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A look at how the human body may cope with world’s longest flight
Eileen McNeely, co-founder and director of the Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise (SHINE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health tells CNN Travel that the health…
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Advanced Leadership Initiative appoints managing director
Lisa Dreier will become the next managing director of the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI). ALI is a third stage in higher education designed to harness the skills and vision…
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Gordon and Aziz accept Eni Award
On Oct. 10, Roy Gordon and Michael Aziz received a 2019 Eni Award for Innovation in Energy during a ceremony held at the Palazzo del Quirinale in Italy. Every year since 2007, Eni, a…
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Faculty Council meeting — Oct. 16, 2019
On Oct. 16 the Faculty Council met with the President to ask and answer questions as representatives of the Faculty. They also approved an amendment to the legislation on course…
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Congreve named Moore Inventor Fellow
Dan Congreve, Rowland Fellow at the Rowland Institute at Harvard, has been named one of the Moore Inventor Fellows. Launched in 2016 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Moore’s Law,…
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How to solve the ‘doubling counting’ problem
With negotiators from more than 100 countries preparing to gather in Santiago, Chile, for the 25th annual international climate conference (COP25, for Conference of the Parties) in December, attention is…
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#MeToo founder Tarana Burke to receive Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award
Tarana Burke, civil rights activist and founder of the global #MeToo movement for survivors of sexual assault, has been chosen as this year’s recipient of Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for…
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Harvard voter turnout doubled in ’18 election
A detailed analysis of midterm voter turnout figures from the 2018 elections shows that the percentage of eligible Harvard students who turned up at the polls nearly doubled when compared…
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5 scholars awarded Aramont Fund Fellowships
The Office of the Vice Provost for Research recently made awards to five early career science scholars comprising the 2019 cohort of the Aramont Fund for Emerging Science Research fellows.…
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Extension School celebrates second Convocation
More than 700 Harvard Extension School (HES) degree candidates and their guests gathered for the school’s second Convocation inside of Memorial Church this weekend. Students traveled from as far as…
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Radcliffe welcomes Boston students for justice-focused workshop
Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study was one of seven Boston-area higher education institutions to host Boston Public School students on Aug. 5–9 as part of the Summer of HOPE…
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Harvard starts mRNA immunotherapy research collaboration with Moderna
Harvard University has established a multi-year research collaboration with the biotech company Moderna, Inc., with the goal of identifying and developing novel therapeutic approaches that could improve the lives of…
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Housing activists, scholars discuss urban displacement
“Exercising or eating spinach will not make us healthy. What makes us healthy is society,” said Columbia professor and psychiatrist Mindy R. Fullilove, author of “Root Shock” (2004). Fullilove spoke at the 2019 Urban Activism conference which…
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Fellowship opportunities at Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics is accepting applications for three exciting fellowship opportunities. The Fellows-in-Residence program invites applications from a broad range of researchers and practitioners who will work over…
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Faculty Council meeting — Sept. 25, 2019
On Sept. 25 the Faculty Council nominated a Parliamentarian for the 2019–20 academic year and previewed the Dean’s Annual Report to the Faculty. They also heard a legislated review of…
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Danielle Allen to receive Governor’s Award in Humanities
Harvard ethicist and author Danielle Allen will be honored this fall for her contributions to the humanities in the Bay State when she accepts her 2019 Governor’s Award in the…
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Revisiting history: Charles Maier reflects on half century at Harvard
Charles Maier ’60, Ph.D. ’67, the Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History and resident faculty at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), recently retired, after 50 years of…
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Innovation Labs introduces Fall Venture Incubation Program cohort
The Harvard Innovation Labs (HIL) is thrilled to announce the student-founded ventures that will participate in the 2019 Fall Venture Incubation Program. The Harvard Innovation Labs’ primary purpose is to…
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Alumnae receive Heinz Award for ‘changing the world for good’
Harvard alumnae Amanda Nguyen ’13 and Sarah Szanton ’88 are among the five recipients of the 24th Heinz Awards announced on Sept. 12. Created to honor the memory of the…
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Peabody Museum’s Faculty Executive Committee to convene
The Peabody Museum’s new Faculty Executive Committee convenes today, bringing together more than a dozen professors and administrators to help create an ethos of social responsibility and accountability for the…
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Survey says businesses have room to grow in fostering culture of health
In a new journal article published recently in The Milbank Quarterly, researchers from Harvard Business School (HBS) and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discuss the results of a…
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Think there’s no way to tackle climate change? Think again.
Scientists and engineers all over the world have been grappling with the realities of climate change for decades: collecting evidence, communicating dangers, and working together to develop solutions. At Harvard,…
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Growth Lab’s new data tool identifies diversification opportunities for 130 countries
Harvard’s Growth Lab today launched Country Profiles, a unique data visualization tool that guides users on an interactive journey through a country’s economic structure and dynamic growth patterns ultimately revealing…
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Immigration Initiative to spur cross-University research and policy leadership
The Immigration Initiative at Harvard (IIH), a new university-wide effort launching this fall, will bring together Harvard students, researchers, and policy leaders to advance innovative research about immigration. Led by…
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Air-blood barrier in immature lungs more permeable to nanoparticles
A higher percentage of nanoparticles pass from the lungs to the blood in immature rats than in adult rats, according to a new study led by researchers at the Center…
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Aloian Memorial Scholarship winners announced
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has named Michelle Walsh ’20 of Cabot House and Benjamin Roy ’20 of Kirkland House this year’s David and Mimi Aloian Memorial Scholars. Each year…
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HAA Award recipients announced
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Awards were established in 1990 to recognize outstanding service to Harvard University through alumni leadership and engagement. This year’s awards ceremony will take place on…
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Harvard, let’s talk about food
On Sept. 28, Harvard University Dining Services is once again hosting an all-day, free festival, inviting the Greater Boston community to join in a fun-filled and inspiring day of cooking,…
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Applications invited for Climate Change Solutions Fund
Applications are being accepted now for the 2019-20 Climate Change Solutions Fund grants cycle, with a deadline of Oct. 21, 2019. Eligible faculty and students are invited to submit proposals…
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Faculty Council meeting — Sept. 11, 2019
On Sept. 11 the Faculty Council welcomed new members, reviewed history and policies, chose subcommittees for 2019–20, and discussed the work of the Council in the new academic year. The…