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David Smith’s ‘Medals for Dishonor’ series acquired by Harvard Art Museums
The Harvard Art Museums have acquired an important gift of “Medals for Dishonor,” a critical early work by preeminent 20th-century sculptor David Smith (American, 1906–1965). The gift from the artist’s…
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Harvard engineers use data science to accelerate drug discovery
The convergence of semiconductor technology and drug discovery holds great promise in the pursuit for new medications and therapies. But drug discovery is notorious for being lengthy, inefficient, costly, and…
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Bonnie Talbert, David Elmer named faculty deans of Eliot House
Bonnie Talbert and David Elmer have been named the new faculty deans of Eliot House, Danoff Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana announced today. They will start their roles July…
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Harvard licensed technology creates Obesity-on-a-Chip Service
Obatala Sciences, a biotechnology company that manufactures stem cells and human-derived hydrogels, announced the accomplishment of a major milestone with the commercial launch of its ObaCell Obesity-on-a-Chip Service. The new service…
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Policy brief on climate change in South Asia
Coinciding with United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute recently released a new policy brief, “Climate Change in South Asia: Requisites…
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When Black women work in whiter teams, they may have worse job outcomes
Evidence from a new study suggests that Black women in teams with a greater number of white peers may have worse job outcomes. This finding may offer a starting point for improving…
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Growth Lab report proposes comprehensive plan for Lebanon’s economic recovery
Harvard’s Growth Lab has released a new report on Lebanon’s struggling economy that revisits the origins of the crisis and proposes a comprehensive plan for a swift economic recovery. The research project, led…
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Faculty Council meeting — Nov. 29, 2023
On Nov. 29 the Faculty Council approved a proposal regarding student sanctions and the preliminary Harvard Summer School course list for 2024. They also heard a presentation on artificial intelligence. …
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Harvard CID announces recipients of 2023 GEM Incubation Fund
The Center for International Development at Harvard University, in collaboration with Harvard Radcliffe Institute , and the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, announced the 2023 Global Empowerment Meeting Incubation Fund recipients,…
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Terri Lyne Carrington recipient of Luise Vosgerchian Teaching Award
Drummer, composer, producer, educator, and activist Terri Lyne Carrington was honored with the Luise Vosgerchian Teaching Award by the Office for the Arts at Harvard and the Department of Music. …
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Harvard students, staff, and faculty celebrate First-Generation Visibility Week
Harvard celebrated First-Generation Visibility Week, Nov. 3-9. Launched last year, the week included a series of events aimed to empower, celebrate, and validate the identities of first-generation students at the…
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Faculty Council meeting — Nov. 15, 2023
On Nov. 15 the Faculty Council discussed student sanctions and the add/drop and pass/fail deadlines. They also discussed next steps following the Faculty’s discussion of the Report on Grading at…
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Harvard Medical School launches Adult Autism Health Resources initiative
When autistic children transition into early adulthood, they lose access to many of the services and benefits provided by pediatric practices. From the age of 18 onward, these individuals and…
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Finding unity through athletics
Gabby DelPico ’24 was honored at the 2023 Athlete Ally Action Awards in New York City for her foundational work at Harvard’s Athlete Ally chapter, which was recognized for its…
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Kempner Institute names scientific advisory board of visionary leaders in AI
The Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard University announced today the formation of its scientific advisory board (SAB), composed of visionaries in the fields…
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Ashvin Vishwanath receives Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize
Ashvin Vishwanath, the George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Physics, has received the 2024 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize from the American Physical Society. He is being recognized for…
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Faculty Council meeting — Oct. 25, 2023
On Oct. 25 the Faculty Council previewed the Dean’s Annual Report to the Faculty and heard a report from the Chief Campus Curator. In addition, the members of the Faculty…
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Joseph Henrich awarded 2023 Panmure House Prize
Joseph Henrich, the Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology, has been awarded the 2023 Panmure House Prize “for his research on how collective thinking drives cultural innovation.” The annual prize…
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Neutrino physicist Carlos Argüelles-Delgado named Packard Fellow
Carlos Argüelles-Delgado, assistant professor in the Department of Physics, is among the 2023 Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering, announced by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation this week. Exploring…
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Kempner Institute adds ~400 H100 GPUs to its computing cluster
The Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard has purchased 384 H100-80 GB Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs). These GPUs will be added to the…
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Harvard launches new Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture
Harvard will create a Study of Psychedelics in Society and Culture with a gift from the Gracias Family Foundation, the University announced today. The study, an interdisciplinary effort across the…
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Harvard enters into collaboration to launch LAB eN², a translational drug discovery accelerator
Harvard University has entered into a collaboration with Novo Nordisk and Evotec SE, to establish LAB eN², a translational drug discovery accelerator that aims to nurture preclinical research from academic institutions for…
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Faculty Council meeting — Oct. 11, 2023
On Oct. 11 the Faculty Council heard presentations on the work of the Harvard International Office and on the Quantitative Reasoning with Data requirement. The Council next meets on Oct.…
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‘Surveillance: From Vision to Data’ explores the history of surveillance
The term surveillance may suggest images of high-tech cameras or George Orwell’s ever-watching Big Brother, but surveillance involves more than watching and being watched. To understand surveillance and its consequences,…
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Harvard in the world: Worldwide Week 2023
On any given week throughout the year, Harvard is home to a variety of lectures and seminars on topics of global importance, from addressing climate change to preserving democracy to…
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Elizabeth Linos wins Kershaw Award for her work on ways to improve governance
Harvard Kennedy School faculty member Elizabeth Linos has been awarded the prestigious David N. Kershaw Award and Prize for her research on how governments can build a more effective workforce and provide…
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Kozinsky and team among finalists for Gordon Bell Prize
Large and atomistic are not words that typically go together but the systems that Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) Professor Boris Kozinsky and his team are most interested…
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Harvard Business School announces 2023-24 Executive Fellows
Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced its newest cohort of 55 Executive Fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year. The Executive Fellows Program seeks to leverage the expertise of outstanding practitioners…
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Kempner’s Cengiz Pehlevan wins prestigious NSF Career Award
Cengiz Pehlevan, an associate faculty member at the Kempner Institute and assistant professor of applied mathematics at Harvard, has been awarded the prestigious NSF Career Award for his project titled…
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DRCLAS associate director Sol Carbonell named ALX100 honoree
Sol Carbonell, associate director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, was honored in early September for her continued efforts to uplift the Latinx community in Massachusetts. The…