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SEAS Dean Sees ‘Silver Linings’ in New Allston Timeline
With the move into the new Science and Engineering Complex in Allston less than two weeks away, SEAS Dean Francis J. Doyle III confirmed progress is on-track.
Extracellular Vesicles Can Heal Cardiac Cells After Oxygen Deprivation, Harvard Researchers Find
Harvard researchers have successfully used a human heart-on-chip to demonstrate that endothelial extracellular vesicles — particles released from cells lining the surface of blood vessels — are able to keep cardiac cells viable both during and after oxygen deprivation due to a heart attack.
Computer Science Courses Pilot New Teaching Fellow Inclusion Training
A new teaching fellow training focused on diversity, inclusion, and belonging is being piloted in two Computer Science courses — CS 121 and CS 61 — this fall.
SEAS Will Begin Allston Move-In in November
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will begin moving into the Science and Engineering Complex in Allston during the first week of November after the complex obtained its Certificate of Occupancy last week.
SEAS Accelerates Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Priorities
The Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has begun several new initiatives this semester which aim to fulfill its Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging priorities for the 2020-2021 academic year.
Aiming to Spawn ‘the Next Gates or Zuckerberg,’ Harvard-Connected Venture Capital Firm Xfund Closes Latest Fund
Xfund closed its most recent oversubscribed fund, Xfund 3, at $120 million.
The Allston Science Complex’s Winding Path to Completion
COVID-19, which struck just as the SEC was teetering on the edge of completion, marks the latest development in a tale of conception and construction spanning the last three decades.
Inside SEAS Allston SEC
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean Francis J. Doyle III announced in an April email to SEAS affiliates that Harvard will delay the opening of its new Science and Engineering Complex in Allston due to challenges posed by the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Allston SEC Construction
Located next to the Harvard Business School and Harvard Innovation Labs, The Science and Engineering Complex will serve as a home for facilities of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, with expected daily visitors including more than 900 undergraduate students and 400 SEAS graduate students.
Internet Adapting Well to COVID-19 Pressures for Now, Harvard Affiliates Say
Harvard affiliates studying the impact of COVID-19 on the Internet have concluded that while the Internet has thus withstood additional pressures amid the pandemic, the long-term consequences of skyrocketing demand remain unclear.
Harvard Postpones Opening of Allston Science and Engineering Complex to Spring 2021
Harvard will delay the opening of its new Science and Engineering Complex in Allston until spring 2021, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean Francis J. Doyle III announced in an email to SEAS affiliates Friday afternoon.
New International Research Appointments to Be Halted Until October
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences announced that new international research appointments will not be offered before Oct. 1, 2020 in a newsletter update sent to SEAS affiliates on Thursday.
SEAS Dean Discusses Building Features Ahead of Allston Opening
As the debut of the new Science and Engineering Complex in Allston fast approaches, Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Francis J. Doyle III discussed new resources for students and faculty at the campus in an interview Sunday.
A First Look Inside Harvard’s New Sciences and Engineering Allston Complex
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences’s nearly-complete, newly minted Science and Engineering complex in Allston will feature state-of-the-art student club spaces, sustainably designed labs, and a number of amenities, one of the project’s architects told The Crimson on a first-look tour of the complex Wednesday.
