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Valerie Karplus

Assessing China's National Carbon Market: An HPCA Conversation with Valerie Karplus, Carnegie Mellon University

July 23, 2021

Author: Doug Gavel

China recently launched the world’s largest emissions trading market, but it is just one component of the nation’s ambitious efforts to curb the rise in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). That was the message delivered on Thursday (July 22) by Carnegie Mellon University Associate Professor Valerie Karplus during a...

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Our work about Layer Hall Effect published on Nature

July 21, 2021
Our first work at Harvard! In this work, we observe a type of Hall effect—the layer Hall effect—in which electrons from the top and bottom layers spontaneously deflect in opposite directions in even-layer 2D MnBi2Te4. Moreover, we find that the layer-locked Berry curvature can be manipulated by the axion field formed from the dot product of the electric and magnetic field vectors. Congrats!
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Reminder: Verify Your Vaccination

July 21, 2021
 

Harvard is requiring COVID vaccination for all community members who will have any on-campus presence this fall, including students, faculty, staff, and researchers. For faculty, staff, and researchers, we advise vaccination as soon as possible, and verification of vaccination must be submitted to Harvard University Health Services (HUHS) by July 15.

Once you are vaccinated, you must submit verification of your completed vaccination card received from your vaccination provider. Images...

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No fee for cancelling housing by 8/11

July 21, 2021

If you aren’t sure about your return, or are considering moving off campus, please note you can cancel your housing at the housing portal: http://harvard.starrezhousing.com/starrezportalx (look for the link to “housing forms” and then choose “housing cancellation” from the drop-down menu).

If you are taking a leave of absence for the fall, please also get in touch with the resident dean and academic coordinator in addition to cancelling your housing. I’d appreciate being included in your email as well—it’s helpful...

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Dr. Sharon Kujawa

Dr. Sharon Kujawa Promoted to Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery; Named Sheldon and Dorothea Buckler Chair

July 21, 2021

Sharon Kujawa, PhD, has been promoted to Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and named the Sheldon and Dorothea Buckler Chair in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at Mass Eye and Ear.

Endowed by Sheldon and Dorothea Buckler, the Chair is awarded to a senior faculty member who embodies the same passion and commitment to innovation as Mr. Buckler, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Mass Eye and...

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