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At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Feb. 6, 2024, the following tribute to the life and service of the late David Albert Evans was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty. David Albert Evans was one of the most influential organic...

When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on January 15, 2022 in the South Pacific, it produced a shock wave felt around the world and triggered tsunamis in Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, Peru and the United States. It also changed the...

The pioneer of environmental chemistry earns the 2021 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences for decades of ground-breaking work Today, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation announced that James (Jim) G. Anderson is the recipient of the organization’s...

From gut microbes to ultracold atoms, here are the stories that got the most attention in 2019 With the year's end in sight, we're taking one more look back. Below is the top ten list of the department's most read stories from 2019. But wait! Now's your...

The Midwest knows storms. The region experiences more heavy rain, hail, high winds and so-called climate disasters than any other region in the United States ( Source: National Centers for Environmental Information). Frequent, severe storms--made more...

Harvard experts use retreating glaciers as platform for discussion By Colin Durrant “Sometimes you go out over the horizon and you don’t come back,” says photographer James Balog in the award-winning documentary “ Chasing Ice,” as he reflects on his work...