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Alumni profile: Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, S.B. '20

February 1, 2023

Promoting STEM mentorship in under-represented communities

Alumni profile: Anjali Lohani, S.B. ’08

April 22, 2022

Helping developing nations improve their water management

Energy efficient computing gets green light thanks to Microsoft

April 29, 2008

David Brooks, Gu-Yeon Wei and Mike Smith will develop a "dynamic runtime environment" to link power use and load (CNET)

Calculating solar geoengineering’s technical costs

November 28, 2018

Research describes how anti-global warming stratospheric aerosol program could work

Erez Lieberman-Aiden wins 2010 Lemelson-MIT student prize

March 4, 2010

$30,000 prize is awarded annually to individual who has shown exceptional innovation and a portfolio of inventiveness

AI for Social Impact

COMPSCI 2880
2026 Spring

Milind Tambe
Monday, Wednesday
2:15pm to 3:30pm

Recent years have seen AI successfully applied to societal challenge problems. Indeed, recognizing the potential of AI for tremendous social impact in the future, "AI for social impact" is growing as a subdiscipline within AI. In this course, we will discuss successful case studies of  use...

Transportation

Harvard affiliates have access to an interconnected, multi-modal, transportation system that connects the Cambridge and Allston nodes of campus.

Harvard launches environmental science and engineering concentration

April 27, 2018

Program incorporates broader course offerings, design project

Federico Capasso elected into the Academia Europaea

November 2, 2015

The prestigious European academy includes 52 Nobel Prize winners

Alumni profile: Scott Kennedy, Ph.D. ’03

November 18, 2019

Powering up community engagement for clean energy projects

Alumni profile: Katja Lierhaus, S.B. ’16

April 23, 2019

Barbara Grosz awarded Lifetime Achievement Award of Association for Computational Linguistics

August 3, 2017

Contributions to the fields of computational linguistics and natural language processing recognized

Renewable energy research receives multimillion-dollar federal backing

April 30, 2014

Harvard researchers ink contract with ARPA-E to further develop organic mega flow battery

Vahid Tarokh to receive honorary doctorate from Concordia University

November 19, 2013

Ceremony in Montreal celebrates electrical engineer's contributions to wireless communication technology

Weighing environment, economics, and security

October 22, 2013

Michael B. McElroy examines the pros and cons of the Keystone XL pipeline in a Harvard Magazine op-ed

Towards more effective tendon repair with a multi-functional biomaterial

January 3, 2022

A Janus-faced biomaterial that firmly adheres to injured tendons and helps them glide, also slowly releases drugs to tendon cells, which could improve repair in patients across multiple injuries

Building innovation

March 21, 2018

Science and Engineering Complex features novel environmentally friendly features

Offices & Services

Water, Land-Water Linkages, and Aquatic Ecology

SCI 6333
2025 Fall

Timothy Dekker, Nicholas Nelson

GSD 6333 covers water across the globe in relation to (1) land-water interactions, emphasizing hydrology and water quality, (2) aquatic ecology, and (3) human activities, including design questions and methodologies. While the course will focus on fresh waters, there will be limited coverage of near...

Office of Finance

Mission The Office of Finance provides strategic decision support, sound financial planning, internal control, and customer service to our school's faculty, staff and students, university colleagues, and external stakeholders. We foster a culture that promotes financial discipline and sustaina...