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The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has named Grace O’Sullivan ’24 of Adams House and Chibuikem Uche ’24 of Currier House as this year’s David and Mimi Aloian Memorial Scholars. 

Environmental health sciences scholar Andrea Baccarelli will become dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on January 1.

Senior Katie Catulle ’24 reflects on six weeks studying abroad in Venice.

Colleen McGuinness ’99 shares her stories behind the camera for 30 Rock, Friends from College, and more!  

High school students from over 20 states and five countries convened on campus for a week-long program hosted by the Harvard Chan School’s Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment to learn how they can take action to protect their communities from the growing threats of climate change.

Harvard alumnus Aaron Sabin MS/MBA ’23 is developing a way to make carbon capture—a process that removes the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere—more energy efficient, scalable, and cost effective.

From speeding up diesel replacement in rural India to creating a global platform for thrifted clothes, Harvard Business School alumni share how their ventures are sparking climate solutions.

On the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s EdCast, lecturer Laura Schifter EdM ’07, EdD ’14 says the education sector can reduce its footprint and provide learning opportunities around climate.

The Salata Institute Seed Grant Program has announced its first cohort of awards, which will support 19 faculty members working across seven Harvard Schools with funding for projects ranging from exploring a new, algae-based building insulation material to researching the carbon footprint of AI-driven computing.

Widespread electric vehicle (EV) adoption is critical to confronting climate change, but a lack of sufficient public charging infrastructure is holding many potential EV drivers back. A team of researchers from Harvard and the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research will work to accelerate progress on public EV charging.

Harvard wildfire expert Loretta Mickley discusses how wildfires exacerbate climate change by releasing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have found evidence suggesting that long-term exposure to air pollution could increase the risk of several cancers in older adults, even at relatively low pollution levels that are below current U.S. and international safety standards.

More than four billion tons of carpet are thrown away every year in the United States. Third-year students at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences analyzed existing state legislation and devised community awareness programs to promote carpet recycling

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.