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Delta-like SARS-CoV-2 variants are most likely to increase pandemic severity
A SARS-CoV-2 variant with traits similar to that of the Delta variant — enhanced transmissibility and an ability to infect people who had previous infections/vaccination—will cause a more severe pandemic with more infections and…
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Grad Circle hosts fourth annual Grad Fest celebration
In October 2021, The Graduate Student Affairs Circle (Grad Circle) held its annual Grad Fest celebration specifically for Harvard graduate student and their families. Grad Circle aims to reinforce Harvard’s commitment to…
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Harvard heads to Yale and brings home victory
As the temperature hovered above 40 degrees, Harvard students bundled up in their crimson spirit wear headed to the Yale Bowl for the 137th playing of The Game. But festivities…
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Harvard wins 137th playing of The Game on last-minute touchdown
The Harvard football team capped the 2021 season on Saturday, Nov. 20 with an epic victory over Yale at the Yale Bowl in New Haven. The Crimson pulled off a…
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Field hockey team makes historic run to NCAA semifinals
The Harvard field hockey team concluded a remarkable post-season run on Friday [11/19], falling to Northwestern, 2-1, in overtime, in a thrilling national semifinal game. After winning the Ivy League…
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Faculty Council meeting — Nov. 17, 2021
On Nov. 17 the Faculty Council approved the preliminary Harvard Summer School course list for 2022 and changes to the description of the Standing Committee on Higher Degrees in Education.…
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Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility releases report
The most recent report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR), a committee of the President and Fellows, is now available on the Shareholder Responsibility Committees’ website. The report…
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Women’s hockey coach Katey Stone earns 500th win
With a 5-2 victory over Brown on Saturday, Nov. 13, Katey Stone, the Landry Family Head Coach for Harvard Women’s Hockey, achieved the 500th win of her coaching career, the…
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Harvard football Class of 2001 reunites in Cambridge
A spirited team of Harvard football players took the field in Harvard Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 13, but it wasn’t just this year’s squad. As the current roster of Crimson…
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Education Redesign Lab helped school districts during pandemic
While many educators this past year faced computer screens full of silent, black Zoom squares instead of a bustling classroom with enthusiastic raised hands, others — in districts like Nashville,…
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The next chapter for teacher education
The Harvard Graduate School of Education has launched the Teaching and Teacher Leadership (TTL) master’s program — the last leg of its seven-year effort to reimagine how the school will prepare education professionals to…
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M-RCBG announces new Executive Director Dan Murphy
The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government (M-RCBG) at Harvard Kennedy School is pleased to announce the appointment of Dan Murphy as M-RCBG’s new executive director. Murphy joins the Center…
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Harvard initiative reaches out to refugee youth
Many young refugee students around the world share something in common: Their futures are often extremely uncertain. Conflicts that sent them and their families to live and learn in other…
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Harvard Project examines federal COVID support to tribal nations
In a new policy analysis published by the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development (Harvard Project), researchers found that funding provided to tribal governments as part of the American…
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Rock Center for Entrepreneurship 2021 entrepreneurs, VC advisers, fellows
The Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship has announced the entrepreneurs-in-residence, venture capital advisers, and Rock executive fellows for the 2021-22 academic year. The 16 entrepreneurs-in-residence (EiR), 12 of whom are HBS graduates,…
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Long-term study to look at human flourishing
What does it mean to live well? To be truly healthy? To thrive? Researchers and clinicians have typically answered these questions by focusing on the presence or absence of various…
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Michael Hopkins awarded Veblen Prize from American Mathematical Society
Harvard professor Michael Hopkins was awarded the 2022 Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry from the American Mathematical Society. The American Mathematical Society has been a professional society since 1888 and…
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Faculty Council meeting — Oct. 27, 2021
On Oct. 27 the Faculty Council discussed the observations and insights offered by the FAS Study Group. They also heard proposals regarding the College privacy policy and changes to the…
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Faculty Council meeting — Oct. 13, 2021
On Oct. 13 the members of the Faculty Council met in camera to discuss disciplinary cases. The Council next meets on Oct. 27. The preliminary deadline for the Nov. 2…
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18 alumni-led ventures accepted to Harvard Innovation Labs Startup Program
The Harvard Innovation Labs has welcomed 18 ventures into Launch Lab X GEO, a virtual startup program designed to help early-stage, Harvard alumni-led ventures grow into sustainable and disruptive businesses.…
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Celebrating World Food Day at Harvard
On Sept. 23, the United Nations hosted the first-ever Food Systems Summit, which asked world leaders to re-assert their responsibility and commitment to making our food system sustainable. The U.N.…
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Seven join Harvard computer science faculty
Seven scientists and engineers are joining the Harvard Computer Science faculty, bringing expertise in a range of areas including emerging frontiers of artificial intelligence, machine learning, quantum engineering and data…
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EdRedesign and Harlem Children’s Zone visit Poughkeepsie, learn about ‘cradle-to-career’ efforts
Leaders from the Education Redesign Lab (EdRedesign) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the William Julius Wilson Institute at Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) visited Poughkeepsie, NY and the…
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Mia Mingus and Ethel Branch honored for advocacy and justice work
Transformative and disability justice activist Mia Mingus is being honored by Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) on Friday, Oct. 15 with the 15th annual Robert Coles “Call of Service” Award, named…
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Three scholars awarded Aramont Fellowships
The Office of the Vice Provost for Research is pleased to announce the fourth cohort of Aramont Fellows for Emerging Science Research. Aramont Fellowships are awarded to exceptional early-career faculty…
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LabXchange produces new digital antiracism resources
LabXchange is partnering with scholars from several historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to develop new digital learning resources on antiracism in education, science, and public health. The new content,…
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Benedict Gross awarded Fudan-Zhongzhi Science Award
Harvard emeritus professor Benedict Gross was awarded this year’s Fudan-Zhongzhi Science Award by Fudan University and Zhongzhi Enterprise Group, which was founded jointly in 2015. It recognizes scientists who have…
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Alumni honored with 2021 HAA Award for extraordinary service
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has announced the six recipients of the 2021 HAA Awards: James E. Bowers, J.D. ’70, Harold J. “Hal” Burstein ’86, M.D. ’90, A.M. ’94, Ph.D.…
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Harvard Business School announces Rock Accelerator teams for 2021-22
Harvard Business School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship has announced 35 teams for the 2021-2022 Rock Accelerator. Launched in 2010, the HBS Rock Accelerator is a program designed for second year Harvard Business School…
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HDS Dean Hempton to deliver prestigious Gifford Lectures
Over the course of its 133-year history, the prestigious Gifford Lectures delivered annually in Scotland have developed deep ties to Harvard University whose faculty — including Professors Diana Eck, William James, and…