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Paving the way

Introducing Harvard's inaugural Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging fellows

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the largest division of the University, is dedicated to being
at the forefront of teaching and learning and fostering cutting edge research and discovery.

Science

Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy Daniel Nocera.

A next step in renewable Bionic Leaf fuel production

March 19, 2021

A few years ago, Harvard chemist Daniel Nocera, along with collaborators from Harvard Medical School, created a system that uses sunlight to split water molecules and combine them with carbon dioxide from air to produce renewable fuel.... Read more about A next step in renewable Bionic Leaf fuel production

Public Shakespeare

In the expository writing course "Why Shakespeare?" first-year students were challenged to adapt their essays for a public audience.

Social Science

Can knowing someone of a different race early in life make you more liberal?

June 11, 2021

White men who had a Black neighbor when they were growing up are more likely to be Democrats and less likely to be Republican, an influence that can last several decades later.... Read more about Can knowing someone of a different race early in life make you more liberal?

Harvard on Twitter

RadInstitute In this interview from #RadcliffeMagazine, @STurkle—a College alum and MIT professor—shares the story behind her new memoir, #TheEmpathyDiaries. t.co/U1QedTKyoN
14 hours 30 min ago.
Harvard The initiative will offer $500 no-strings-attached monthly payments to 125 eligible single-caretaker households, chosen by lottery, over an 18-month period beginning in August t.co/jVIosZEPkh
7 hours 25 min ago.
Harvard A new analysis shows that a person’s chances of getting COVID-19 went up if they lived in a community with high unemployment or high numbers of service workers t.co/TQwSd7a4PN
11 hours 30 min ago.

Arts and Humanities

Anette Gordon Reed (right) speaks with Sherri Ann Charleston during a virtual event about the past and present importance of Juneteenth.

A reason to celebrate ‘On Juneteenth’

June 15, 2021

As Juneteenth approaches, historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annette Gordon-Reed joined Harvard’s chief diversity and inclusion officer Sherri Ann Charleston to discuss the holiday, celebrations, and her new book, “On Juneteenth.” The holiday this Saturday, commemorating when the news of legalized slavery’s end in the U.S. reached the African American population of Galveston, Texas, is not only the central topic of Gordon-Reed’s collection of essays, it is an intensely personal cause.... Read more about A reason to celebrate ‘On Juneteenth’

30 years of ecological research in Harvard’s wired forest

In this documentary, Amy Li (Harvard College ’20) speaks with scientists, educators, and students in the Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program about the program’s origins, history, and future trajectories. The Harvard Forest was founded in 1907 and is based in Petersham, Massachusetts (Nipmuck ancestral homeland).

A peek inside the new SEC

Harvard’s much-anticipated Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) in Allston is complete. The SEC is home to a portion of Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). Labs are setting up (some are already operational), furniture has been moved in, and offices are being transitioned.

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Paving the way