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Working, and riding, to end hunger
According to the Greater Boston Food Bank, 1 in 10 locals routinely don’t have enough to eat. In an effort to help address food inequality, Harvard began partnering with Food…
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Millions may face protein deficiency as a result of human-caused CO2 emissions
If CO2 levels continue to rise as projected, the populations of 18 countries may lose more than 5 percent of their dietary protein by 2050 due to a decline in the nutritional value of rice,…
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‘Ghost Portraits’ honor African American and Native American public health notables
What might Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health look like if slavery and the oppression of Blacks and Native Americans had not occurred? That was the question that representatives…
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Study identifies enzyme that protects cells from toxic fat
A new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Howard Hughes Medical Institute sheds light on how a key fat-producing enzyme helps protect cells from a toxic…
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Radcliffe awards more than $80,000 for American history research
Black feminism and the women’s liberation movement. Transgender archives. American women’s history in the high school classroom. These are a few of the many topics students and scholars will examine…
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Call for Proposals: Mahindra Center Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
The Mahindra Humanities Center welcomes all Harvard graduate students to submit proposals to coordinate an Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference. Funding for the conference will be available up to the amount…
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Learning to navigate salary negotiations
The Boston Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement recently teamed up with the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to offer a free salary negotiation workshop at the Harvard Ed Portal…
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Culinary Institute of America leads Asian cuisines boot camp at Harvard
Chef Shirley Cheng, a Professor of Culinary Arts at the Hyde Park, NY campus of the Culinary Institute of America, visited Harvard University Dining Services’ (HUDS) kitchens from June 3–6,…
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HDS welcomes journalist and author E.J. Dionne for 2017–18 academic year
Harvard Divinity School (HDS) is pleased to announce that E.J. Dionne, the distinguished journalist and author, political commentator, and longtime op-ed columnist, will join the School for the 2017–18 academic…
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New research suggests 3-D photography could offer better orthodontic diagnosis using less radiation
Common orthodontic problems such as crossbite, overbite, underbite, and crowding of the teeth can have a negative impact on a person’s physical appearance, dental function, and overall self esteem. To…
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Forging connections at the 2017 Dataverse Community Meeting
Last week, more than 200 participants from around the world gathered to learn about, discuss, and improve Harvard’s own open-source research data repository software, Dataverse. Dataverse is developed at the…
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Advanced Leadership Initiative releases 2017 Education Deep Dive Report
The Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) released its 2017 Education Deep Dive Report: Empowerment in Education. The report summarizes the proceedings from ALI’s Deep Dive event, a two-day intensive…
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Call for applications to 2018 Australia-Harvard Fellowship
Australia-Harvard Fellowship is an initiative of the Harvard Club of Australia Foundation, a long-standing nationwide philanthropic organisation based in Sydney. It promotes learned exchange between Harvard University and Australia, and…
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Harvard launches Data Science master’s degree program
Harvard will offer a Master of Science (SM) degree in Data Science beginning in fall of 2018. The new degree, under the joint academic leadership of the faculties of Computer…
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Music and Medicine
Music, painting, and storytelling came together at the Ed Portal during “At the Still Point: medicine from the inside,” an event co-sponsored with the Harvard Medical School‘s Arts & Humanities…
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8 HILT Spark Grants announced
The Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT) awarded eight Spark Grants with support of up to 15,000 designed to help “spark” promising teaching and learning projects. Awardees will: Develop…
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Tango Night in Allston
A rainy day couldn’t keep the crowds away from Tango Night in Allston, a music and dance event organized by the Harvard Ed Portal and the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.)…
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Vafa receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Annual award recognizes scientific accomplishments and service to the nation Cumrun Vafa, the Donner Professor of Science and world-renowned physicist, was among the recipients of the 2017 Ellis Island Medal…
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Warren Alpert Foundation honors 5 pioneers in cancer immunology
The 2017 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to five scientists for transformative discoveries in the field of cancer immunology. Collectively, their work has elucidated foundational mechanisms in cancer’s…
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Harvard expands commitment to Africa with opening of CAS office on continent
Harvard University opened its first cross-disciplinary research center in Sub-Saharan Africa, building a new platform for African and Africanist academic exchange. Working with its companion office on Harvard’s Cambridge campus,…
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Government Performance Lab awards Technical Assistance to seven jurisdictions
The Government Performance Lab (GPL) at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) announced today that it has selected three states and four cities to receive technical assistance developing performance improvement projects that…
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MSNBC’S ‘Morning Joe’ hosts join HKS Institute of Politics as fellows
Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics (IOP) has announced that Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, co-hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” will serve as Visiting Fellows this summer and fall. “For…
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HKS Appoints Maj. Gen. William E. Rapp as director of National Security Fellows program
Maj. Gen. William E. Rapp has been named military affairs lecturer and director of the National Security Fellows (NSF) program at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). Rapp is currently Commandant of…
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MBB announces 2017 Mary Gordon Roberts Fellows
The Mind Brain Behavior Interfaculty Initiative has selected its undergraduate Mary Gordon Roberts Thesis Fellows for summer 2017. These fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to students who will be…
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Mind Brain Behavior Graduation Ceremony
The Mind Brain Behavior graduates of the Class of 2017 were recognized at a ceremony held on Class Day at the Harvard Faculty Club. The event included remarks by MBB Standing…
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Harvard Extension School names 2017 Shattuck Award winners
Harvard Extension School instructors Kevin Madigan, Marcus Stern, and Evan Kleiman have been awarded the Shattuck Award for their excellence in teaching. Established by the Harvard Extension School in memory…
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Harvard-Yenching Institute announces 2017-18 visiting scholars, fellows
The Harvard-Yenching Institute (HYI) is pleased to welcome 46 fellowship recipients from major universities in Asia. Affiliates will spend the 2017-18 academic year in residence at HYI. Established in 1928,…
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Celebrating 150 years of dental medicine at Harvard
Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) celebrated its 150th anniversary with a Sesquicentennial Gala held on Thursday, May 4, 2017. The event brought together nearly 150 HSDM alumni, faculty, students,…
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Electoral Integrity Project report analyzes the impact of populism
A new report released by the Electoral Integrity Project (EIP), based at the University of Sydney and Harvard University, scrutinizes whether support for populism is rising or whether it has…
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Hip hop artist Tef Poe to perform at Harvard Ed Portal
Internationally acclaimed hip hop artist Tef Poe will perform his latest album, “Black Julian,” live at the Harvard Ed Portal on Saturday May 20 at 7 p.m. This event is…
