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9 faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Nine Harvard faculty members were among the 120 national members and 30 international members appointed to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of distinguished and ongoing achievements in original…
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Muralism and Mexican identity: Rediscovering the esoteric visions of post-revolution female artists
Following the decade-long Mexican Revolution, which profoundly reshaped the nation’s identity, muralism became an educational and ideological tool. Public spaces were transformed into visual narratives to forge a shared national…
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LabXchange launches science teacher training in India
LabXchange, an initiative of Harvard University’s Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, will collaborate with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Talent Development Centre (TDC) to empower 8,000 Indian science…
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Five awardees of the Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa
Five projects have been selected as the 2025 awardees for the Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa, announced by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and the…
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Faculty Council meeting — April 30, 2025
On April 30 the Faculty Council approved the proposed University Extension School courses for 2025–26 and proposed changes to the Handbook for Students for 2025–26. They also heard a progress…
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2025 Greenest University Award
Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) is excited to announce that Harvard University has won the 2025 Greenest University Award from the Green Restaurant Association. Harvard University has 19 Certified Green…
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Solving a 100-year anthropod mystery
For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1918, it was initially classified as a crustacean. Despite frequent mentions…
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Using tools of AI to help people with mobility disorders
Many of the skills that humans consider intelligent involve conscious effort, including prediction, long-term planning, and abstract problem solving. Movement, by contrast, is something most people take for granted. It…
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20 faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Twenty Harvard University faculty are among the nearly 250 members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced on Wednesday. Since 1780, the American Academy of…
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From lab to startup, Harvard research team pioneers cell therapy at warp speed
It was a moment Parastoo Khoshakhlagh vividly recalls. At the time, she was a postdoctoral fellow in Professor George Church’s lab at Harvard Medical School, working to rapidly create oligodendrocytes…
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Winner of inaugural Henry Awards for Public Interest Documentary announced
The Documentary Film in the Public Interest Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy announced the honorees for the inaugural Henry Awards for Public…
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Two juniors recognized as Truman Scholars
Ashley Adirika ’26, a government concentrator with a secondary in sociology, and Eva Frazier ’26, a social studies concentrator with a secondary in ethnicity, migration, rights, were named 2025 Truman…
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Lessons from the land and First Nations in British Columbia
The practice of pilgrimage often involves a journey into an unknown land, undertaken by individuals seeking to discover new understanding and meaning through the portal of experience. In six intensive…
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Three affiliates named 2025 Guggenheim Fellows
Three Harvard affiliates were awarded Guggenheim Fellowships this week, winning support for groundbreaking work in sociology, Jewish studies, and sculpture. Professor of Sociology Christopher Muller, M.A. ’11, Ph.D. ’14, will…
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Faculty spotlights, students scholars, and social justice in uncertain times
For the last decade, the Scholarship and Social Justice Undergraduate Research Conference has been a platform to uplift undergraduate students’ research focused on challenges facing society. The event, co-sponsored by…
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Researchers introduce innovative method to decode complex neural data
A key goal of neuroscience is understanding how the brain processes disparate streams of information from both the external world and from within the body. When neuroscientists measure activity within…
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Experts agree inequities in global health persist despite leaps in medical advancement
Global health experts from across Harvard University and around the world gathered at the 2025 Global Health Symposium on April 10 to address some of the most critical issues in global health.…
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Connie Chung: The maverick and catalyst for a multigeneration
On March 30, the Let’s Talk! Conference, an initiative promoting the success and well-being of Asian and Asian American students, hosted legendary journalist Connie Chung at Askwith Hall. The event,…
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Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award winners
Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced that five distinguished graduates will receive the School’s highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. The award is given annually to recognize alumni who are leaders…
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Faculty Council meeting — April 9, 2025
On April 9 the Faculty Council heard presentations from the Harvard International Office and from the Office for the Arts. They also heard a report on the legislated course scheduling…
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John Rice, founder and CEO of MLT to be HBS’s 2025 Class Day Speaker
John Rice, M.B.A. ’92, founder and CEO of Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a nationally recognized nonprofit dedicated to increasing economic mobility and building inclusive, meritocratic workplaces, will be the…
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Kennedy School professor named to 2025 STATUS List
Marcella Alsan has been named to the list, which recognizes the world’s most influential people in the health sciences and life sciences fields.
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2025 Lemann Brazil Research Fund awardees announced
The Office of the Vice Provost for Research and the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs are pleased to announce the awardees from the 2025 cycle of the…
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New Venture Competition: Students and alumni create groundbreaking solutions for world’s challenges
The New Ventures Competition is open to all students and alumni interested in launching new business and social impact ventures. The School’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), host the…
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2025 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge finalists announced
Using AI for fatigue risk management amongst aviation and transportation workers, expanding visual arts education to grade school students across India, and inventing a new financial platform for supporting relatives…
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James Robins wins COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award
James Robins, the Mitchell L. and Robin LaFoley Dong Professor of Epidemiology at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been recognized with the 2025 Distinguished Achievement Award and…
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Faculty Council meeting — March 26, 2025
On March 26 the Faculty Council met with President Alan Garber to ask and answer questions as representatives of the Faculty. They also heard a review of the Administrative Boards of…
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Fashion Show kicks off a week of cultural festivities
A beloved celebration for all, the weeklong 39th Annual Cultural Rhythms Festival opens Monday at Harvard Commons at the Smith Campus Center with the second annual Cultural Fashion Show and…
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Cities mobilize across sectors to tackle tough challenges
Some of cities’ most complex challenges — like chronic flooding in Charleston, South Carolina; derelict, unsafe housing in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Winnipeg, Canada; and youth at risk in Rosario, Argentina…
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2024 Harvard LEAD Fellows begin on-campus programming
The Harvard Global Health Institute welcomed the 2024 Harvard LEAD Fellows to campus this week. The three fellows, Cindy Chan Tha, Wanza Mbole, and Jalikatu Mustapha, will begin their in-person programming at Harvard University.