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The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and Harvard Global Health Institute announced the appointment of two Burke Climate and Health Fellows who will launch studies focused on urgent issues at the nexus of climate change and health.

Philanthropic supporters are crucial partners in propelling a broad range of interdisciplinary work across Harvard to achieve meaningful progress in addressing all aspects of the climate crisis.

The HAA has announced six recipients of the 2023 HAA Awards: Michael R. Alderete ’79; Elinor B. Balka ’62; Guy L. Fish ’81; Alice E. Hill ’81, A.M. ’88, Ph.D. ’91; Bertram A. Huberman ’44, M.B.A. ’48; and Jason Luke ’94. 

Computer scientist David C. Parkes will become dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences on October 15.

Marla Frederick, a leading ethnographer and scholar focused on the African American religious experience, will become dean of Harvard Divinity School on January 1.

In the face of pervasive wildfire smoke and chronic air pollution, Harvard Graduate School of Design associate professor Holly Samuelson MDes ’09, DDes ’13 is focused on strategies architects can use to design efficient, ventilated buildings that ensure the safety and quality of indoor air while also lowering carbon emissions.

The Harvard Innovation Labs catches up with two recent winners of the President’s Innovation Challenge Ingenuity Award, which celebrates high-potential ideas and funds early-stage ventures, and two members of the 2023 Harvard Climate Entrepreneur’s Circle, a selective incubation program for high-potential ventures working to address climate change.

In 2023, the Harvard Climate Internship Program supported 41 graduate students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Kennedy School.  

More precise than other methane-sensing satellites that came before, MethaneSAT will allow scientists to track emissions to their sources and provide key data for reduction efforts.

Ashley Nunes, a senior research associate at Harvard Law School’s Center for Labor and a Just Economy, explains the Biden administration’s policies on EVs, what it’s getting right and wrong, and changes he says could lead to an even greater reduction in overall emissions.

Through his Our Common Nature initiative, renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma AB ’76, MusD ’91 is using musical collaborations in outdoor spaces to strengthen our relationship with the environment.

A sweeping review of Medicare records expands on research that shows spending time in nature may reduce the risk of a hospitalization for Alzheimer’s, dementia, and Parkinson's. The findings suggest a more extensive link for Parkinson's than for Alzheimer’s but show potential prevention benefits for both.

Jinyoung Seo PhD ’23 is working to remove climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons found in traditional air conditioning units while also making cooling systems smaller and much more efficient.

A toolkit developed by Harvard and Americares is equipping health care providers across the country with resources to help keep their patients safe as temperatures rise.

Harvard Business School’s Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) announced a cohort of six visiting scholars who will focus exclusively on climate, deepening the School’s commitment to accelerating research aimed at mitigating and adapting to global climate change.

The Climate and Sustainability Translational Fund and supporting program will provide support for Harvard-based projects to de-risk technologies towards startup formation, creating the next generation of solutions to ensure a cleaner and healthier future.

Brooke Ellison AB ’00, MPP ’04 is dedicated to finding and advocating for ways society can optimize opportunities for people with disabilities to ensure everyone is included. She is also bringing Harvard alumni together through the first-ever Shared Interest Group focused on disability. 

With a charitable gift annuity to Harvard Law School, Thomas M. Lamberti LLB ’57 and his wife, Eileen Bockelman Lamberti, are creating opportunities for talented students to succeed

A strategic roadmap built around three pillars of climate, equity, and health, Harvard’s updated Sustainability Action Plan offers a unifying and holistic vision for creating a more sustainable institution, and in turn a more sustainable world.

Meet four recent Harvard Business School graduates working to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis around the world by expanding access to financing for solar power, connecting workers with good jobs in the clean economy, converting atmospheric carbon into inert rock, and decarbonizing building materials.