Please join us for the Engaging the World: International Opportunities Fair on Friday, October 4, 2019 from 1-4pm in the Cabot Science Library, Science Center
Taking place during Harvard's Worldwide Week, the Harvard College International Opportunities Fair is an annual undergraduate student fair showcasing activities and funding available to undergraduates throughout the year. Connect with the international centers and offices, academic departments, and selected student groups that will send you abroad to study, research, intern or volunteer. Please stop by...
For the first time, researchers have captured images of the formation of individual viruses, offering a real-time view into the kinetics of viral assembly. The research provides new insights into how to fight viruses and engineer self-assembling particles.
The research is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.*
"Structural biology has been able to resolve the structure of viruses with amazing resolution, down to every atom in every protein," said Vinothan Manoharan, the...
The Harvard Environmental Economics Program (HEEP) hosted a workshop on September 19 – 20, 2019 for current and former Pre-Doctoral Fellows, featuring 25 research presentations and three professional-development panels. Forty-five current fellows and alumni participated.
Congratulations to Aaron Abai, winner of the 2019 HGHI Summer Fellows photo contest! Click to see the winning photo, "Mystery in Celebration," and to view other submissions.
Project Director Dr. Payam Mohseni and Associate Mohammad Sagha conducted a series of youth workshops entitled “Shi’ism in America” at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, MI. The interactive workshops expanded upon several themes including pluralism within Islam and how to approach interfaith dialogue within the framework of Shi’i Islam. Dr. Payam Mohseni and Mohammad Sagha also discussed Shi'a-Sunni relations and sectarian de-escalation and how Muslim-Americans can engage with greater American civil society.
CNN Opinion | By Jennifer Lee and Van C. Tran (PhD 2011). Van C. Tran is associate professor of sociology at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Jennifer Lee is professor of sociology at Columbia University.
Project Senior Adviser Hassan Abbas recently visited Iraq and participated in the R.C.D. Security and Economic Forum in Baghdad. Professor Abbas discussed the importance of national security policy, interstate relations in the Middle East, and strategies for reaching a more stable and cohesive Iraq.