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Stop-Work Orders Roll In for Harvard Researchers After $2.2 Billion Pause in Federal Funds

Harvard-affiliated researchers have begun receiving stop-work orders on contracts worth tens of millions of dollars less than one day after the Trump administration announced a $2.2 billion pause of federally-funded research Monday evening.


Harvard, Stanford Study Links Wildfires to Increases in Mental Health Concerns

A recent study conducted jointly by a team of researchers at Harvard and Stanford University examining 2020 emergency room visits across California links wildfire smoke exposure to mental health related visits — with an outsized psychological toll particularly among women, youth, and racial and ethnic minorities.


Trump Admin Cuts $200,000 From Harvard’s Ukraine Institute

The Trump administration terminated nearly $200,000 in federal funding from the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute last week, amid a wave of cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities.


More Than $110 Million in NIH Grants to Harvard, Affiliated Hospitals Terminated Since Late February

The National Institutes of Health has terminated research grants worth more than $110 million to Harvard University and its affiliated hospitals since late February, according to public Department of Health and Human Services filings reviewed by The Crimson.


Researchers Lose Federal Funding at Cambridge-Based National Bureau of Economic Research

Ari Ne’eman, an assistant professor at Harvard’s School of Public Health, had been studying disability income and employment for five months before his funding through the National Bureau of Economic Research was cut by the Trump administration.


MBA Students at HBS Must Take AI Course To Graduate

Harvard Business School introduced Data Science and AI for Leaders as  a new requirement for all MBA candidates — signaling a shift in the important role artificial intelligence will play in business management.


FDA Layoffs, Funding Cuts Cast Shadow Over Biopharma Industry

Amid a raft of federal changes cutting funding and capacities at the Food and Drug Administration, investors are soon expected to pull back from the biotech industry, representing a blow to a primary engine of the Boston area’s economic growth.


From the Seafloor to Outer Space: Marine Microbiology in the Girguis Lab

Girguis, a professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, specializes in biochemistry and ecological physiology. His work focuses on the deep sea, studying the “linkages” between marine organisms and their environment, with implications for everything from space exploration to human health.


Harvard Scientists to Help Lead NASA’s New SPHEREx Mission

Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics are leading a major part of NASA’s new SPHEREx mission to study how water and other molecules form in space and may reach planets like Earth.


Harvard’s Indirect Cost Rate, Explained

Nearly two months after the Feb. 7 executive order from the National Institute of Health attempting to slash overhead funding, uncertainty persists surrounding the University’s future of research — and how that future will be funded.


Utilities May Charge Public to Offer Discounts for Big Tech, HLS Report Finds

Members of the public pay a portion of energy bills for the world’s largest tech players as electric utility companies aim to subsidize the rapid growth of data centers from corporations including Meta and Amazon. The findings were reported by the Harvard Law School’s Electricity Law Initiative last month.


Healthy Diets Linked to Holistic Healthy Aging in Long-Term Harvard Study

Researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that certain dietary patterns — such as avoiding processed foods and eating a balance of animal and plant-based foods — promote healthy aging after 30 years, according to a long-term study published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine.


HMS Researchers Discover Key Protein in Activating Autoimmune Responses

Harvard Medical School scientists have identified a key protein in the human immune system that drives inflammatory and autoimmune conditions when it turns against the body.


Two Harvard Medical School Professors Sue Trump Admin for Removing Research That Mentioned LGBTQ Health

Two Harvard Medical School professors sued the Trump administration Wednesday afternoon for removing their research from a government-run website for including terms recently banned by the administration, alleging the removals violated their First Amendment rights and the Administrative Procedure Act.


Harvard Professor Paola Arlotta Receives Momentum Award from the International Society of Stem Cell Research

Harvard Professor and Broad Institute member Paola Arlotta received the Momentum Award from the International Society of Stem Cell Research, a nonprofit organization committed to promoting human health through “excellence in stem cell research,” for her work on neurological diseases and stem cell-derived brain organoids.


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