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Sheila Jasanoff, the Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Harvard Kennedy School, has been awarded the 2022 Holberg Prize, among the world’s most prestigious awards for academic work in the humanities and social sciences.By Nora...

In a letter to the community this afternoon addressing climate change, President Lawrence S. Bacow described what “Harvard has done and will do to ensure that our community is fully engaged in the critical work ahead.” The appearance of such a letter was...

Ex-Obama adviser says, unlike Trump, Biden and Harris will embrace factual analysis With the creation of a coronavirus advisory board among its first acts, the incoming Biden-Harris administration has moved quickly to reinstall science as a foundation for...

To commemorate the celebration, ESPP student Jack Smith '19, a skilled woodturner, crafted serving spoons and a bowl for President Faust from trees that had to be cut down around the campus Why did Harvard adopt its first science-based goal to reduce...

The 2018 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement - often described as the ‘Nobel Prize for the Environment’ - has been awarded to Paul Falkowski and James J. McCarthy, for their decades of leadership in understanding - and communicating - the impacts of...

Season Spotter, co-created by Professor Andrew Richardson, invites citizen-scientists to help with research By Peter Reuell, Harvard Gazette The options for how to spend your free time are almost endless, whether it’s working out at the gym, curling up...

75 attend gathering of grads who concentrated in Environmental Science and Public Policy By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer Harvard Gazette For George Reed, the weekend was like coming home. Nearly 16 years after he graduated from Harvard with a...

With an eye on the U.N. Climate Summit, environmental economist Robert Stavins shares his thoughts on priorities leaders should set in working toward next international agreement By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer First, do no harm. As world leaders...