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Bianca G. Ciubancan

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Eliot House
House Life

Eliot Renovations To Proceed As Planned Amid Funding Uncertainty

Renovations to Eliot House are on schedule to begin after Commencement and conclude by fall 2027 — despite financial uncertainty causing the University to tighten its belt.

Head of the Charles Boat in Front of Eliot
College

Students Express Concern about Renovations to Eliot’s Bernstein Piano Room

As Eliot House prepares for extensive renovations, students expressed concern over the plans to remove a historic piano, donated to the house by Leonard Bernstein ’39, over spring break.

Science Center Teaching Lab
Sciences Division

‘Science on Display:’ First Phase of Teaching Lab Renovations Completed in Science Center

Harvard completed the first phase of Science Center Teaching Lab renovations in January, refreshing existing lab spaces with glass walls and introducing collaboration spaces on the first and second floors of the building.

Science Center Scooters
College

Harvard Lets Students Charge Scooters in Dorms. Some Schools Have Stricter Regulations.

As micromobility devices like e-scooters, e-bikes, and hoverboards grow in popularity among students, Harvard’s policies on storage and fire safety differ from peer institutions, a Crimson analysis finds. Harvard’s micromobility policies require students to keep paths clear, and to follow building guidelines regarding parking, safe charging, and storing overnight.

Harvard Medical School Quad
Harvard Medical School

Construction on HMS Building C Begins After $75 Million Donation

Construction is underway on Harvard Medical School’s Building C following a $75 million gift from Ernesto S.M. Bertarelli. The renovation project will modernize the 119-year-old building.

Harvard University District Energy Facility
SEAS

Harvard Energy Facility Finalist for Boston Architecture Award

Harvard’s District Energy Facility, a building in Allston that supplies electricity and water to the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences complex, was announced last month as a finalist for the 2024 Harleston Parker Medal, a prestigious Boston-based architecture award.

Harvard Medical School
Research

HMS Study Sheds Light on Link Between Heart Condition and Cancer Treatment

A new study out of Harvard Medical School is opening the door for cancer patients with a rare but dangerous heart condition to continue immunotherapy treatment for the first time.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Health

Harvard Study Suggests Vitamin D Has No Effect on Cardiovascular Health

Vitamin D supplementation does not reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, researchers reported in a September paper.

Harvard Yard
On Campus

Harvard Senior Aims to ‘Demystify’ The Ballot with New Voter Resource

Growing up just outside of Washington, D.C., politics was a fact of life for Lauren A. Perl ’25 — but the facts of politics remained inaccessible for too many of her neighbors.

Harvard John A. Paulson School Of Engineering And Applied Sciences
Research

Harvard Researchers Shed New Light on Extent of Chemical Pollution in Wildlife

In an October study, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences discovered that fish can accumulate elevated levels of synthetic chemicals up to five miles away from the original source of pollution.

SEC
Research

Cerebellum Only Necessary for Some Muscle Memory, Harvard Researchers Find

In an August study, researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences discovered a new distinction between long and short-term motor memories — a class of memories developed through repeated physical movements.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Research

Harvard’s Wyss Institute Gives Startup License to Use Newly-Developed Biomaterials

Attivare Therapeutics, a startup founded by researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, received a license from the Wyss Institute to use biomaterials developed at Harvard to create treatments for tumors that do not respond to existing immunotherapies.

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