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Tag: Faculty
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Nation & World
Battle won, but more to come
Harvard School of Public Health analysts probe the importance of the Supreme Court ruling upholding national health care, and explain the law’s next challenge: the November election
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Health
Win for Obama, but no let-up in debate
The U.S. Supreme Court decision on Thursday upholding the basis of national health care reform is far from the last word on the topic, Harvard faculty members said, and merely raises the curtain on act two: November’s general election.
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Campus & Community
William von Eggers Doering
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 1, 2012, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late William von Eggers Doering, Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Time called Professor Doering’s synthesis of quinine “one of the greatest scientific achievements in a century.”
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Campus & Community
Oleg Grabar
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 1, 2012, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Oleg Grabar, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Grabar was one of Islamic art and architecture’s most influential and insightful scholars.
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Campus & Community
Garber, Gawande elected into APS
Marjorie Garber and Atul Gawande have been elected members of the American Philosophical Society.
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Campus & Community
Counter knighted by King of Sweden
Noted neuroscience professor S. Allen Counter was appointed Knight of the Order of the Polar Star First Class by Carl XVI Gustaf, king of Sweden.
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Campus & Community
2012 Challenges to Democracy Grantees named
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School announced the recipients of its annual Challenges to Democracy Grant program.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Ed Portal
The Harvard Allston Education Portal “Showcase” drew nearly 100 people, including Ed Portal mentors, the Allston youngsters they’ve worked with, family members, and Harvard faculty and staff, to celebrate the conclusion of yet another semester of learning. Both mentees and mentors demonstrated the special connections that form at the Ed Portal and how contagious the…
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Campus & Community
Ed Portal showcases work
Since 2008, the Harvard Allston Education Portal has fostered learning, exploration, and connections between Harvard and the Allston-Brighton community. The new Ed Portal Annex will triple the size of the Harvard Allston Education Portal.
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Campus & Community
Bathing in Chinese language and culture
Expanding language program connects students with broader fields, such as history, art, and culture.
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Campus & Community
Harvard College Professors named
Five faculty members were recognized for their excellence in undergraduate teaching this week by being awarded Harvard College Professorships.
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council meeting held April 25
At the April 25 meeting of the Faculty Council, its members approved the Harvard Extension School courses for 2012-13 and Courses of Instruction for 2012-13. They also heard a review of the Ph.D. program in biostatistics and updates on College Standing Committees.
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Campus & Community
Memorial for Paul Doty
A memorial service celebrating the life of Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry Emeritus Paul Doty will be held on May 4 at 3 p.m. in the Memorial Church.
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Science & Tech
Earth’s sister in the crosshairs
A new book by Harvard astronomer Dimitar Sasselov explains the revolution in understanding the universe that views life as a natural part of planetary evolution and that has researchers on the brink of finding worlds that echo this one.
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Campus & Community
AACR honors Alan D’Andrea
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) presented Alan D. D’Andrea with the 52nd Annual AACR G.H.A. Clowes Memorial Award for his work in understanding cancer survival and progression.
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Campus & Community
Institute renamed after Kelman
The Vienna-based Institute for Integrative Conflict Transformation and Peace building was officially renamed the Herbert C. Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation on Dec. 29, 2011.
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Campus & Community
A peek into Harvard classrooms
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is launching a new video series, called “Harvard’s Great Teachers,” which will highlight Harvard’s world-class faculty and offer a sampling of the exciting and innovative teaching experienced by Harvard students.
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Campus & Community
Paulus honored for directing excellence
The American Repertory Theater Artistic Director Diane Paulus is the recipient of the Drama League’s 2012 Founders Award for Excellence in Directing.
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Campus & Community
HKS presents Neustadt and Schelling Awards
Amartya Sen, one of the world’s most eminent economists and philosophers, has been named one of the recipients of the 2012 Richard E. Neustadt and Thomas C. Schelling Awards.
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Nation & World
A welcome home
After more than a decade away, Professor Eric Maskin returned to the Economics Department this semester to a warm reception — and with a Nobel Prize in tow.
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Campus & Community
Oscar Handlin
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on March 6, 2012, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Oscar Handlin, Carl M. Loeb University Professor Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Handlin was the most influential and creative historian of American social life in the second half of…
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Campus & Community
Memorial set for James Q. Wilson
A memorial service for James Q. Wilson, former Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government at Harvard, will be held on April 13.
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Campus & Community
Dorrit Cohn, literature scholar, 87
Dorrit Cohn ’45, Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature Emeritus, died March 11. A professor of German and comparative literature, Cohn was one of three women appointed to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 1971.
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Campus & Community
CUNY Law School honors Gates
Harvard’s Alphonse Fletcher University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. will be honored at City University of New York School of Law’s annual Public Interest Law Association Gala and Auction benefit March 23.
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Campus & Community
REAI grants open for applications
The Real Estate Academic Initiative at Harvard is offering its second round of grants of the academic year to support real estate and urban development research by Harvard faculty and students.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Innovators – Innovation at Harvard
Throughout the Harvard community, students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae are working every day across disciplines and around the globe to generate innovative ideas and solutions. Here are just a few examples.
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Campus & Community
Incubator of Innovation – Innovation at Harvard
Medicine, business, politics….You never know where the spark of innovation may originate at Harvard.
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Campus & Community
Nature by Design – Innovation at Harvard
What can termites teach us about building complex computer systems?
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Campus & Community
Bench to Bedside – Innovation at Harvard
Harvard researchers and clinicians collaborate across disciplines and around the globe to craft solutions to the world’s toughest health challenges.