Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Making this economy work
In honor of its 30th anniversary, the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government brought together heavy hitters in economics and government to discuss how private and public leaders can help the United States thrive again.
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When Armageddon loomed
A new website at the Harvard Kennedy School marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis. In an interview, Belfer Center director Graham Allison outlines the lessons learned from the dangerous yet deft dance of diplomacy.
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Middle East in motion
Speaking at the Harvard Kennedy School, journalist Rami Khouri presented an overview of the “bewildering and exhilarating changes” that have swept the Middle East since the Arab Spring.
Tags: Arab Spring, Belfer Center, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, International, Middle East, Middle East Initiative, Middle East Initiative Speaker Series, National & World Affairs, Rami Khouri, Steve Walt
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Kuwait Foundation awards $8.1M gift
The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) has given $8.1 million to Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) to support the continuation of the Kuwait Program at HKS’s Middle East Initiative.
Tags: Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Campus & Community, David T. Ellwood, Harvard Business School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard School of Public Health, Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, Middle East Initiative, News by School, Nicholas Burns
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Life lessons from an old worm
Research is uncovering the genetic roots of aging, peeling back the once common understanding that creatures simply “wore out” as they aged, and slowly revealing the mechanisms that control a process determined by our genes and that proceeds at different speeds for different species.
Tags: Aging, Alvin Powell, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, C. elegans, Craig Hunter, Cynthia Kenyon, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, DNA, Genes, HarvardScience, Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging, Life Sciences, Matthew Meselson, Paul Doty Lecture
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Memorial for Paul Doty
A memorial service celebrating the life of Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry Emeritus Paul Doty will be held on May 4 at 3 p.m. in the Memorial Church.
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