In an opinion piece in The Boston Globe, DHS Prof. Naomi Oreskes and Harvard graduate student co-authors Colleen Lanier-Christensen, Hannah Conway, and Ashton Macfarlane dismiss the idea that writers of the 1970 Clean Air Act never intended the then newly conceived Environmental Protection Agency would have regulatory purview over issues of climate change. Read more about Oreskes and Co-Authors Dispute Premise in EPA-related Supreme Court Case
CEOs of Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP and Shell were grilled by members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on oil industry efforts to evade responsibility for a seemingly concerted campaign of disinformation on the dangers of climate change resulting from the excessive use of fossil fuels. Interview excerpts courtesy of CBSN and CNN.... Read more about Prof. Naomi Oreskes Weighs in on Congressional Testimony of Big Oil Execs
Evelynn Hammonds, Chair of the Department of the History of Science; Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science; and Professor of African and African American Studies has received another leaf for her well-earned laurels. The Harvard grad student group LBTQ@GSAS has inaugurated the Evelynn Hammonds Award for Exceptional Service to BGLTQ+ Inclusion as part of its first ever... Read more about LGBTQ Grad Student Student Group Honors Evelynn Hammonds
HS Professor Naomi Oreskes recently collaborated with composer Yvette Janine Jackson, Assistant Professor in Harvard's and Department of Music, to create a sonic representation of the effect of fostering disbelief when confronting scientific truths about the Earth's ongoing climate peril. Give a listen:... Read more about An Uncertain Melody
History of Science Prof. Gabriela Soto-Laveaga has been appointed co-editor of the Bulletin of the History of Medicine, the official publication of the American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) and the Johns Hopkins Institute of the History of Medicine. Kudos to Gabriela!
