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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…
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“Preserving a common good”: Harvard faculty speak on challenges facing education
What’s next for education under the Trump administration? That was the central question addressed at a one-day conference for education reporters at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) on…
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Harvard Kennedy School announces alumni award winners
Three Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) graduates will be recognized May 20 during Reunion Weekend. The HKS Alumni Board of Directors will present the following individuals with awards: Frank Pearl MC/MPA…
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Statisticians lend critical expertise to infectious disease research
A positive HIV test result was once a near-certain death sentence, with more than 75 percent of people infected with the virus in the 1980s dying from AIDS. Today, HIV…
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Music in the Mediterranean Diaspora: An international conference at Villa I Tatti
This interdisciplinary conference at Villa I Tatti (Florence, Italy) examines the circulation of music and musicians throughout the Mediterranean diaspora. It concentrates on music as a migratory frontrunner and privileges…
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Finance ministers from Africa, Latin America convene for annual forum at Harvard
Countries with inclusive and responsive governing institutions—essentially, those that are more democratic—are also more economically successful. That was one of the messages that 15 finance ministers from Africa and Latin…
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Panel offers tips on translating research into action
How can scientists turn their research into action? Four faculty members from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shared advice from their careers during a panel discussion on March…
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Conference explores future of health in Southeast Asia
During her opening remarks at a conference that looked at health care issues in Southeast Asia, Dean Michelle Williams said that the region—which is composed of 10 nations—merits attention for…
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BSC presents Barrett Award to 2 College seniors
On May 1, 2017, the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) presented the Joseph L. Barrett Award to Eric Hollenberg ’17 and Shivangi Parmar ’17. The award commemorates Joseph L. Barrett…
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Poster Day features work of students, postdocs, researchers
Research from 74 students, postdocs, and research associates was on display April 8, 2017 at the third annual Harvard Chan Poster Day. More than 200 filled Kresge Cafeteria to learn…
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Bret Johnston wins Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
Bret Johnston, Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser Director of Creative Writing and senior lecturer on English, has won the 2017 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award for his story, “Half of…
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Passionate pursuits
Pedro Lamothe-Molina, Ph.D. ’17, hopes to continue researching infectious diseases while taking care of patients and racing the occasional triathlon In 1996, Pedro Lamothe-Molina applied to medical school in his…
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Study finds first molecular genetic evidence of PTSD heritability
A large new study from the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium provides the first molecular genetic evidence that genetic influences play a role in the risk of getting Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)…
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Poll: Majority of Americans oppose Trump’s climate policies
According to a new POLITICO/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll, 60 percent of the American public as a whole oppose President Trump’s recently proposed 31 percent cut in funding for…
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Editing the human genome
Presenting before an interdisciplinary audience on April 27 at Harvard’s Tsai Auditorium, Dr. Buhm Soon Park, professor of History of Science and Policy at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science…
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Harvard’s Elizabeth Asefa honored by Breakthrough Greater Boston
Harvard Public Affairs and Communication’s own Elizabeth Asefa was recently honored by Breakthrough Greater Boston with its Breakthrough Spirit Award at its 25th anniversary celebration. Asefa is an alumna of…
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2017 Cabot Fellows announced
Ten faculty members have been awarded 2017 Walter Channing Cabot Fellowships for their outstanding publications: Stephen Burt, Professor of English, The Poem Is You (Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2016). Timothy Colton,…