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Harvard History of Science Department @harvardhistsci.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
‘Living with volcanoes requires accepting their power’ current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/livi...
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‘Living with volcanoes requires accepting their power’
In 2018, the volcano Kīlauea erupted and damaged the family home of Alyssia Ursula Pualani Wiesenbauer ’26, located on the east side of the Island of Hawaiʻi. The experience was terrifying. But it als...
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Harvard History of Science Department @harvardhistsci.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Please join Professor Joyce Chaplin and CHSI for a panel discussion to celebrate the opening of the exhibit Revolutionary Technology on Tuesday, April 28, 6:00 PM in Harvard's Science Center, Room 469. There will be an exhibit tour at 5:30 PM in Sci. Ctr. 371 preceding the panel discussion.
Panel discussion poster with photos of speakers, more details about exhibit and panel.
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Harvard History of Science Department @harvardhistsci.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Join the Knight Science Journalism program and the program in STS for a thoughtful discussion on the history of race in the fields of science, medicine, and journalism, and its implications for the future. Venue: The Nexus at Hayden Library 14S-130, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142
April 23 Poster with speaker photos and titles.
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Harvard History of Science Department @harvardhistsci.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Join Us in Two Weeks for The Frederick A. Jakobiec Lecture, featuring Alondra Nelson: "Algorithmic Agnotology: On AI, Knowledge, and Power" – Thursday, April 9 at 4:00pm
April 9, 2026 Frederick A. Jakobiec Lecture poster with lecture details as described above. At the top, It shows an image of anonymous faces, some of them with rectangles over them showing data points/facial recognition; city buildings are shown behind the faces. Includes a head shot of Alondra Nelson below talk's title.
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Harvard History of Science Department @harvardhistsci.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Private money cannot replace public funding of science | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... By Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social
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Private money cannot replace public funding of science
Who should pay for American science? In the current political climate, many are looking to the private sector to compensate for cuts in public funding. At the Harvard School of Public Health—particula...
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Harvard Book Store @harvardbookstore.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
📆 Fri. 2/13 @ 7PM: We welcome Dorothy Roberts, acclaimed author of "Killing the Black Body", for a discussion of her new book, "The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family". She will be joined in conversation by Christina J. Cross. Learn more: buff.ly/0d3FfYt
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Victor Seow @eastasiascitech.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia #histstm #sts #histsci #histtech #histmed #envhist #envhum
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Academic Life 🌎📚 @academiclife.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Dr. @eramalam.bsky.social unpacks 60 years of US medical care history & physician recruitment policies, in 📚 In The Care of Foreigners. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social #skystorians @harvardhistsci.bsky.social
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Harvard History of Science Department @harvardhistsci.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
"Will Love for Learning Matter Anymore? Understanding the Complex Psychology of AI Relationality" histsci.fas.harvard.edu/news/2026/01... by Todd Essig, PhD, January 20, 2026
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Harvard History of Science Department @harvardhistsci.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Two New NOVA Documentary Films Featuring Work by DHS Faculty Collaborators: “Critical Condition: Black Health in America," featuring Prof. Evelynn Hammonds, and "When Machines Prescribe," based on work done by a team at Harvard Medical School which included Prof. David S. Jones.
Adult holding black patient's hand.
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Victor Seow @eastasiascitech.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Mark your calendars! 📅 I'm thrilled to share the line-up for the fall 2025 Science and Technology in Asia online seminar series. Hope you'll be able to join us for one or more of these sessions! seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia #histstm #histsci #histtech #histmed #sts #envhist #envhum 🧪
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Harvard History of Science Department @harvardhistsci.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Three DHS Undergrads Awarded Hoopes Prizes for 2024-2025! 👏👏 prod-hos.drupalsites.harvard.edu/news/2025/05...
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Three DHS Undergrads Awarded Hoopes Prizes for 2024-2025 | Department of the History of Science
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