SEAS students develop customized videoconferencing platform
With the move to online classes, a group of Harvard students quickly formed a team and collaborated over spring break to develop Congregate, a web platform that enables users to host events or gatherings that are broken into many dynamically generated conversation rooms.
April 10, 2020 • ~6 min
Online demos can be as effective as classroom teaching
In a new paper, Harvard researchers show for the first time that research-based online STEM demonstrations not only can teach students more, but can be just as effective as classroom teaching.
Feb. 28, 2020 • ~6 min
How a grad student choreographs life in science and art
Ph.D. student Frederick Moss brings together the incongruous worlds of science and art.
Jan. 30, 2020 • ~6 min
Opinion: Why and how to debate climate change
What's the best way to debate a problem as big and complex as climate change? In his new book, Professor Mike Hulme from the Department of Geography argues that students need to develop their own well-informed position on the difficult questions raised by climate change without being told what to think.
Dec. 16, 2019 • ~5 min
Two new Climate Change Master's programmes launched at Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is launching two new climate-focused graduate programmes, exploring the past and potential futures of the interaction between the planet and humanity, to train a new generation of creative and innovative leaders to respond to our most pressing global challenge.
Oct. 30, 2019 • ~5 min
Students present mechanical engineering projects that have global impact
At the sixth annual Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition, graduate students and postdocs sharpen their communication and presentation skills.
Oct. 29, 2019 • ~9 min
Women in STEM: Dr Cecilia Brassett
Dr Cecilia Brassett is the University Clinical Anatomist and a Fellow of Magdalene College. Here, she tells us about teaching anatomy, which has been taking place at Cambridge for more than 300 years.
Aug. 22, 2019 • ~4 min
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