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Envisioning Allston’s enterprise research campus

Envisioning Allston’s enterprise research campus

March 31, 2016

Harvard University has announced the hiring of Steven D. Fessler as head of enterprise real estate. Fessler brings to Harvard more than 30 years of national real estate development experience, including in the greater Boston area.

In this new role, Fessler, who will report to Executive Vice President Katie Lapp, will lead the real estate development of the University’s emerging enterprise research campus in Allston. Working alongside Harvard leadership, Fessler will take the next steps in pursuing Harvard’s vision to create a center for innovation,...

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Congratulations, Jernej!

Congratulations, Jernej!

March 31, 2016

Congratulations to Jernej for defending his PhD Thesis "Molecular Mechanisms of CD8+ T cell differentiation".

With "Gigs" Instead of Jobs, Workers Bear New Burdens

With "Gigs" Instead of Jobs, Workers Bear New Burdens

March 31, 2016

The New York Times | Discusses implications of new research by Lawrence Katz (Elisabeth Allen Professor of Economics) and Alan Krueger (Princeton University) showing that proportion of American workers who don’t have traditional jobs — who instead work as independent contractors, through temporary services or on-call — has soared in the last decade. View the research.

Barbara Kiviat named an Edmond J. Safra Graduate Fellow in Ethics

Barbara Kiviat named an Edmond J. Safra Graduate Fellow in Ethics

March 31, 2016

Awardee | Barbara Kiviat, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology & Social Policy, has been selected to be an Edmond J. Safra Graduate Fellow in Ethics for the 2016-17 academic year. Her dissertation explores the moral underpinnings of the big data economy, asking what we must believe to be morally at ease with using information about a person's past to algorithmically predict future behavior and allocate resources accordingly.

Christopher Winship named an Edmond J. Safra Fellow-in-Residence

Christopher Winship named an Edmond J. Safra Fellow-in-Residence

March 31, 2016

Awardee | Christopher Winship, Diker-Tishman Professor of Sociology, has been selected an Edmond J. Safra Fellow-in-Residence for the 2016-17 academic year. During the fellowship year, Winship will be working on an evaluation of community-police relations in Boston.

Megacities Asia

March 31, 2016

On March 24, Harvard University South Asia Institute hosted a panel discussion in collaboration with the “Megacities Asia” exhibition on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

CAS Grantee featured in The Harvard Gazette

March 31, 2016

The Center for African Studies grantee, Hanna Amanuel ’16, was recently featured in the Harvard Gazette. Amanuel was awarded a CAS Summer Grant in 2015 to conduct ethnographic fieldwork on the history, politics, and meaning of female genital cutting (FGC) in Eritrea. The article, titled “Coming of Age, Setting a Goal,” was part of a series showcasing some of Harvard’s most promising graduates. After graduation, Amanuel will begin a Harvard-UK Fellowship at Oxford University. To learn more about Amanuel’s story and future aspirations, read the full article...

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