Thirty-five years ago, the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University began offering free programs for elementary school students called Field Study Experiences (FSE), opening the gates of nature and science to thousands of Boston Public School (BPS) children. The initiative — launched in 1984 with a request from the Boston schools to local museums to help…

Eileen McNeely, co-founder and director of the Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise (SHINE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health tells CNN Travel that the health impacts passengers could face on super long haul flight are similar those on shorter flights, but increased. “Exposures that are taxing on the body will…

Lisa Dreier will become the next managing director of the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI). ALI is a third stage in higher education designed to harness the skills and vision of senior leaders to benefit society. Dreier will officially assume her duties in November in advance of the start of the 2020 ALI Fellowship Program…

On Oct. 10, Roy Gordon and Michael Aziz received a 2019 Eni Award for Innovation in Energy during a ceremony held at the Palazzo del Quirinale in Italy. Every year since 2007, Eni, a transnational energy company operating in 67 countries around the world, awards three major prizes for research in the energy and environment sectors. The Award is…

Dan Congreve, Rowland Fellow at the Rowland Institute at Harvard, has been named one of the Moore Inventor Fellows. Launched in 2016 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Moore’s Law, the revolutionary prediction that anticipated the exponential growth of computing power, the program embraces the spirit of Gordon Moore’s passion for science and penchant for…

With negotiators from more than 100 countries preparing to gather in Santiago, Chile, for the 25th annual international climate conference (COP25, for Conference of the Parties) in December, attention is focusing on how to build consensus for the accurate accounting of emission reductions. So-called “double counting,” which occurs when two or more parties claim credit…

Tarana Burke, civil rights activist and founder of the global #MeToo movement for survivors of sexual assault, has been chosen as this year’s recipient of Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership Gleitsman Award. The annual award honors Burke for her leadership of the global fight for survivor justice and her decades-long campaign to heal…

A detailed analysis of midterm voter turnout figures from the 2018 elections shows that the percentage of eligible Harvard students who turned up at the polls nearly doubled when compared to the last midterm elections in 2014.  The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE), a report examining voting behavior among younger Americans produced…

The Office of the Vice Provost for Research recently made awards to five early career science scholars comprising the 2019 cohort of the Aramont Fund for Emerging Science Research fellows. The research fund is made possible by a generous gift from the Aramont Charitable Foundation and provides critical funding to advance high-risk, high reward science…

More than 700 Harvard Extension School (HES) degree candidates and their guests gathered for the school’s second Convocation inside of Memorial Church this weekend. Students traveled from as far as China, Japan, the Netherlands, Brazil, and Canada, as well as from across the United States, to celebrate the event. As guests filled the pews to…

Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study was one of seven Boston-area higher education institutions to host Boston Public School students on Aug. 5­–9 as part of the Summer of HOPE Institute. Radcliffe, in partnership with the Boston Public Schools (BPS) and the Juvenile Alternative Resolution Program of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, designed a…

Harvard University has established a multi-year research collaboration with the biotech company Moderna, Inc., with the goal of identifying and developing novel therapeutic approaches that could improve the lives of patients with immunological diseases. Additional funding from Moderna to Harvard Medical School (HMS) will establish an initiative at HMS called the Alliance for RNA Therapies…

“Exercising or eating spinach will not make us healthy. What makes us healthy is society,” said Columbia professor and psychiatrist Mindy R. Fullilove, author of “Root Shock” (2004). Fullilove spoke at the 2019 Urban Activism conference which was convened by Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES). The organizers — Harvard graduate students Joan Chaker and Aylin Yildirim Tschoepe, Leicester University postdoc…

The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics is accepting applications for three exciting fellowship opportunities. The Fellows-in-Residence program invites applications from a broad range of researchers and practitioners who will work over the course of the year on pressing issues in ethics. Faculty in arts and sciences and professional schools, postdoctoral scholars, practitioners, and researchers from industry,…

Harvard ethicist and author Danielle Allen will be honored this fall for her contributions to the humanities in the Bay State when she accepts her 2019 Governor’s Award in the Humanities. Award recipients are nominated each year by Mass Humanities and confirmed by Governor Charlie Baker. Allen is the James Bryant Conant University Professor at…

Charles Maier ’60, Ph.D. ’67, the Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History and resident faculty at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), recently retired, after 50 years of teaching at Harvard. CES spoke to him about what he’ll do next and what he’ll miss. CES: As you begin retirement, you’re starting another book. Would…

The Harvard Innovation Labs (HIL) is thrilled to announce the student-founded ventures that will participate in the 2019 Fall Venture Incubation Program. The Harvard Innovation Labs’ primary purpose is to provide experiential education — helping students, faculty, and select alumni explore innovation and entrepreneurship across industries and stages. The 176 teams who are part of…

Harvard alumnae Amanda Nguyen ’13 and Sarah Szanton ’88 are among the five recipients of the 24th Heinz Awards announced on Sept. 12. Created to honor the memory of the late U.S. Senator John Heinz, the awards honor achievements in five areas: arts and humanities, environment, human condition, public policy and technology, and the economy…

The Peabody Museum’s new Faculty Executive Committee convenes today, bringing together more than a dozen professors and administrators to help create an ethos of social responsibility and accountability for the museum to descendent communities. Chaired by anthropology professor Matthew Liebmann, the interdisciplinary committee of 14 will prioritize ethical stewardship of the Peabody collections, and it…

In a new journal article published recently in The Milbank Quarterly, researchers from Harvard Business School (HBS) and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discuss the results of a recently conducted study that assessed the current levels of engagement by businesses in a corporate Culture of Health (CoH). Through the research, a tool was…

Scientists and engineers all over the world have been grappling with the realities of climate change for decades: collecting evidence, communicating dangers, and working together to develop solutions. At Harvard, scientists at all career levels are developing solutions to protect the global food supply, clear the air of dangerous particles and gases, secure clean water…

Harvard’s Growth Lab today launched Country Profiles, a unique data visualization tool that guides users on an interactive journey through a country’s economic structure and dynamic growth patterns ultimately revealing the strategy necessary to achieve greater prosperity. This first-of-its-kind platform — built into the Atlas of Economic Complexity — revolutionizes how to think about economic strategy,…

The Immigration Initiative at Harvard (IIH),  a new university-wide effort launching this fall, will bring together Harvard students, researchers, and policy leaders to advance innovative research about immigration. Led by Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Roberto Gonzales, a leading expert on the experiences of immigrant youth, the central mission of IIH is to build…

A higher percentage of nanoparticles pass from the lungs to the blood in immature rats than in adult rats, according to a new study led by researchers at the Center for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. It is the first known experimental demonstration of leakier lung tissues allowing more…

The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has named Michelle Walsh ’20 of Cabot House and Benjamin Roy ’20 of Kirkland House this year’s David and Mimi Aloian Memorial Scholars. Each year the Aloian Memorial Scholarship is given to two juniors who demonstrate thoughtful leadership and who improve the quality of life in Harvard Houses. The award…

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On Sept. 28, Harvard University Dining Services is once again hosting an all-day, free festival, inviting the Greater Boston community to join in a fun-filled and inspiring day of cooking, demonstrations, hands-on skills and tastings, innovations and explorations. Centered around the theme “Saving the Planet One Bite at a Time!” the festival highlights Harvard faculty…

Applications are being accepted now for the 2019-20 Climate Change Solutions Fund grants cycle, with a deadline of Oct. 21, 2019. Eligible faculty and students are invited to submit proposals for funding up to $150,000 for projects of one or two years in duration. Applications are accepted through the Harvard University Funding Portal (HUFP). The…