Month: March 2015

Headshot of Kairos Shen.

Harvard Climate Week: Kairos Shen on “Building and Planning for Climate Change”

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The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities has partnered with the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Harvard Center for the Environment to host Kairos Shen: Architect, Urban Planner and Director of Planning at the Boston Redevelopment Authority for “Harvard Climate Week.” Mr. Shen will apply his unique perspective as both builder and planner to discuss climate change resiliency of the built environment on multiple scales, from the […]

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President Faust speaks at Tsinghua Global Vision Lectures.

President Faust Speaks on Climate Change & Collaboration in China

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Following a Your Harvard campaign event and visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, Harvard President Drew Faust gave a Tuesday morning address at Tsinghua University on the role of universities in addressing climate change. In her address, Faust emphasized three broad themes: the value of academic partnerships, the importance of research conducted with “no boundaries”; and the role of training students to be curious, in pursuit of large challenges. Her illustrations were drawn […]

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President Faust addresses audience in Beijing at alumni event.

President Faust, Malkawi, Zhuang address Your Harvard gathering of alumni, faculty, friends in Beijing

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Harvard President Drew Faust joined more than 430 alumni, faculty, and friends on Sunday to celebrate the University’s long and growing ties to China. The gathering was the latest in a series of Your Harvard events across America and around the globe, organized by the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) to engage graduates in the future of the University. President Faust’s remarks followed a panel titled “A Lens on Research: New Ways of […]

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CGBC Research & Innovation Talks: “Thermal Comfort, Health, Adaption in the Built Environment”

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The CGBC will hold bi-weekly Research and Innovation Talks to provide a forum for collaboration within the Center, and so that select guests can learn more about current projects. This week, Bin Cao, PostDoctoral Fellow at the CGBC, will demonstrate the idea that variation of thermal condition is good for building occupants comfort and health by giving evidence from both climate chamber studies and field surveys. He will also share a case study in […]

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CGBC Research & Innovation Talks: “The Health of the Indoors: Product Safety and Transparency”

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The CGBC will hold bi-weekly Research and Innovation Talks to provide a forum for collaboration within the Center, and so that select guests can learn more about current projects. This week, Beth Pollock will introduce a project detailing health issues that arise from buildings and the products and processes within them. She will also discuss consumer confusion, buyer habits and transparency in the United States vs. Europe, and an evolving regulatory landscape. Beth is a […]

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CGBC Founding Director Ali Malkawi to Speak in Beijing at ‘Your Harvard’ Event

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On Sunday, March 15th, 2015, Harvard alumni, parents, and friends will gather in Beijing to hear from Drew Gilpin Faust, president of Harvard University and Lincoln Professor of History, as she shares her vision for the future of the University. The evening will also feature an interactive discussion with distinguished faculty and alumni exploring innovations that will shape the global research agenda for the next decade—from advanced visualizations around buildings and […]

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