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Computer scientist David Parkes honored as a top teacher
Roslyn Abramson Awards recognize professors who have demonstrated excellence in undergraduate teaching
 
Nanowire devices integrated directly onto silicon
Technique for fabricating nanowire photonic and electronic circuits may be suitable for high-volume production
 
Minding the gap by land, van, and pixel
Undergrads devised a plan in ES-96 to keep the Harvard campus together as it expands into Allston
 
Energy efficient computing gets green light thanks to Microsoft
David Brooks, Gu-Yeon Wei and Mike Smith will develop a "dynamic runtime environment" to link power use and load
 
Microrobotics expert flying high with two prestigious awards
Robert Wood has has won a CAREER award from the NSF and a YIP Award from the ONR
 
Capasso lab creates compact sensor
Tech Review reports on the lab's creation of a shoebox-size sensor used to detect low concentrations of chemicals
 
Win-Win for industry & academia
Chemical company BASF officially launched the BASF Advanced Research Initiative at Harvard, based at SEAS, on April 29
 
Appointment ... Barbara J. Grosz, Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences in SEAS, has been appointed the dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
 
Brain Shock ... In Tech Review Kit Parker discusses his ongoing fight (video) to understand and one day treat brain trauma caused by improvised explosive devices.
 
Arctic Air ... In the NY Times atmospheric chemist and environmental engineer Daniel Jacob provides expertise on why "the Arctic is a melting pot for mid-latitude pollution."
 
Collaboration Explained ... The Spring 2008 issue of GSAS's Colloquy features "Engineering Gets Social," a look at how grad students collaborate across fields.