News & Events
Everett Mendelsohn,
Professor of History of Science, Emeritus,
Awarded 2013
Centennial Medal
by GSAS
The GSAS Centennial Medal recognizes "contributions to society as they have emerged from one's graduate education at Harvard." At the luncheon, the chair of the nominating committee read a citation aloud that truly drove home the enormous impact that Everett's career — as a scholar, teacher, mentor and activist — has had on students, colleagues and communities across the country and, indeed, the world.
Warmest congratulations to Everett for this much-deserved recognition!
Congratulations to 2013 History of Science Grads!

Proudly arrayed left to right beside Acting Department Chair Anne Harrington (far left), are Masters degree recipients Elias Nelson and Kate Womersley; Ph.D. recipients Lisa Crystal, Lukas Rieppel, Leandra Swanner, David Unger, and Mariel Wolfson.
Not pictured: Paolo Savoia, MA, Elena Fratto, MA, Jennifer Thomson, Ph.D.
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It's about Time!
Visit the new CHSI exhibition
"Time & Time Again:
How Science and Culture Shape the Past, Present, and Future"
in Science Center 251 through December 6, 2013.
Please plan to join us for these related events:
| Date | "TIME & TIME AGAIN" Event |
|---|---|
| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2013 | EXHIBIT OPENING: 5:50PM |
| SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013 | Stories Through Time - A Family Festival 9:00 AM–4:00 PM at HMNH http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/family_programs/index.php |
| FEBRUARY 27 through APRIL 23, 2013 | 8 Artists Measure the Past, Present, and Future Artist Talk and Reception on Wednesday March 13th, 4-6pm in Harvard Medical School’s Warren Alpert 563 and in the Transit Gallery (located in Gordon Hall’s Lower Level, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston. Contact: Tania Rodriguez (Tania_Rodriguez@hms.harvard.edu) |
| TUESDAY MARCH 12, 2013 |
FROM THE BIG BANG TO BROADWAY: How Things Evolve Lecture by Robert Hazen, Research Scientist, Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory and Professor of Earth Sciences, George Mason University |
| FRIDAY APRIL 5, 2013 |
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE GALLERY REOPENING LECTURE by Francis A. Macdonald, Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University at HMNH, 6:00PM http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php |
| SATURDAY APRIL 20, 2013 |
CONCERT FROM THE BACH SOCIETY ORCHESTRA sponsored by the CHSI 8:00PM @ Sanders Theater |
| TUESDAY APRIL 30, 2013 |
THE 2013 LEE LECTURE IN PHYSICS |
| TUESDAY JUNE 18, 2013 |
TIME & TIME AGAIN AT THE MOVIES "Murder on the Orient Express" 1974, Directed by Sidnet Lumet, 127 min. • 7:00PM, Science Center Lecture Hall C • Free Admission |
| FRIDAY JUNE 21, 2013 |
SUMMER SOLSTICE NIGHT at the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 5:00–9:00 PM |
| TUESDAY JULY 2, 2013 |
TIME & TIME AGAIN AT THE MOVIES “Time Bandits” 1981, Directed by Terry Gilliam, 110 min. • 7:00PM, Science Center Lecture Hall C • Free Admission |
| TUESDAY JULY 16, 2013 |
TIME & TIME AGAIN AT THE MOVIES “Run Lola Run” 1998, Directed by Tom Tykwer, 80 min. • 7:00PM, Science Center Lecture Hall C • Free Admission |
| TUESDAY JULY 30, 2013 |
TIME & TIME AGAIN AT THE MOVIES “Memento” 2000, Directed by Christopher Nolan, 113 min. • 7:00PM, Science Center Lecture Hall C • Free Admission |
| TUESDAY AUGUST 13, 2013 |
TIME & TIME AGAIN AT THE MOVIES “Primer” 2004, Directed by Shane Carruth, 77 min. • 7:00PM, Science Center Lecture Hall C • Free Admission |
| AUGUST 22 through 25, 2013 | North American Sundial Society Annual Conference at the Marriott Courtyard Boston Cambridge 777 Memorial Drive · Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 |
| SEPTEMBER 22 through OCTOBER 1, 2013 |
HMNH Trip: Time Travel: Looking at Science and Culture in and Around London,England |
Announcing the Spring 2013 Issue of
Synthesis
the nation's only undergraduate journal in the history of science!
Download a pdf copy now...
News
May 17, 2013

Out of the Frying Pan? ; )
Acting History of Science Department Chair Prof. Anne Harrington has accepted a new post on the Cambridge campus as co-master of Pforzheimer House. Best wishes to she and her family as they embark on this new adventure Fall Semester, 2013!
April 9, 2013

Isaacson Delivers 2013 Rothschild
Renowned biographer Walter Isaacson addressed an avid audience, including Harvard President Drew Faust, delivering the 2013 Robert and Maurine Rothschild Lecture, The Genius of Jobs, Einstein, & Franklin, Monday, April 9.
March 21, 2013
From the "Where are they now?" File
Recent HS doctoral recipient Alex Wellerstein's work, Nukemap, has been looming large on Jon Stewart's Daily Show recently.
March 1 , 2013
Sophomore Tutorial Redux
Profs Ann Harrington and Christopher Phillips receive kudos for their innovative changes to the Sophomore Tutorial, funded in part by the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching.
February 26, 2013

Getting to the Heart of the Matter
Professor David Jones' new book, Broken Hearts: The Tangles History of Cardiac Care, is profiled in the March/April 2013 edition of Harvard Magazine.
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