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School buildings can influence student health, performance
Environmental exposures in school buildings — to mold, poorly ventilated air, uncomfortable temperatures, inadequate lighting, or noise — can negatively impact student health, thinking, and performance, according to a new…
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Harvard Graduate Council Leadership Conference 2017
The Harvard Graduate Council is pleased to present our eighth annual Leadership Conference! This year’s theme is Tools For Leadership. You will learn from engaging speakers and then exchange your…
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John Kerry to deliver 2017 Commencement address at Harvard Kennedy School
Former United States Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver the Graduation Address to the Harvard Kennedy School Class of 2017 at 2 p.m. on May 24 at Harvard Kennedy…
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Expensive hospital care doesn’t buy better health
Patients who receive expensive care in the hospital are readmitted and die at similar rates to patients whose doctors order fewer or less expensive tests and procedures, according to a…
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Exploring family engagement in out-of-school time settings
Twenty-five out-of-school time educators from Boston and Cambridge recently participated in a two-part workshop on family engagement at the Harvard Ed Portal in Allston. Sessions were facilitated by Harvard Graduate…
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Climate change may reverse gains in child survival
Children are especially vulnerable to the consequences of climate change—including reductions in the nutritional quality of staple crops, increases in asthma and heart disease due to air pollution, and the…
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‘Healthy’ buildings can improve workers’ performance
Improving lighting, ventilation, and heat in office buildings can boost workers’ performance and productivity and can even help them sleep better at night—which is why developers, architects, and businesses are…
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New program aims to build genetics research capacity in Africa
A new collaboration between researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and six African universities…
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Key enzyme identified for unique mode of malaria parasite replication
Researchers have identified an enzyme that plays a key role in malaria parasite replication in the human bloodstream. The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health scientists say that developing…
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Harvard Kennedy School remembers Jonathan Moore
The Shorenstein Center mourns the death of Jonathan Moore, a longtime friend, supporter and early architect of the Center. Jonathan was a member of the Shorenstein Center’s Advisory Board for…
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‘Dreamers’ policy may have reduced depression in eligible individuals
A team of researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reported that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program appears to have…
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Harvard Korea Institute gets boost for research
The Korea Institute at Harvard University announced today that longtime benefactor SBS Foundation has committed to further the Institute’s research capacity with a $4 million endowed fund for students and…
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Six for 200: Harvard Divinity School announces Gomes Honorees
The recipients of the annual Peter J. Gomes S.T.B. ’68 Memorial Honors are typically people who have changed the world. This year’s group is no different, with one important exception: They were…
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Run the Yard! 5k University-wide fun run
Grab your sneakers and register to join the Harvard Community for a University-wide fun run on Friday, March 24. This free, untimed 5K will do three loops around historic Harvard…
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Electronic system lowers wait times for access to specialists
Low-income patients served by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) waited significantly less time to receive specialty care after DHS implemented an electronic system aimed at expediting…
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Join the climb! Take the Stairs 2017: March 15 – April 24
Registration for Take the Stairs, the annual team-based campaign to encourage and support movement, is now open for the entire University. This annual movement campaign that began at the T.H.…
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Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn named Hauser Visiting Leaders
The Center for Public Leadership (CPL) at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) is pleased to announce that human rights activists and Pulitzer Prize-winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn will join CPL…
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Government Performance Lab Awards Technical Assistance to Three States
The Government Performance Lab (GPL) at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) announced Feb. 23 that it has selected California, Connecticut, and Illinois to receive technical assistance developing performance improvement projects that…
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Yo-Yo Ma to deliver Elson Lecture
The Music Department’s Louis C. Elson Lecture will be delivered this spring by cellist Yo-Yo Ma. “A Conversation with Yo-Yo Ma: Culture, Connection, and Citizenship in a Time of Change,”…
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Daniel Schacter honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
The Association for Psychological Science (APS) recently named Daniel Schacter as one of the recipients of the 2017 William James Fellow Award. The William James Fellow Award honors individuals for…
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Maya Jasanoff wins Windham-Campbell prize
Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Professor of History, was recently named one of the winners of the 2017 Windham-Campbell prize in recognition of her nonfiction writing. Jasanoff is the author of “Edge of…
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Girguis Laboratory renovation receives LEED Gold certification
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Girguis Laboratory may specialize in studying microbes that inhabit the deepest and darkest areas of the ocean, but their research spaces are light and…
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Open access to Harvard Research
Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard is a free repository of vetted research, breaking down barriers to information across the world. After reading a journal article on the transgender community…
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Mother Jones wins Shorenstein Center’s 2017 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
Cambridge, Mass. — The $25,000 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting from the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School has been awarded to Shane Bauer…
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Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop on Afro-Latin American Studies announces Class of 2017
The Afro-Latin American Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research (ALARI), has selected the 2017 Class for the Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop on Afro-Latin…
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University Choir to celebrate reopening of Memorial Church with Sunday concert
With the renovation of the Memorial Church during Fall Term, the Harvard University Choir stretched their voices into new venues across the campus. Auditions and rehearsals were in Paine Hall,…
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Harvard honored by Cambridge NAACP
The Cambridge NAACP honored Harvard University at the 2017 Annual MLK Breakfast for its leadership in efforts to promote educational and social equality. Receiving the award for the University, Thomas…
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Harvard Art Museums receive $250,000 grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art
The Harvard Art Museums have been awarded a $250,000 grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art to support the upcoming special exhibition “The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in…
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Students from Cambridge Housing Authority’s The Work Force Program spend day on Harvard campus
For the second year in a row, students from the Cambridge Housing Authority’s (CHA) The Work Force Program recently visited Harvard, in an effort to help inspire students to accomplish…
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Harvard Kennedy School announces 2017 Neustadt and Schelling Awards winners
An eminent nuclear physicist and a pair of renowned social scientists from the University of Pennsylvania are recipients of the Harvard Kennedy School 2017 Richard E. Neustadt and Thomas C.…