newsandevents



Watch word on the street reactions to
Harvard's emphasis on engineering
Video highlights how Harvard and MIT's engineering programs complement each another
 
Computer scientist David C. Parkes
has been appointed tenure
Parkes's research applies the power of computing to the design of optimal economic systems
 
DARPA awards $1.2M grant to study surface enhanced Raman scattering
Researchers will apply advances in optical antennas, laser nanostructuring, and theoretical chemistry
 
Saving the world's water to avert
a global crisis
Peter Rogers' cover story in the August '08 Scientific American presents a six-point plan
 
L. Mahadevan shares his insights about everyday observations with NPR
Applied mathematician tackles curiosities like how paint dries and how fish swim
 
Harry Lewis recalls Bill Gates and the
pancake problem on NPR
As a College sophomore Gates presented a solution to the problem of how to sort and stack pancakes
 
Get an insider's view of student
research happening at SEAS
Creating new materials to cure cancer and treating malaria is all in a day's work
 
Rob Howe's lab is inspired
by coffee cups ... and video games
Holding a cup of joe inspired a robotic hand and video games may help surgeons operate on beating hearts
 
Katie Grosteffon '09 blogs about
being a GM engineering intern
Thanks to a Sullivan Fellowship
she will spend her summer at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center
 
Congrats and good luck to
all of the SEAS graduates
Take a look at photos from Harvard's 2008 Commencement
 
End the academic year with two op-eds in the Crimson's Commencement issue
Dean Venky tackles the magic of engineering and Harry Lewis weighs in on copyright