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Conversations

Fifteen Questions: Derek J. Penslar on the Antisemitism Task Force, Facing Backlash, and Jewish Scholarship

The professor of Jewish history sat down with Fifteen Minutes to talk about his favorite jokes, the study of Judaism, and the antisemitism task force.

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College

Flush With Cash and Hype, Defense Tech Is a New Career Target for Some Harvard Students

As they enter the workforce, Harvard students are increasingly feeling the pull of defense technology firms.

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SEAS

Harvard To Phase Out Concurrent Master’s Degrees in 3 Engineering Programs

Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will phase out its concurrent master’s degree program in Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering, and Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering.

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Politics

SEAS Cuts Conference Sponsorships, Urges Student Groups To Watch Budgets Closely

Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will no longer be a sponsor of the Grace Hopper Celebration — one of the world’s largest conferences for women in tech — and the CMD-IT/ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference.

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SEAS

Seeking Revenue and Reach, SEAS Sets Its Sights on Expanded Professional Education Programs

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences aims to expand its professional education programs and increase the programs’ revenue by at least one million dollars by 2030.

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College

States Across the Country Are Trying to Ban Legacy Admissions. Will Massachusetts Do it Too?

After a bill to ban legacy admissions died in committee last legislative session, some Massachusetts officials are optimistic their efforts will come to fruition.

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Research

From Lab to Startup: Harvard’s Office of Technology Development Paves the Way for Research Commercialization

With their research in hand, they approached Harvard’s Office of Technology Development to license their invention for commercial use. Four years later, Schaefer and Feldhaus not only secured a patent, but also launched start-up company Rarefied Technologies to commercialize their invention.

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Conversations

The Harvard Business School Grads Behind Beli

Inspired by their Google love map, Judith and Eliot Frost — now married — created Beli during their time at Harvard Business School. Beli, a social-media food app, allows users to track, map, and share restaurants they’ve frequented.

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Harvard Business School

Perplexity CEO and Co-Founder Explore Harvard’s Start-Up Landscape in Campus Visit

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas and co-founder Johnny Ho ’17 spent the past two days rubbing elbows with Harvard’s top business and engineering affiliates before participating in a Monday panel on the future of generative artificial intelligence.

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Harvard Law School

OpenAI Donates $50 Million for AI Use in Research at Harvard, 14 Other Institutions

OpenAI donated $50 million to 15 research institutions including Harvard to fund artificial intelligence in research as part of its NextGenAI consortium project, the company announced last week.

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Conversations

Fifteen Questions: Leslie Fernandez on Techno-Orientalism, AI Ethics, and an Ethnic Studies Concentration

The Program Director for the Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, and Rights sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss their favorite sci-fi novels, multiculturalism, and Blade Runner.

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FAS

SEAS Professors Partner with Meta, Amazon, OpenAI to Enhance Computer Science Courses

Meta, which has sponsored the Puzzle Day for almost 15 years, is just one of the many tech companies that support courses at Harvard. Professors at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have repeatedly collaborated with companies — like Amazon, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft — to secure technical support for their students.

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Introspection

The Little Black Room: Navigating US Customs as an International Student

Entering American customs is a game of chance. The officers hone in on seemingly arbitrary factors: fidgeting, nervousness, hypervigilance. Yet, warned about the risks of failing to pass immigration, aren’t we all nervous?

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Research

Harvard Researchers Develop New Technology to Map Neural Connections

Harvard affiliates developed a silicon chip that successfully mapped more than 70,000 synaptic connections from 2,000 rat neurons — advancing a new recording technology to address existing limitations in the specificity and scope of neural imaging.

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Central Administration

Harvard Prohibits Use of AI Assistants in Virtual Meetings

The use of AI meeting assistants — bots that record and transcribe audio on virtual meeting platforms — will be prohibited at Harvard meetings moving forward, Harvard University Information Technology leadership announced in a Tuesday email.

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