SEAS
NSF Approves $20 Million Grant for SEAS-Based Research Center
The Center for Integrated Quantum Materials at Harvard will not occupy a physical space at the University, but rather serve as an intellectual group that comprises many top researchers from collaborating institutions.
Harvard Scientists Build Sound-Producing Artificial Muscle
The speaker, made of rubber membrane sandwiched between layers of gel, uses electrical charges carried by ions, not electrons, to produce sounds.
SEAS Dean Appointed To Advise Energy Secretary
Cherry A. Murray, Dean of Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences since 2009, has been appointed to the U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, the U.S. Department of Energy announced in August.
Fighting the Blaze
Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze in Somerville July 25. The fire damaged five apartment buildings and left two firefighters injured.
After Somerville Fire, An Outpouring of Support for Displaced Harvard Intern
Carine Margez, a graduate student from France working at Harvard for the summer, lost nearly all her belongings when a fire swept through her Somerville apartment on July 25.
After the Fire
A desk in a Somerville apartment lays covered in rubble just hours after a fire broke out early in the morning of July 25. Carine Margez, a graduate student from France working at Harvard for the summer, was allowed to return to her apartment later that morning to take this photograph.
SEAS, Crossing Over
Faculty members and students alike have already begun expressing concern regarding SEAS’ ability to remain integrated in a liberal arts education from its future home across the river.
Concentration Satisfaction: Class of 2012
As freshmen enter the second week of Advising Fortnight, Flyby presents a complete set of data from the Class of 2012's concentration satisfaction ratings. For all freshmen looking to narrow down the list of potential concentrations, sophomores or juniors curious about their chosen concentrations, and seniors reflecting on their undergraduate careers, here are the stats from last year's graduating seniors on how satisfied they were with their respective concentrations. Check out our four interactive graphs showing overall satisfaction rates among Humanities, Natural Sciences, SEAS, and Social Sciences concentrators in the Class of 2012.
As SEAS Moves to Allston, Administrators Contemplate Schedule Changes
Administrators and faculty are poised to consider changes to the daily academic schedule following the announcement this February that Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will move to Allston in as little as five years.
SEAS Allston
Computer science professor Stuart M. Shieber ‘81 speaks with architectual consultant Stephen J. Erwin about the design of the SEAS Allston campus at an open house event in Maxwell Dworkin Monday afternoon.
