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Diversity Task Force Releases Draft Report

September 25, 2017
By Kristine E. Guillaume and Claire E. Parker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS

A University-wide task force focused on diversity and inclusion recommended Monday that central administrators work with individual schools to devise plans to ensure historically marginalized groups experience “full membership in the Harvard community.”

Asia Center to Host ASEAN@50 Conference and Tsai Lecture

September 25, 2017

The Harvard University Asia Center will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with a multi-disciplinary conference featuring Southeast Asian scholars and dignitaries and Harvard faculty in various disciplines who focus on Southeast Asia. The conference, which takes place on Friday, October 13, complements the Asia Center’s annual Tsai Lecture and Reception the preceding day, featuring Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, former Secretary-General of ASEAN, speaking about past accomplishments and future opportunities for ASEAN.... Read more about Asia Center to Host ASEAN@50 Conference and Tsai Lecture

As AI rises, you’ll likely have a job, but it may be different

As AI rises, you’ll likely have a job, but it may be different

September 22, 2017

The fear of losing your job to a robot is by no means a new phenomenon, despite being a worrisome one. Jason Furman, professor of the practice of economic policy at Harvard Kennedy School and former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, proved that at a session called “Will You Still Have a Job When the Robots Arrive? AI and Its Effect on the Workplace.”

Early in the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Furman showed an alarmist newspaper headline that read “Robots Rise: They bid for...

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Are You Conducting an NIH Clinical Trial?

September 22, 2017

As part of the NIH initiative to improve the quality and transparency of NIH supported research, a suite of initiatives have been launched. These initiatives include dedicated funding opportunity announcements for clinical trials, Good Clinical Practice training, enhanced registration and results reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov, and required use of single IRBs for multi-site studies. ... Read more about Are You Conducting an NIH Clinical Trial?

Jonas Rüegg, HEAL

Sailing to the Frontier: Fujian Settlers on the Pacific Islands off Taiwan

September 22, 2017

Student Report: Jonas Rüegg, History and East Asian Languages

Thanks to a generous research grant from the Asia Center, I had the opportunity to expand my earlier research on the colonization of Pacific Islands south of Japan by delving into sources and scholarship on Taiwan’s early modern frontier development. During my field trip of two months, I was a visiting research fellow at Academia Sinica’s Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (人文社會中心), where I connected with faculty and graduate students.... Read more about Sailing to the Frontier: Fujian Settlers on the Pacific Islands off Taiwan