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Innovation Labs announce Spring Venture Program cohort
The Harvard Innovation Labs recently announced that more than 420 ventures are joining the 2021 Spring Venture Program. “Last spring, soon after welcoming hundreds of students to the Harvard Innovation…
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Harvard’s metalens technology enters commercial development
A startup company founded by applied physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) intends to transform consumer electronics by introducing a powerful technology…
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Postdoctoral fellow receives National Institute of General Medical Sciences award
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has announced its initial awards to scholars as part of the Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) K99/R00 program.…
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Faculty Council meeting — Jan. 27, 2021
On Jan. 27 the Faculty Council heard a proposal to establish a Ph.D. program in Quantum Science and Engineering. The Council next meets on Feb. 10. The next meeting of…
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Harvard Chan School experts tapped for Biden administration posts
Two faculty members from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health — Sara Bleich and Benjamin Sommers — and one former faculty member, Gina McCarthy, have been chosen for roles…
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Sheperd Doeleman awarded National Academy of Sciences Henry Draper Medal
Sheperd (Shep) Doeleman, an astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, has been named the recipient of the National Academy of Sciences’ 2021 Henry Draper Medal. As…
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Harvard alumni selected to play key roles in the Biden administration
President Joe Biden has nominated several Harvard alumni and faculty members to fill senior government positions. Ron Klein ’87 — Chief of staff A Washington, D.C., veteran, Klain has served as…
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Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies extends commitment to Tunisia office
Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) announced today that it will continue to provide a wide range of research opportunities and programming through its Tunisia Office for a further…
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Two Harvard professors appointed to top U.S. diplomatic posts
President Joe Biden has chosen two Harvard faculty members with deep diplomatic experience to fill senior government positions, signaling his intention to emphasize diplomacy and soft power in rebuilding U.S.…
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‘Hype Man’ comes to the A.R.T.
American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University announces today that it will join Company One Theatre (C1) to present a reimagined digital version of C1’s critically acclaimed, Elliot Norton Award-winning…
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Diet may influence risk of aggressive prostate cancer
Dietary patterns that are associated with inflammation and insulimenia — a condition marked by high levels of insulin in the blood — may put men at an increased risk for…
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Laurie Anderson to present Norton Lectures
The Charles Eliot Norton Professorship in Poetry presents Harvard’s preeminent lecture series in the arts and humanities called the Norton Lectures. These lectures recognize individuals of extraordinary talent who, in…
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Harvard Art Museums receive grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation
The Harvard Art Museums have been awarded a $100,000 grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to support the Fall 2021 exhibition ”Devour the Land: War and…
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What the future of education looks like from here
After a year that involved a global pandemic, school closures, nationwide remote instruction, protests for racial justice, and an election, the role of education has never been more critical or…
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One in five in U.S. report delayed health care during pandemic
Roughly 20 percent of U.S. adults who were polled about health care during the coronavirus pandemic said that they or their household members delayed receiving medical care or were unable…
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Repeated blood meals for mosquitoes can speed development of malaria-causing parasites
An additional feeding on human blood by a mosquito infected with Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite that causes malaria, can accelerate the development of the parasite and increase the potential for…
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In liver, a stressed cell can be bad news for its neighbors
A key protein in the communication channels between cells can allow a stress response in one liver cell to spread to neighboring liver cells in mice, causing otherwise healthy cells…
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Advanced Leadership Initiative welcomes its most diverse group of fellows
Harvard University’s Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) announced the selection of its 2021 cohort which includes 61 distinguished leaders. The cohort is made up of 53 fellows — its largest number of fellows ever…
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Exposure to toxic chemical linked with worse COVID-19 outcomes
People who had elevated blood levels of a toxic chemical called perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA) had an increased risk of a more severe course of COVID-19 than those who did not…
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Sharing the lessons of school improvement
When Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) doctoral student student Mona Ford Walker began her role as principal of the F. Lyman Winship Elementary School in the Brighton section of Boston in…
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Links found between biomarkers and risks of heart attack, stroke, early death
Two biomarkers based on DNA methylation (DNAm) were strongly associated with a person’s risk for heart attack and stroke, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
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Fencing coach Daria Schneider named to board of U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee
Harvard men’s and women’s fencing head coach Daria Schneider has recently been appointed to the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee Board of Directors. Schneider, one of six new board members, will…
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Measuring faculty perceptions of diversity
A recent faculty job satisfaction survey by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE), the research-practice partnership based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), revealed significant disparities in perception between faculty…
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Collaboration created to build pipeline of Black executives
Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Executive Leadership Council (ELC) announced they have entered into a collaboration to provide enhanced programming opportunities for ELC scholarship recipients (ELC Scholars) and executive education opportunities for…
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Visual insights from the Growth Lab in 2020
The Growth Lab has more than 50 faculty, fellows, research assistants, and staff working on development challenges in more than a dozen countries worldwide. The Lab’s research in 2020 included…
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COVID-19 contributes to death increase among young adults, study says
In a new study, Jeremy Faust and co-authors report on excess death rates among U.S. adults ages 25-44 from March through July 2020. Researchers found that around 76,000 Americans in…
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Three scholars awarded Aramont Fund Fellowships
The Office of the Vice Provost for Research is excited to announce the third cohort of fellows to receive support from the Aramont Fund for Emerging Science Research. The Fund…
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Harvard Innovation Labs releases 2020 Year in Review
The Harvard Innovation Labs recently published its 2020 Year in Review, featuring a selection of accomplishments that current and former Harvard Innovation Labs teams have achieved in 2020. Since January,…
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Alex Krieger’s iconic tour of Boston reimagined
For decades, Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) professor Alex Krieger has offered a walking tour of Boston as part of his introductory urban design courses. In this year’s digital…
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Raj Chetty awarded Infosys Prize in social sciences
The Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) this month awarded the winners of the Infosys Prize 2020 for their outstanding contributions to science and research in a virtual awards ceremony. The prize…