Last month, the Office of the Executive Dean and Academic Administration at the Graduate School of Design received their Leaf One Green Office certification. Executive assistant Ashley Torr spearheaded the effort, but all of the members were actively involved in greening their office. Read More…
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Urgent prep workHumanitarian relief workers and climate scientists gathered in Cambridge this week to discuss the connection between climate change and humanitarian disasters and what relief workers can learn from science. Read More…
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Researchers from several Harvard Schools and initiatives were instrumental in developing the City of Boston’s first Cyclist Safety Report released on May 15, 2013 by Mayor Tom Menino. Read More…
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The Hoffman Laboratory was not originally designed with energy efficiency in mind. Built in 1963, it was in operation thirty years before the U.S. Green Building Council was even formed, and before Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) became a household term. Read More…
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The Resource Efficiency Program (REP) celebrated the end of its annual inter-House Green Cup competition at the Environmental Action Committee's Earth Day Festival on April 27. Read More…
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"Today all African presidents are supported by economic advisors. The time has come for them to complement the work of economic advisors with science, engineering, and innovation advisors. But advisors are not just people who whisper in the ears of heads of state. Read More…
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The Summer 2013 issue of the Belfer Center newsletter features recent and upcoming activities, research, and analysis by members of the Center community on critical global issues. This edition highlights the Belfer Center’s expanding work on complex cybersecurity issues and Middle East challenges, offers reflections on the role of the U.S. Read More…
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"As the financial and environmental costs of current-generation energy sources continue to mount, development and implementation of innovative new energy sources have become increasingly important. Belfer Center experts are putting their research to work to foster changes in government and industry alike to push forward these energy technologies." Read More…
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"Laura Diaz Anadon is Associate Director of the Belfer Center’s Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, Director of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, and a member of the Belfer Center Board of Directors. In May, she was named Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School." Read More…
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Reading a text message while driving is equivalent to driving blindfolded the length of a football field at 55 mph. Read more…
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For students like Morgan Lehmann '12, financial aid helped make the dream of attending Harvard a reality. Video: http://hvrd.me/10ALawH Read more…
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Professor Anne Harrington ’82 and her husband John Durant talk about raising their son in Pforzheimer House and their future as House Read more…
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The black hole captured in this Chandra X-ray Observatory photo is thought to be about 100 million times more massive than our Sun - Read more…
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The breakthrough technique that allowed scientists to obtain one-of-a-kind, colorful images of connections in the brain is about to get a Read more…
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A team of scientists discovered an exoplanet using a new method that relies on Einstein's special theory of relativity - http://hvrd. Read more…
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Of the thousands of flowering plants in the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, only one, the lilac, is singled out each year for a Read more…
