When it comes to high-temperature superconductors, “high” is a relative term. In the field of superconductivity, “high temperature” means anything that can still be superconductive over 30 degrees Kelvin (K), or a balmy -405 degrees Fahrenheit (F). The first high-temperature superconductor was discovered in 1986, in ceramic compounds of copper and oxygen known as cuprates.…

Witches, murder, intrigue — all will be revealed in the fog. Or will it? On Oct. 21 at 5 p.m., Actors’ Shakespeare Project (ASP) conjures Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” amid the shifting atmosphere of Fujiko Nakaya’s fog installation at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. “Fog x Macbeth” will be a free performance of an abridged version…

The Practice Platform at Harvard University Graduate School of Design (HGSD) presents “Talking Practice,” the first podcast series to feature in-depth interviews with leading design practitioners from around the world on the ways in which architects, landscape architects, designers, and planners articulate design imagination through practice. Hosted by Grace La, Professor of Architecture and Chair of…

The Office of the Vice Provost for Research is pleased to announce the inaugural cohort of Aramont Fund for Emerging Science Research awardees who, together, establish a cross-University community of early-career science scholars. “This is fantastic recognition for promising scientists at the start of their careers” said Rick McCullough, vice provost for research and professor…

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provides support for digital tool and research and scholarly programming Harvard research institute Dumbarton Oaks and JSTOR, the digital library for research and teaching that is part of the non-profit ITHAKA, are launching, with the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Plant Humanities Initiative: a digital tool with related…

As usual, M.B.A. students attending Harvard Business School (HBS) this year who are interested in entrepreneurship or looking to create and even launch a startup of their own will be able to take advantage of plenty of resources on the HBS campus, including more than 30 faculty members and this year’s cohort of 21 Entrepreneurs-in-Residence at the…

The Harvard Innovation Labs, an ecosystem that supports Harvard students and select alumni in exploring innovation and entrepreneurship, today announced that it has selected 13 ventures to participate in the inaugural Launch Lab X accelerator program. More than 260 ventures from 36 countries applied to Launch Lab X. The cohort is comprised of startups from…

Schooner finishes its research mission, offers onboard visits, and partners with Radcliffe Institute for science lecture After more than two years at sea, the research schooner Tara docked in Boston for a weeklong visit. During the Tara Pacific Expedition, which began in May 2016, the vessel has traveled more than 62,000 miles, studying 40 archipelagos…

Morning Prayers will start 15 minutes early on Oct. 1, marking the beginning of a new schedule for a piece of enduring Harvard tradition that takes place in Memorial Church’s Appleton Chapel before classes each day. The short service of choral music, Psalm readings, prayers, and daily guest homily will now be held from 8:30…

Applications are now being accepted for the Spring 2019 the Climate Solutions Living Lab course and are due no later than Oct. 15. The highly interactive, multi-disciplinary course brings together graduate students from across Harvard to study and design practical solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions at Harvard, in neighboring communities, elsewhere in United States, and…

Conventional lithium niobite modulators, the longtime workhorse of the optoelectronic industry, may soon go the way of the vacuum tube and floppy disc. Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a new method to fabricate and design integrated, on-chip modulators 100 times smaller and 20 times more efficient than…

A range of issues relevant to health in both Thailand and the U.S. — including medical education, maternal health, hypertension and stroke risk, and the role of policy and persuasion in changing health behaviors — were discussed at a recent symposium aimed at promoting connections between the two countries in public health and medicine. The…

The 2018 EASD–Novo Nordisk Foundation Diabetes Prize for Excellence has been awarded to Gökhan Hotamışlıgil, J.S. Simmons Professor of Genetics and Metabolism and chair of the Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The award is given annually to an internationally recognized researcher who has contributed significantly to…

The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Awards were established in 1990 to recognize outstanding service to Harvard University through alumni activities. This year’s awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, Sept. 27, during the fall meeting of the HAA Board of Directors. Danguole Spakevicius Altman ’81 of Houston is deeply engaged with Harvard both at home…

Anant Agarwal, founder and CEO of edX, the massive open online course (MOOC) provider supported by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has been granted the Yidan Prize for Education Development for increasing global access to education with the open-source online platform. Founded in 2016 by Tencent co-founder Charles Chen Yidan, the Yidan…

The opioid crisis is being felt acutely in Massachusetts, with nearly 40 individuals dying every week from an opioid overdose. Amidst the epidemic, a new project led by two Harvard Medical School (HMS) students aims to highlight a different story arc. “RESILIENT: Narratives of Hope from Boston’s Opioid Crisis” is a curated collection of interviews…

Teresa Amabile, a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration Emerita, has been selected by the Organizational Behavior (OB) Division of the Academy of Management as the 2018 winner of its Lifetime Achievement Award. Established in 2005, the award recognizes senior scholars who have made exceptional…

Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced the 2018 recipients of its Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowships. Established in 1998 by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and Richard L. Menschel, M.B.A. ’59, a former director of the Foundation and a limited partner at Goldman Sachs, to encourage students from the nonprofit sector to attend HBS, these fellowships…

More than 250,000 gun-related deaths occurred in 2016, and half of them happened in just six nations: Brazil, the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, and Guatemala, according to a new study in JAMA. The U.S. ranked 30th in gun homicides, but had the second-highest rate of gun suicides. David Hemenway, professor of health policy at Harvard…

Rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) from human activity are making staple crops such as rice and wheat less nutritious and could result in 175 million people becoming zinc deficient and 122 million people becoming protein deficient by 2050, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study also…

Technological innovation, expansion of the use of frontline personnel such as community health workers, and rapid increases in health care financing are likely to be instrumental to achieving universal health care (UHC) in countries around the world, according to a new analysis led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. While the idea of…

For hundreds of Harvard affiliates and their families living in Harvard University Housing, it’s the sense of belonging and community connection that makes all the difference. Eight faculty directors with Harvard Graduate Commons Program (GCP) work every day to help make that possible. These intellectual leaders, together with GCP staff and community advisors, host social and academic events…

On Saturday, Sept. 8, more than 400 members of Harvard’s Class of 2022, along with faculty, staff, and upper-level student team leaders, will paint and spruce up local classrooms, clean up parks, beautify open spaces, and plant flowers in partnership with nonprofits and schools in their new community. Started four years ago, the First-Year Day…

Congratulations to Chef Martin Breslin, director of culinary operations at Harvard University, who created the overall winning dish at the 2018 Eating on the Wild Side Chef Challenge which took place in Portland, Maine on Aug. 1. The challenge was held on the final day of a three-day wild foods immersion program hosted by the Wild…

Men who most frequently wore boxers had significantly higher sperm concentrations and total sperm counts when compared with men who did not usually wear boxers, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The findings of this study, conducted in the Fertility Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital, suggest that certain…

The Family Van, a mobile health clinic affiliated with Harvard Medical School, recently welcomed Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders during its weekly visit to Codman Square in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. Founded nearly three decades ago, the Family Van offers free health screenings, such as blood pressure, diabetes, HIV, pregnancy…