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Weitz Receives the Franklin Institute's Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science

January 31, 2024

Congratulations to Prof. David Weitz upon receipt of the Franklin Institute's Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science, which recognizes contributions to fundamental or application-oriented science with broad impact and should clearly indicate the scientific significance—innovative, technical, and/or conceptual—and the societal/economic impact of the nominee’s work. The citaiton for Prof. Weitz reads "For transforming our fundamental understanding of squishy materials ranging from gels, polymers, colloids, and...

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Visit of Sarah M. Whiting, Dean of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, to Nafplio

January 31, 2024

The Harvard Graduate School of Design Dean's visit to Nafplio was completed with great success. Starting her visit from CHS Greece, Dean Sarah M. Whiting had the opportunity to tour the Center's premises, hear about our ongoing activities and discuss future collaborations with the CHS Greece team.

Afterward, she delivered a lecture entitled "Dynamic Wholes" at the Municipality of Nafplio's Vouleutiko, organized by the...

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Η επίσκεψη της Sarah M. Whiting, Κοσμήτορος της Αρχιτεκτονικής Σχολής του Harvard, στο Ναύπλιο

January 31, 2024

Ολοκληρώθηκε με μεγάλη επιτυχία η επίσκεψη της Κοσμήτορος της Αρχιτεκτονικής Σχολής του Harvard στο Ναύπλιο. Ξεκινώντας  την επίσκεψή της από το ΚΕΣ, η Kοσμήτορας Sarah M. Whiting είχε την ευκαιρία να ξεναγηθεί στους χώρους του Κέντρου, να ακούσει για τις δράσεις μας και να συζητήσει για μελλοντικές συνεργασίες με την ομάδα του ΚΕΣ.

Κατόπιν, έδωσε ομιλία στο Βουλευτικό του Δήμου Ναυπλιέων, με τίτλο "Dynamic Wholes", η...

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The life and death of cracks - Weitz Lab researchers explore how fractures nucleate, propagate and stop, with papers published in Nature Physics and AGU Advances. Congratulations, Thomas, Yiqiao, Lizhi...!

January 29, 2024

Here’s a moment that almost everyone has experienced — you drop your phone screen down on a hard surface and hear the telltale crunch. The screen is cracked but you don’t know how bad. You pick up the phone and survey the damage. 

At that moment, looking at your cracked phone screen, have you ever wondered why it cracked in the way it did? Why do some fault lines stretch across the screen while others stop after only a few millimeters?  

Harvard scientists, in collaboration with an international and interdisciplinary team of researchers, are exploring...

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[CLOSED]: Research Assistant I (2024)

January 29, 2024

Dr. Timothy Springer is looking for a highly motivated and resourceful candidate for a Research Assistant I position in his lab.  Research in the Springer lab uses exciting and innovative techniques including single-molecule FRET, cryoEM, X-ray crystallography, synthetic antibody discovery using yeast display platforms and quantitative biophysical and biochemical assays to study and unravel the mechanisms of protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions at the heart of cell signaling pathways that are relevant to immunology, hemostasis, and human pathologies like autoimmune diseases, cancer, and fibrosis.  This is a unique opportunity for recent graduates to learn new biology and techniques, hone their research skills, and sharpen their scientific mind before applying to graduate or medical school.  

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Bringing Generative AI to the Harvard Classroom

Bringing Generative AI to the Harvard Classroom

January 29, 2024

During the fall of 2023, teams from the Bok Center visited 18 departments and programs across Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences to offer a 60-minute workshop on generative AI and its applications for teaching and learning. Tailored to the disciplinary contexts of both faculty and Teaching Fellows/Teaching Assistants, the workshops featured interactive demonstrations showcasing how instructors could take advantage of generative AI to improve their teaching methods and how students could be guided to utilize AI for enhanced learning experiences. We’ve shown Statistics...

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Public Seminar: Silencing Teachers in Yemen | Abdulgaleel Ahmed

January 29, 2024

The Department of Anthropology at Harvard University is pleased to share a recent publication from Public Seminar written by Harvard Fellow in Anthropology Abdulgaleel Ahmed titled "Silencing Teachers in Yemen: How the Houthi threaten the future of a civil society."

“After nine years of war, Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian crisis,” a United Nations report asserted...

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