Tag: Harvard Global Institute

  • Campus & Community

    7 projects win Global Institute grants

    Seven projects that feature interdisciplinary, cross-collaborative research and span five Harvard Schools will receive grants from the Harvard Global Institute.

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  • Science & Tech

    Studying environmental issues in China

    A group of Harvard undergraduatess interested in fighting environmental decline spent the summer studying China’s problems and working alongside scholars whose efforts are directed at a host of issues.

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  • Nation & World

    Tracing migration’s impact

    A symposium at the Harvard Global Institute examined the ethical, legal, social, cultural, and economic implications of migration.

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  • Campus & Community

    Harvard Global Institute grants expand scope

    The Harvard Global Institute (HGI) will fund eight projects this year, three focusing on topics that are particularly relevant to China, five on issues that are salient to India.

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    Professor Rohini Pande and Professor Daniel Nocera will collaborate to bring Nocera's “bionic leaf” together with Pande's policy research to inform the adoption of the clean energy in India.
  • Science & Tech

    No cookie-cutter fixes on air pollution

    A Nobel Prize-winning chemist has called for additional research into the air pollution blanketing the world’s megacities, saying that solutions found in the developed world’s cities are not likely to apply in other places.

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  • Science & Tech

    Global concerns on climate change

    Harvard experts gather to discuss climate change in all its complexity, and share some surprising views.

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  • Nation & World

    Tackling international problems

    Harvard Global Institute announces second cycle of research grants to tackle international problems.

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  • Science & Tech

    Tackling carbon emissions in China

    A Beijing symposium co-sponsored by the Harvard China Project and the Harvard Global Institute explored the possibility of China adopting a carbon tax as a way to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions. The Gazette spoke with economist Dale Jorgenson, the Samuel W. Morris University Professor, and Chris Nielsen, the executive director of the China Project,…

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  • Science & Tech

    Gore sees progress on climate change

    Former Vice President Al Gore brought a dose of optimism about climate change to Harvard on April 7, saying the problems are severe, but the solutions are emerging.

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  • Campus & Community

    Seeking global projects

    Harvard Global Institute seeks applicants for grants to help tackle international concerns.

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  • Science & Tech

    Harvard creates Global Institute

    A multidisciplinary project to investigate climate change, energy security, and sustainable development in China has received the first $3.75 million grant from the new Harvard Global Institute.

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