Congratulations to Gili Kliger and Lowry Pressly for both winning a Bowdoin Prize for Graduate Essay in the English Language! Kliger won for her essay, "Missionary Imperialism and the Birth of New 'Gods'," and Pressly for his essay, "The Right to Be Forgotten and the Possibility of Being a Stranger."

You can read the announcement here.

Cynthia Dwork, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has been awarded the Richard W. Hamming Medal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The award recognizes exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology.

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Undergraduate Fellow Lauren Spohn has been named a Rhodes Scholar! Lauren joins four other Harvard College students who will join a class of 32 that will continue their studies at Oxford beginning in October 2020. You can read the announcement in the Gazette...

Led by iCivics, Arizona State University, Harvard University, and Tufts University, the effort will bring together more than 100 experts in civics, history, education, and political science to outline a strategy for teaching American Democracy in the 21st century.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 1, 2019) — The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, has awarded a $650,000 cooperative agreement to a collaborative of experts who will work together to design a roadmap to prepare K-12 students for America’s...