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Building Bridges Home: MCO PhD Candidate Creates Puerto Rico-focused STEM Outreach Program

Alexa Pérez-Torres, a doctoral candidate in MCO, has started a STEM outreach program to better prepare students in her home of Puerto Rico for the rigors of graduate…

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Task Force on Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Kicks Off New Semester with Engert Lab Open House

The MCB Community Task Force on Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB) is leading off the new semester with an Engert Lab Open House on Friday, September 2 at…

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SROH Gives Undergrads a Taste of an MCO PhD

Undergrads from around the country just wrapped up their taste of what life is like as an MCO PhD candidate, thanks to the 10-week Summer Research Opportunities at…

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MCB Gift Drive Collects Dozens of Winter Coats for Cradles to Crayons

MCB’s Annual Holiday Gift Drive collected ten bags filled with winter coats for kids and one bag filled with new socks for the local nonprofit Cradles to Crayons.…

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Thank You to Community Task Force (CTF) on Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging

In 2020, the MCB Department established a Community Task Force (CTF) on Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. CTF members—including students, faculty, postdocs, and staff from a wide variety of…

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SROH (Summer Research Opportunities at Harvard) Offers Glimpse Into Graduate School Experience

On July 28 and 29, students, faculty, and staff convened on Zoom to hear students from both OEB’s E3 (Evolution, Ecology, and Environment) program and MCO’s Summer Research…

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Grad Student Spotlight: Carlos Rivera-López

MCO graduate student Carlos Rivera-López (G2, Srivastava Lab) recently joined the Srivastava Lab, where he will study stem cells that enable regeneration in an aquatic worm called Hofstenia…

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Harvard Gazette Highlights Yoseph Boku (MCB ‘21) and Y2Y Harvard Square

MCB concentrator and graduating senior Yoseph Boku’s exceptional work with the Y2Y homeless youth shelter in Harvard Square has been featured in The Harvard Gazette. When he arrived…

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Thanks to Everyone Who Contributed to the MCB Gift Drive for Rosie’s Place

This year, despite social distancing, MCB’s annual gift drive raised over $10,000 in donations and gifts for the women’s shelter Rosie’s Place. The final total included $10,215.00, six…

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MCB’s Annual Gift Drive Will Collect Donations and Gift Cards for Rosie’s Place

For the third year in a row, MCB decided to support Rosie’s Place, the oldest women shelter in the United States and a place where women and their…

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