Created in 2007, the Division of Science is comprised of 230 faculty members and 21 academic departments and units. Spanning across 80 buildings and research facilities located in Cambridge, Boston, Bedford, Petersham, and Harvard, MA, the Division has more than 1.5 million square feet dedicated to scientific research and teaching.

Division Announcements

Science Faculty Lecture Series: Join Zhiming Kuang, Associate Professor of Climate, from the department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Adam Cohen, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences, from the department on Chemistry and Chemical Biology, for the biannual lecture by Harvard science faculty for Harvard science faculty. The lectures will take place on May 15, 2012, 5:30PM in Northwest Building B103, 52 Oxford Street. For more details please see here.

Jim Rice, Mallinckrodt Professor of Engineering Sciences and Geophysics, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, awarded the Harry Fielding Reid Medal by the Seismological Society of America (SSA). The Reid Medal is SSA’s highest honor, and is awarded for outstanding contributions in seismology and earthquake engineering.

Emily Balskus, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, named 2012 Searle Scholar. The Searle Scholars Program “makes grants to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding young scientists who have recently been appointed as assistant professors on a tenure-track appointment. Grants are $300,000 for a three-year term with $100,000 payable each year of the grant, subject to the receipt of acceptable progress reports.”