2017

IB Senior Thesis Poster Session 2017

Senior Thesis Poster Session

April 4, 2017

The IB Senior Thesis Poster Session  

Tuesday April 4th, 12-2pm

NW Labs (first floor, North wing [the far side from the MCZ])

A Mathematical Argument for Stable Families or Stable Friendships

March 30, 2017

Working with Emmanuel College scientists, Martin Nowak and Ben Allen (Researcher) developed an algorithm to predict whether a social structure is likely to favor cooperation. Their findings suggest strong pairwise relationships, rather than loose scattered networks, are more favorable for cooperation. The study is published in Nature.  News Coverage: ...

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New England Botanical Club

PhD Students, Min Ya and Danny Haelewaters Awarded The Les Mehrhoff Botanical Research Fund

March 15, 2017

Congratulations to Min Ya (Kramer Lab) and Danny Haelewaters (Pfister Lab) recipients of the 2017 Les Mehrhoff Botanical Research Fund! The Fund, established by the New England Botanical Club in memory of renowned botanist, Dr. Leslie J. Mehrhoff supports botanical endeavors of the sort that Les championed: field studies, herbarium, library, and archival research. Ya and Haelewaters were awarded for thier...

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Derek Bok Center

OEB Graduate Students Receive 2016 Derek Bok Certificate of Distinction in Teaching

March 10, 2017

Congratulations to OEB Graduate students awarded the Fall and Spring 2016 Derek Bok Center Certificates of Distinction in Teaching!

Fall 2016:  John Boyle (OEB 155R), Liming Cai (OEB 59), Samuel Church (OEB 115), Benjamin Goulet (OEB 50), Philip Grayson (OEB 125), Danny Haelewaters (OEB 54), Ambika Kamath (OEB 210), Clara Levy...

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Hopi Hoekstra

Your Harvard: Lessons in Observation with Hopi Hoekstra

March 8, 2017

"Science starts with an observation," Hopi Hoekstra told the crowd of more than 400 Harvard alumni at the Miami Faena Forum for the Your Harvard series.  Your Harvard are discussions sponsored by the Harvard Alumni Association throughout The Harvard Campaign that take place around the world and bring members of the global Harvard community together to connect with one another and with Harvard scholars and experts across a...

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OEB Graduate Students Awarded NSF DDIG Grants

March 3, 2017

Congratulations to OEB graduate students Tauana Cunha (Giribet Lab), "Integrative Research in Gastropods: Phylogeny and Shell Shape Evolution", Mara Laslo (Hanken Lab), "Evaluating the Role of Thyroid Hormone in Embryonic Limb Development in Direct-Developing Frogs", Brianna McHorse (Biewener Lab), "Macroevolutionary Drivers of Digit Reduction in Fossil Horses'", and Zach Morris (S. Pierce Lab), "The Evolution of...

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