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The CMI welcomes Ahmad Almawi

March 30, 2020
Ahmad Almawi, PhD, has joined the team at the CMI as a protein scientist.  Ahmad trained as a structural biologist and has expertise in protein production and purification. He will be spearheading the nanobody production effort.

Upcoming Changes to Research Participation Fees: Improving Equity and Accessibility

March 30, 2020

Fees for participation in COACHE's Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey have remained essentially unchanged since 2011. Over the past decade, we have launched, among other initiatives, new survey modules on academic governance and faculty leadership; a more secure, interactive reporting platform; strategy workshops and institutes; and data use agreements with dozens of scholars making discoveries that benefit the practice of faculty...

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How to prevent overwhelming hospitals and build immunity

How to prevent overwhelming hospitals and build immunity

March 27, 2020

This is part of our Coronavirus Update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious disease, economics, politics, and other disciplines offer insights into what the latest developments in the COVID-19 outbreak may bring.

With global coronavirus cases heading toward half a million, Harvard infectious disease experts said recent modeling shows that — absent the development of a vaccine or other intervention — a staggered pattern of social distancing...

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Coronavirus will be an even deadlier pandemic in developing countries

March 27, 2020

Ricardo Hausmann in Miami Herald

While we are all watching the news about the explosion of COVID-19 cases in the United States, Spain and Italy, we will soon face a bigger problem.

After talking with almost a dozen experts from some of the world’s leading universities, I’m much more worried about what might soon happen in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean than about the latest U.S. or European pandemic statistics.

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Harvard University professor Ricardo Hausmann, an expert in global development issues, told me that the United...

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The passing of Professor Thandika Mkandawire

March 27, 2020

The Harvard Center for African Studies sends our deepest heartfelt condolences to Professor Thandika Mkandawire's family and friends. His passing is a great loss to our community. Professor Thandika Mkandawire was the Chair of African Development and Professor of African Development at the London School of Economics. He contributed immensely to the scholarship of social sciences in Africa.

We wish to share CODESRIA's announcement on his passing and tribute to his scholarly work and highly esteemed career here:...

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