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Vranos Family Foundation Grant focuses on reducing impact of brain aging
Aging has become a significant societal problem. While people are, on average, living longer, there has not been a concomitant increase in health span. In simple terms, this means that…
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Community engaged learning brings students, locals together to solve health problems
Over the summer, eight students from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health partnered with organizations and community members from Boston to Nairobi, Kenya, to learn about and help address…
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Growth Lab’s ‘Metroverse’ tool wins Information is Beautiful Award
The Growth Lab’s “Metroverse,” a narrative visualization platform that communicates urban economic composition and growth opportunities for cities, was recently honored at the 2022 Information is Beautiful Awards. “Metroverse” won…
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Professor sees self-determination sparking economic growth in Indian Country
In a testimony on Dec. 15, before a panel examining policies toward Native children in the U.S., Joseph Kalt, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, emeritus, spoke about the…
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Harvard, MIT math professors win Steele Prize
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) awarded Harvard Professor of Mathematics Peter Kronheimer and MIT Professor of Mathematics Tomasz Mrowka the 2023 Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research for their…
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Inaugural Quad Fellows named
Two exceptional STEM students have been named to the inaugural cohort of Quad Fellows, the governments of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States jointly announced. Pallas Chou ’23 studies…
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Does reducing stigma increase participation in benefit programs? Research suggests so.
More people applied for rental assistance when sent de-stigmatizing messages in a study coauthored by a Harvard Kennedy School faculty member. Elizabeth Linos, the Emma Bloomberg Associate Professor of Public…
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Dental practitioners didn’t face increased risk of COVID during clinical activities, says study
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many dental clinics faced temporary closure or capacity restrictions due to what was believed to be an increased risk associated with aerosol procedures.…
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HRO honors Yannatos as alums and students share the stage
Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra alumni — from the Class of 1953 to the Class of 2022 — gathered in Sanders Theatre on Nov. 12 to honor the memory of former HRO Music…
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New mayors start strong in Harvard classrooms
Twenty-five mayors arrived at Harvard on Nov. 30, some just days after winning their elections, for a newly designed Program for New Mayors. Offered by the Bloomberg Center for Cities…
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House chefs accept challenge and serve up Delish! dishes
In an effort to cultivate renewed culinary creativity, Harvard University Dining Services’ Managing Director Smitha Haneef laid out two fun challenges for her team to meet this fall semester. First,…
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‘25 Million Sparks’ named to Financial Times Best Books list
“25 Million Sparks: The Untold Story of Refugee Entrepreneurs,” the recent award-winning book by Andrew Leon Hanna, J.D. ’19, has been named to the Financial Times Best Books of 2022…
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University Consortium on Afro-Latin American Studies announced
The Afro-Latin American Research Institute at the Hutchins Center is partnering with five institutions to establish the University Consortium on Afro-Latin American Studies after receiving a $1.7 million grant from…
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A.R.T. to produce ‘Evita’ revival in May 2023
The May 2023 premiere of a new revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera “Evita” was announced today by American Repertory Theater at Harvard University. The A.R.T.,…
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Maine policy restricts tribal sovereignty finds new research
A team of Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development researchers at Harvard Kennedy School today released a research report documenting the costs to the Wabanaki Nations in Maine—Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy,…
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Abercrombie continues to flourish, with community support
Five years from his life-changing football injury, Ben Abercrombie continues his journey through Harvard, among a community which fiercely supports one of its most inspiring members. Following his spinal cord…
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Faculty Council meeting — Nov. 30, 2022
On Nov. 30 the Faculty Council approved the preliminary Harvard Summer School course list for 2023 and heard a presentation from Klara Jelinkova, vice president of Harvard Information Technology Services,…
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Saving democracy is too important to leave ‘to nerds like me’
Julia Minson, a decision scientist at Harvard Kennedy School, has built her scholarly career on studying ways to reduce conflict between people who disagree with each other. She worries that…
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History professor awarded Humboldt prize
Tamar Herzog, the Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor, has been awarded a Humboldt Research Award honoring lifelong achievement. The honor recognizes both Herzog’s research…
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Curator Makeda Best honored at 2022 PhotoBook Awards
Makeda Best, the Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography at the Harvard Art Museums, recently received the prestigious Photography Catalogue of the Year award at the 2022 Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook…
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Project uses geographic data to show that where a person lives matters to their health
In health, place matters. That’s why Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Nancy Krieger and colleagues have updated and broadened a project aimed at training people in how to track and…
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Building college awareness among Boston’s youth
As part of a University-wide effort to support local Boston and Cambridge youth programming that builds college and career awareness, Harvard hosted middle and high school students through several campus…
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Faculty Council meeting — Nov. 16, 2022
On Nov. 16 the Faculty Council heard a presentation on undergraduate admissions. They also met with the Chief of the Harvard University Police Department to discuss campus safety. Finally, they…
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George W. Gay lecture honors HMS Center for Bioethics and Tuskegee University collaboration
The 100th annual George W. Gay Lecture in Medical Ethics, held on Nov. 8, honored and celebrated a years-long collaboration between the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics and the…
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Healthy plant-based diets better for the environment than less healthy plant-based diets
Healthier plant-based dietary patterns were associated with better environmental health, while less healthy plant-based dietary patterns, which are higher in foods like refined grains and sugar-sweetened beverages, required more cropland and fertilizer, according…
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New research reveals how mandates narrow gender gaps in paid sick leave for low-wage workers
New research by scholars from Harvard and the University of California, San Francisco, finds that service sector workers in the United States have limited and unequal access to paid sick…
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Banga Fund catalyzes entrepreneurship and research
The Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship is launching two new programs — the Banga Family Social Entrepreneur Postgraduate Fellowship and the Banga Family Social Innovation Research Research Grant…
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PFAS levels lower in buildings with healthier furnishings
Buildings renovated with healthier furnishings had significantly lower levels of the entire group of per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS) — toxic chemicals linked with many negative health effects — than…
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A.R.T to honor Lawrence Bacow and Adele Fleet Bacow at 2023 Gala
American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, led by Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director Diane Paulus ’88 and Executive Director Kelvin Dinkins Jr., announced today its 2023 Gala will…
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Harvard College senior wins first place in national writing contest
English concentrator William Lohier ’23 was awarded first place and a $4,000 prize by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) in its national writing contest, “Celebrating Black Writers:…