Faculty & Research

Jeremy M. Weinstein PhD '03, an accomplished scholar of political science, academic leader, and public servant, will become dean of Harvard Kennedy School on July 1.

Harvard Graduate School of Education professor Nonie Lesaux will assume the role at the conclusion of Dean Bridget Terry Long’s tenure at the end of the academic year.

Sean Kelly, a distinguished scholar of philosophy, will begin serving as dean of the Division of Arts and Humanities in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on July 1.

The Salata Institute Seed Grant Program, supported by a gift from the Troper Wojcicki Foundation, is funding a second round of early-stage research by Harvard faculty on emerging topics in climate and sustainability, including a biologically inspired "skin" for windows that reduces building energy use, a carbon capture system powered by sunlight alone, and an analysis of the health effects of "peaker" power plants that operate when electricity demands are high.

Developed by Harvard researchers in partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund and others, the MethaneSAT satellite will monitor methane emissions from oil and gas fields worldwide and make the information publicly available in near real-time.

Naomi Oreskes, Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science and affiliated professor of earth and planetary sciences at Harvard, was selected for her work to expose corporate efforts to undermine the scientific consensus about human-caused climate change.

Harvard’s delegation to the COP28 climate change talks in Dubai included more than a dozen faculty representing six Harvard Schools and the wide range of disciplines required to tackle the climate crisis, from public health to economics.

A Salata Institute seed grant recipient, Joe Blatt AB ’70, EdM ’77 is leading a cross-Harvard team to develop more effective messaging to help break the gridlock of climate change denial.

In the new role, Beerbohm will launch a series of initiatives designed to advance constructive dialogue in classrooms and seminar halls across the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

From developing sustainable fertilizers and improving plant-based meats to using microbes to break down plastic packaging, researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard are creating technologies to decarbonize food production while providing enough food for our global needs.