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At a talk hosted by Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, renowned climate scientist Michael Mann, author of Our Fragile Moment, said that while keeping the Earth’s warming below the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold is a tall task, climate “doomism” isn’t justified by the science and could lead us down a path of inaction.

Harvard Business School alumni are using new technologies to transform the apparel industry—responsible for 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions—into a more circular economy.

As co-presidents of the Harvard Undergraduate Urban Sustainability Lab, Kayla Springer ’26 and Clyve Lawrence ’27 are working to advance sustainability at Harvard and in Boston.

With support from a Salata Institute seed grant, electrical engineer Gage Hills is investigating how to reduce the carbon footprint of the production and use of next-generation computer chips.

Harvard Graduate School of Education professor Fernando Reimers EdM ’84, EdD ’88—who helped shape Harvard’s climate change education plan—leads with hope as he prepares students for a green economy.

In the Harvard Thinking podcast, faculty experts in the fields of energy and economics, African studies, and epidemiology outline the challenges of meeting global and local climate priorities.

Can sea level rise be slowed? A new project called Sea Level Investigation and Management (SLIM), made possible by a generous gift from Cornelius “Neil” Prior Jr. LLB ’62, aims to find out.

Pioneering Harvard neuroscientist Jeff Lichtman will begin serving as dean of the Division of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on July 1.

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.

The Harvard Alumni Association has announced that Scott A. Abell ’72, Katherine N. Lapp, and M. Lee Pelton, Ph.D. ’84, will receive the 2024 Harvard Medal.

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.

Vivian Hunt AB '89, MBA '95 and Tyler Jacks AB '83 will serve as president and vice chair, respectively, of the Harvard Board of Overseers for the 2024-25 academic year.

Q&A with Interim Provost John Manning and the chairs of faculty working groups on institutional voice and another on open inquiry.

Students applying to Harvard College for fall 2025 admission (Class of 2029) will be required to submit standardized test scores.

Harvard College has accepted 1,937 students to the Class of 2028 from a pool of 54,008 applicants. Accepted students represent 94 countries and all 50 U.S. states.

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.

Speaking at a Harvard Graduate School of Design symposium, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu AB '07, JD '12 offered a forceful vision for the role of urban forests in her city's push for environmental justice and climate resiliency.

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.

Vanessa Kerry MD '05, WHO director-general special envoy for climate change and health, gave a keynote address to a diverse slate of academics, policymakers, and industry representatives at the inaugural CAFÉ Climate & Health Conference hosted by Harvard and Boston University.