It is with profound sadness that we share the news that OEB Professor Richard (Dick) Lewontin died on Sunday, July 4th, he was 92. Professor Lewontin is considered one of the most brilliant population geneticists and pioneered the study of genetic variation among humans and other animals. He was a much loved and respected member of the department as well as more broadly at Harvard and, indeed, worldwide.

Professor Lewontin retired in 2003, but remained active until recent years. He...

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Congratulations to PhD candidate Richard Knecht (Ortega-Hernández Lab) awarded the 2021 Arete Fellowship.

Harvard Effective Altruism established the Arete Fellowship to equip Harvard students with the knowledge to do good in the world more effectively and the tools to think critically about their career ambitions. Arete Fellows join Harvard Effective Altruism for a 9 week fellowship based on weekly readings, discussions, socials, writing, research, and more.

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The bud scales of resting buds (buds that form at the end of a growth season which lie dormant until the next growth season) of temperate trees are thought to provide essential winter protection. However naked buds (buds without bud scales) are often considered rare occurrences in temperate climates.

In a study in New Phytologist PhD candidate Kristel Schoonderwoerd (Friedman Lab) and Ned...

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Congratulations to PhD candidate Misha Gupta (Desai Lab) awarded Fellowship for Students from India. The award is granted to highly accomplished students pursuing studies in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

The fellowships are funded by the government of India in recognition of the accomplishments of Harvard Professor of Economics and Philosophy and Thomas W. Lamont University Professor Amartya Sen and his work for social and economic justice across the globe. It also recognizes the work of Harvard’s South Asia Initiative toward establishing Harvard as a locus...

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Congratulations to IB Concentrator Skylah Reis (Friedman Lab) recipient of the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship. 

The Erasmus Mundus Programme provides EU-funded scholarships for Third Country...

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Congratulations to PhD candidate Wendy Valencia (N Pierce Lab) recipient of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation's Joan Mosenthan DeWind Award.

Congratulations to PhD candidate Vanessa Knutson (Giribet Lab) recipient of the American Malacological Society's Constance Boone Award for best student presentation for her presentation, "Most Cephalaspidea have a shell, but transcriptomes can provide them with a backbone". Read more about Vanessa Knutson Receives Constance Boone Award

Congratulations to PhD candidate Kristel Schoonderwoerd (Friedman Lab) awarded Harvard Library's Philip Hofer Prize for her essay, "Winter twig keys: Manuals for tracing time".

The Philip Hofer prize is awarded each year to a student or students whose collections of books or works of art best reflect the traditions of breadth, coherence, and imagination exemplified by Philip Hofer, A.B.'21, L.H.D. '67, ...

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Congratulations to PhD candidate Zhe He (Holbrook Lab) recipient of the Botanical Society of America (BSA) Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award for her project, "Pit Membranes and Plant Resistance to Cavitation" Read more about Zhe He Receives Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award

Congratulations to PhD candidates Ben Goulet-Scott (Hopkins Lab) and Jacob Suissa (Friedman Lab) awarded funding through the European Society for Evolutionary Biology's Outreach Initiative Fund for their outreach project, "Let's Botanize"!

The ESEB Outreach Initiative Fund is for projects that promote evolution-related activities that help improve public knowledge about evolution globally. "Let's Botanize"  (@letsbotanize) is an...

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Congratulations to PhD candidate Dakota McCoy (Haig Lab) recipient of the Linnean Society of London's The Trail-Crips Award in recognition of an outstanding contribution to microscopy! Read more about Dakota McCoy Recieves Trail-Crisp Award

Congratulations to PhD candidate Amaneet Lochab (Extavour Lab) awarded the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Merit Fellowship for her proposal, "Germ cell migration through a developing embryo".

Congratulations to PhD candidate Samantha Royle (Hanken Lab) awarded the Harvard Medical School Scientific Citizenship Initiative Fellowship. Selected students join the Massachusetts State House in the office of a legislator or committee focused on policies that require input from a diverse set of scientific fields. Read more about Samantha Royle Awarded the HMS Scientific Citizenship Initiative Fellowship

Congratulations to PhD student Sophie Everbach (Holbrook Lab) recipient of the Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) award for her project, “Eastern Hemlock root resource allocation response to Hemlock Woolly Adelgid”. Read more about Sophie Everbach Receives Harvard Forest LTER Award

Congratulations to Milo Johnson (Michael Desai Lab) who has successfully defended his PhD and is now officially Dr. Johnson!