Neuroscience graduate students Winthrop Gillis, Alyssa Larios, and Richard Hakim are profiled in Harvard Medicine Magazine.

Neuroscience concentrators Mohammed Abuelem, Catherine Gallori, Autumn Johnson, Rio McLellan, Lev Sandler, and Justin Wong are among this year’s recipients of the prestigious Hoopes Prize.

Elizabeth Engle, Wade Regehr elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Deepak Singh (Neuro & Computer Science ‘23) Wins Taliesin Prize for Distinction in Art of Learning.

Hopi Hoekstra has been appointed Jianming Yu Professor of Arts and Sciences.

Ian Stevens (Graduate student, Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics) wins Henry K. Beecher Prize in Medical Ethics for his essay The Ethical Nuances of Neurosurgical Innovation from the Perspective of Novel Closed-Loop Deep Brain Stimulation Devices.

Rio McLellan (Neuroscience with secondary in Philosophy ‘23) has been awarded the Dowling Prize for undergraduate thesis research in neurobiology.

Gordon Fishell, Wade Harper, Bradford Lowell, and Naomi Pierce were elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Elizabeth Engle, L. Mahadevan, and Wade Regehr were elected to the American Academy of Sciences.

Rachelle Gaudet will succeed Sean Eddy as Chair of the Molecular and Cellular Biology Department on July 1st.

The Chan School of Public Health celebrates the opening of the Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health, launched with an anonymous gift of $25 million. The center aims to explore the growing body of research and approaches to improve health and well-being through mindfulness — a meditative practice of being fully present in the moment.

The Football Players Health Study at Harvard University has received five years of new funding through the National League Players Association (NFLPA) to continue comprehensive research on the health of former NFL players.

Silvia Huerta Lopez (lab of Stephen Liberles) is one of six Harvard Medical School Students who have received 2023 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. They are among 30 graduate students to receive the merit-based award for immigrants and children of immigrants and were selected for their achievements and their potential to make meaningful contributions to the United States.