Science-Focused Clubs Empower Young Women

Harvard Science Club for Girls joins a growing contingent of campus organizations that support women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Hoekstra and Charbonneau Win Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching

The prize, which consists of a $10,000 personal award and $40,000 of research support, was endowed this past summer by a donation from Harvard alumnus Gardner Hendrie ’54.

Although quite common, the Pilot G-2 gel pen is a favorite of Comparative Zoology Professor Farish A. Jenkins.

Comparative Zoology Professor Farish A. Jenkins keeps an imprint of a polar bear's paw right next to his desk.

Professor Greg Tucci's office has a collection of odd objections, including but not limited to, a metronome, a collection of carved wooden figures, champagne classes, and an Einstein bookholder.Chemistry Professor Greg Tucci's office has a collection of odd objections, including but not limited to, a metronome, a collection of carved wooden figures, champagne classes, and an Einstein bookholder.

Professor Greg Tucci's office has a collection of odd objections, including but not limited to, a metronome, a collection of carved wooden figures, champagne classes, and an Einstein bookholder.Chemistry Professor Greg Tucci's office has a collection of odd objections, including but not limited to, a metronome, a collection of carved wooden figures, champagne classes, and an Einstein bookholder.

Comparative Zoology Professor Farish A. Jenkins always keeps a wooden basket in his office for freshly picked apples that he brings for his students from his farm.

Professors Skeptical of Faster-Than-Light Particle

The results of a recent physics experiment at the European Organization for Nuclear Research may pose the most direct challenge to Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity since its inception, holding the fate of modern physics in the balance.

Three Professors Awarded MacArthur "Genius Grants"

Three Harvard professors are among the 22 scholars selected to received a MacArthur Fellowship “genius grant,” the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced Tuesday.

Live Video Stream Ends for LS1a

This semester, the introductory life science course, popular among pre-meds, will be offered in two sections for the first time.

Fixing the Faculty

As the School recovers and the deficit slims, departments are evaluating the state of their faculties and identifying the holes that have appeared.

The Waiting Game

Despite a condemning internal investigation, Harvard finds itself in the unfamiliar position of waiting for another body to dictate the future of a professor who was once a prized member of its faculty.

Astronomer Talks Asteroid Strikes

Timothy B. Spahr, director of the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, dispelled Hollywood conceptions of space in a talk last night about his work identifying asteroids whose trajectory may pass near earth.

Lab Safety Assessed in Wake of Tragedy

Harvard’s experimental laboratories are planning to strengthen lab safety practices following the death of Yale senior Michele Dufault in a chemistry lab machine shop.

Professors Use Skype for Office Hours

McCormick is among a growing number of faculty members who supplement their regular office hours with additional time slots for students to contact them virtually.

Lab Rat of the Week: Tomo Lazovich ’11

When Tomo Lazovich ’11 first heard that the Fibonacci Sequence in mathematics was related to the Golden Ratio, his instinct was to go home and test the theory.

From Harvard, to Harvard

When Psychology Department Chair Susan E. Carey ’64 graduated from Radcliffe College, William James Hall was still under construction. Forty-seven years later, she works on the 11th floor of that very building.

Researchers Apply Plate Tectonic Theory To Tibet

Plate tectonic theory can be used to explain movement of the Earth’s crust in Tibet—a key discovery in advancing the understanding of long-term seismic action—according to a study published last month by two Harvard researchers.

Lab Rat of the Week: Joshua R. Wortzel '13

Watch this week's feature on Joshua R. Wortzel '13 who studies neurogenetics at Christopher T. Walsh's lab.

A Glimpse Into Harvard's Loomis-Michael Observatory

President of Student Astronomers at Harvard-Radcliffe Thomas S. Rice '12 and STAHR Treasurer Samuel M. Meyer '13 elaborate on the fascinating history, unique decor, and myriad uses—both scientific and social—of the observatory atop the Harvard Science Center.

Physicist Appointed To National Committee

President Obama appointed Physics Professor Lisa J. Randall ’84 to the President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science last week.

Harvard Forest Offers Research Experience

Harvard Forest’s REU program gives students from universities across the country, sometimes with little to no ecology research experience, the opportunity to conduct projects for 12 weeks during the summer.

Harvard Scientists Reverse Aging in Mice

Researchers at Harvard Medical School have reversed the aging process in mice and hope to apply this research to combat the symptoms of human aging.

Daydreaming Linked to Unhappiness, Study Finds

Using an iPhone application called Track Your Happiness, Harvard psychologists found in a recent study that daydreaming is associated with lower levels of happiness.

Redefining Science Education

Bruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief of Science Magazine, spoke yesterday about Harvard's leading role in redefining science education as part of the Dudley Herschbach Lecture series.