Tag: Professorship

  • Nation & World

    Five named College Professors

    Five faculty members have been awarded Harvard College Professorships: Joseph D. Harris, Steven R. Levitsky, Michael Puett, Jennifer L. Roberts, and Maryellen Ruvolo. The Harvard College Professorships are five-year appointments. They provide faculty with extra support for research or scholarly activities and a semester of paid leave or a summer salary.

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  • Nation & World

    First Santiago Ramón y Cajal Professor is named

    Jeff Lichtman, the Jeremy R. Knowles Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, has been appointed as the first Ramón y Cajal Professor of Arts and Sciences.

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  • Nation & World

    New professor for SEAS, Wyss

    Jennifer A. Lewis, an internationally recognized leader in 3-D printing and biomimetic materials, has been appointed as the first Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and as a core faculty member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University.

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  • Nation & World

    Groundbreaking professorship in LGBT studies

    Harvard has received a $1.5 million gift from the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus (HGLC) to endow the F.O. Matthiessen Visiting Professorship of Gender and Sexuality. Harvard Overseer Mitchell L. Adams ’66, M.B.A. ’69, will inform participants at the annual HGLC Commencement dinner that a campaign spanning several years has reached its goal. Named after…

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  • Nation & World

    Radcliffe Institute appoints faculty leaders

    In the Harvard community and worldwide, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is known for interdisciplinary ventures and for providing an ideal environment for incubating creative ideas and discoveries. To enhance its programs, the Radcliffe Institute has appointed several faculty leaders who will help spur new multidisciplinary collaborations in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social…

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  • Nation & World

    HKS initiative includes new professorships, student support, and research

    The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is announcing an ambitious new initiative linking innovative governance to the world’s major social challenges.

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  • Nation & World

    HSPH honors Bernard Lown

    A professorship and scholarship program to honor the career of Bernard Lown in advancing public health is being established at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). School officials made the announcement Sept. 10.

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  • Nation & World

    Newsmakers

    Bloom receives honorary doctorate from Erasmus University Rotterdam Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Dean Barry R. Bloom received an honorary doctorate from Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands at a Nov. 8 ceremony. The university annually awards one or more honorary doctorates to mark its founding, a celebration called “Dies Natalis.” Bloom delivered a…

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