connectomic data
Harvard researchers have developed a technique for adding color-coded localization data for pinpointing different biomolecules to high-resolution images of a mouse brain. Publishing in Nature Communications, first author Xiaomeng Han…
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Michael Puett appointed director of Asia Center
Michael Puett, Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, has been named the next director of the Harvard University Asia Center.…
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ALARI conference provides ‘unique opportunities’ to discuss race in Brazil
More than a thousand scholars, artists, and leaders came together in July in a historic meeting for the advancement of the field of Afro-Latin American Studies. “Never before had so…
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Harvard Business School MBA is now STEM designated
Harvard Business School (HBS) announced today that its MBA Program has been reclassified to qualify as a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) degree, effective this fall for the class of 2025 and…
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For Henry Louis Gates Jr., NAACP’s Spingarn Medal is ‘one of the greatest honors in my life’
At the recent NAACP Convention in Las Vegas, the storied Spingarn Medal was awarded to Henry Louis Gates Jr. The Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for…
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Gift helps advance work on LGBTQ Health Equity at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
For Mike Dillon M.P.H. ’23, there has never been a more crucial moment to address the public health crisis facing LGBTQ communities. LGBTQ individuals encounter significant challenges in accessing equitable…
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Kianté Brantley, Yilun Du and Michael Albergo to join the Kempner Institute
The Kempner Institute announced today the appointments of Kianté Brantley, Yilun Du and Michael Albergo as Kempner Institute Investigators. All three researchers, who will also hold faculty positions at the…
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Harvard Business School announces its 2024-2025 Blavatnik Fellows
Harvard Business School (HBS) has named its 2024-25 Blavatnik Fellows and the program’s eleventh cohort. Launched in 2013, the Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship is part of a gift from the Blavatnik Family…
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Global mayors gain leadership lessons from Harvard research
Thirty-nine mayors from 11 countries across five continents joined Harvard faculty and renowned management leaders in an immersive classroom experience this week to kick off the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership…
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Clark Atlanta University partners with Harvard to support next generation of HBCU presidents
Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative commit to increasing access to professional development for HBCU ELI’s community of fellows. In a landmark…