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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…
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Harvard Chan School partners with NIH and Apple for Women’s Health Study
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Apple, and the National Institutes of Health announced this week a collaboration for the Apple Women’s Health Study, a large-scale longitudinal study led…
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Recipients named for President’s Administrative Innovation Fund
Harvard has announced the nine projects that were awarded funding in the fourth year of the President’s Administrative Innovation Fund Challenge. The Fund was created to foster a culture of…
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Australia-Harvard Fellowships applications close Sept. 10
Australia-Harvard Fellowships are seeking applications through Sept. 10, 2019. The fellowships are offered by the Harvard Club of Australia Foundation supporting learned exchange between Harvard University and Australia and are aimed…
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Report highlights unique methods of funding youth programs
Today, the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Education Redesign Lab and The Children’s Funding Project released their new collaborative report Innovative Financing to Expand Programming and Services So Children Can…
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Harvard students explore ethics in tech
Seventeen students representing nine schools across Harvard convened with one common goal: to combine their diverse expertise to tackle the biggest issues in tech today. The students, from both undergraduate…
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Harvard launches online resource for birth control choices
Among the most monumental decisions many people make is whether — and when — to try to have children. Quite likely, a 20-year-old has different needs and makes different choices…
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Astrophysics researcher given access to world’s fastest supercomputer
Professor of Astronomy Daniel Eisenstein leads one of nearly two dozen groups who have been granted access to the world’s fastest supercomputer to conduct research. Known as Summit, the massive…
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Mayor Walsh visits simulation lab at Medical School
Harvard’s MEDscience program recently welcomed Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh into its Simulation Lab at Harvard Medical School. The program, which was first launched in 2005, is a STEM (Science,…
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Harvard Project releases Tribal Justice Systems nation-building toolbox
The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development and the Native Nations Institute at the University of Arizona announced the release of a nation-building toolbox dedicated to tribal courts and justice…
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Support rises for increased teacher pay and ‘free’ college
Democratic presidential candidates proposing “free” college and pay increases for teachers will find substantial backing for these policies among voters; school vouchers and tax credits to fund scholarships to private…
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Dumbarton Oaks and JSTOR award Plant Humanities Fellowships
NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON — Dumbarton Oaks, a research institute of Harvard University, and JSTOR, the digital library for research and teaching that is part of the nonprofit ITHAKA, are pleased…
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Bacow welcomes guests to senior luncheon
Harvard President Larry Bacow recently welcomed Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern and hundreds of senior citizens to the 44th annual Harvard Cambridge Senior Luncheon. Guests enjoyed dancing and mingling with friends…
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Mainstream meditation and the million-dollar mindfulness boom
Today, mindfulness mediation can be found everywhere from schools to prisons to sports teams. The trendy fitness apparel company Lululemon is now advertising mindful clothing for men. There’s also Mindful…
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Harvard Votes Challenge awarded grant to increase participation across campus
Harvard University President’s Administrative Innovation Fund awards grant to support the expansion of the Harvard Votes Challenge, a nonpartisan, University-wide effort to encourage voter participation led by the Institute of Politics and the Ash…
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Ash Center names Technology and Democracy Fellows
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) today announced the appointment of its newest cohort of Technology and Democracy Fellows — seven emerging leaders…
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Collaboration aims to discover new immuno-oncology targets
Harvard, Merck to collaborate on research led by Harvard immunologist Arlene Sharpe, seeking to identify new pathways for the treatment of cancer Harvard University and Merck are launching a collaboration…
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Tina Liu wins Women World Award
Tina Liu, M.B.A., has been honored as a Gold Winner of the Women World Awards in the category of Female Executive of the Year for her contributions to developing a novel…
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Art history professor receives NEH grant for exhibit
Professor of History of Art and Architecture Jinah Kim and colleagues from the College of the Holy Cross and the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery have received a $100,000…
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For children born with HIV, adhering to medication gets harder with age
Children born with HIV in the U.S. were less likely to adhere to their medications as they aged from preadolescence to adolescence and into young adulthood, according to a new study led…
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Baseball players live longer than football players, average men
Major league baseball players tend to live about 24 percent longer than the average American man, according to a new study led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
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Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit held in Russia
From July 9 to July 11, 2019, the second Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) took place in Yekaterinburg, Russia. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Ministry of Energy…
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Education Redesign Lab to host summit for Local Children’s Cabinet Network
Jointly founded by the Education Redesign Lab (EdRedesign), the Forum for Youth Investment, and the Children’s Funding Project, the Local Children’s Cabinet Network (LCCN) will convene for its first summit…
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Project on American Indian economic development joins Ash Center
This week, the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development (HPAIED or the Harvard Project) announced it is joining the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. The Harvard Project…
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Gene variants may increase methylmercury risk in children
About 30 percent of children carry a gene variant that may make them more susceptible to prenatal exposure to methylmercury, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan…