Research
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.
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.
Harvard Researchers Develop AI-Driven Framework To Study Social Interactions, A Step Forward for Autism Research
Harvard researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence-driven framework to track and analyze how rats interact in social environments, offering a new tool for studying autism and other disorders.
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.
Harvard Salata Institute Announces Grants to Two New Climate Research Clusters
The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability has awarded grants to two new interdisciplinary research clusters targeting carbon pollution from vehicles and buildings, the Institute announced on Tuesday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
HMS Researchers Find Open-Source AI Tool As Accurate As GPT-4 In Diagnosing Patient Case Studies
Researchers at Harvard Medical School found that a new open-source artificial intelligence tool is diagnosing patients as accurately as leading proprietary models — like OpenAI’s GPT-4 — for the first time.
Healey, State Leadership Criticize Trump’s Latest Cuts to Public Health Funding
The Healey-Driscoll Administration condemned President Trump’s Wednesday termination of more than $12 billion in public health grants, following funding cuts at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Title VI: An Old Law Is a New Tool in the War for Harvard
In the Trump administration’s campaign to punish colleges and universities for their response to pro-Palestine protests, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act has emerged as the clear legal weapon of choice.
Nvidia to Open Quantum Computing Research Center in Boston This Year in a Landmark for Region’s Tech Sector
Technology giant Nvidia announced last Thursday that it will open a quantum computing research center in Boston by the end of 2025, where it will host research in partnership with labs at Harvard, MIT, and tech firms in the area.
