Tag: AAAS

  • Nation & World

    Turning photons into pirouettes

    Astrophysics student Xiaohan Wu used dance to explain the physics behind photons in the early universe, winning the “Dance Your Ph.D.” international competition.

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    Xiaohan Wu dancing.
  • Nation & World

    Ten from Harvard named AAAS Fellows

    Ten Harvard faculty members are among the 416 scientists who have been named American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows. Election as an AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.

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  • Nation & World

    Eleven faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

    The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election of 213 new members, including 11 Harvard faculty.

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  • Nation & World

    A clarion call for science

    Harvard President Drew Faust called for the scientific community to unite in its efforts to press Congress for continued federal research support during a speech to the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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  • Nation & World

    AAAS names 7 fellows from Harvard

    Seven faculty from Harvard University are named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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  • Nation & World

    20 faculty members named to 2008 class of AAAS fellows

    The American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS), one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers, today (April 28) announced the election of 20 Harvard University faculty members and affiliates to its new class of members.

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  • Nation & World

    Bercovitch wins Bode-Pearson Prize

    Sacvan Bercovitch, the Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature Emeritus, has won the Bode-Pearson Prize for outstanding contributions to American studies.

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  • Nation & World

    Bobo, Morgan return to Harvard

    Marcyliena Morgan, a noted linguistic anthropologist, and Lawrence D. Bobo, a renowned sociologist, have been appointed professors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Both will join the Department of African and African American Studies (AAAS); Bobo will have a joint appointment in sociology. Morgan and Bobo, who are husband and wife, were members of…

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