Current Events and Campus Life
Harvard’s HouseZero opens as living lab with ambitious energy goals
December 3, 2018
Renovation complete, HouseZero opens as an office space with an ambitious goal: to produce more energy than it uses over its lifetime. It’s also a research tool for the Harvard Center for Green... Continue reading
Harvard study models forelimbs of echidnas to shed light on evolution
November 30, 2018
Using a detailed, musculoskeletal model of an echidna forelimb, Harvard scientists are not only shedding light on how the little-studied echidna’s forelimbs work, but also opening a window into... Continue reading
Student engineers an interaction between two qubits using photons
November 30, 2018
A Ph.D. student working in the lab of Professor Mikhail Lukin, co-director of the Quantum Science and Engineering Initiative, has demonstrated a method for engineering an interaction between two... Continue reading
Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks speaks at Harvard’s Houghton Library
November 30, 2018
Geraldine Brooks discussed her work as a war correspondent and her Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction during a visit to Houghton Library sponsored by the Harvard Review. Continue reading
Harvard’s Robin Wordsworth envisions better view of early Mars
November 29, 2018
Professor Robin Wordsworth explains why the just-announced landing site for the 2020 Mars rover mission has a lot to offer SEAS researchers. Continue reading
Yeast is getting a boost from solar power
November 29, 2018
Harvard researchers have started to combine bacteria with semiconductor technology that, similar to solar panels on a roof, harvests energy from light and, when coupled to the microbes’ surface,... Continue reading
Harvard forms subsidiary to advance Enterprise Research Campus
November 29, 2018
Harvard has announced the formation of a new subsidiary, headed by HBS Dean Nitin Nohria and former Massport CEO Thomas Glynn, to begin development of its Enterprise Research Campus in Allston. Continue reading
Christopher Stubbs is named dean of science at Harvard
November 29, 2018
Christopher Stubbs, the Samuel C. Moncher Professor of Physics and of Astronomy, has been appointed dean of science by FAS Dean Claudine Gay. Continue reading
In Harvard visit, John Kerry ponders America’s problems, prospects
November 28, 2018
During a visit to Harvard, former Secretary of State John Kerry encourages students to do more than show up to vote: to take action. Continue reading
In Harvard visit, Caroline Kennedy recalls her years as ambassador to Japan
November 28, 2018
During a Harvard visit, Caroline Kennedy recalls her years as ambassador to Japan, including President Obama’s trip to Hiroshima. Continue reading