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August 15, 2024

Registration Open: Harvard Community Bus Trips to the Forest

a group of Harvard community members smiles from the top of a tall metal tower in the woods

Harvard students, faculty, fellows, and staff may sign up for one of several free monthly bus trips to visit Harvard Forest, located 70 miles west of Harvard Square.

Trips will be geared towards undergraduate and graduate students; faculty, fellows, and staff are also welcome to sign up. There is no cost.

The 4 hours spent on site will be guided by educators

August 14, 2024

Applications Open for Harvard Graduate Student Remote Internships

4 blue robin eggs in a nest

OCTOBER 2024 UPDATE: These projects are no longer accepting applications.

Applications are now open for 2 remote, part-time graduate student internships, open to enrolled Harvard graduate students in Fall 2024. 

August 6, 2024

31st Annual Student Symposium Features Research Highlights, Program Accomplishments

From left to right, image shows students Julia Marquis and Naturi Scott with mentor Marissa Hanley. By Hannah Naughton.

On August 1, Harvard Forest hosted its 31st annual Student Symposium, marking the culminanation of nearly three months with Harvard Forest's Summer Research Program in Ecology. Students presented their research findings to an audience of scientists, peers, and family in Harvard Forest's Fisher Museum.

This year's program gathered a diverse group of 20 students to receive training in scientific

August 2, 2024

Longtime Schoolyard Ecology Instructor Receives Prestigious Award

Image shows Elisa Margarita, right, working with a student at a plant wall in her school. Image by Elisa Margarita.

This summer, veteran Harvard Forest Schoolyard Ecology teacher Dr. Elisa Margarita, a high school science teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School, won the prestigious Muller Award for Professional Influence in Education from Math for America. Elisa was awarded $20,000 during a ceremony in Manhattan in June, with recognition for the remarkable work she

August 2, 2024

United Nations Summit of the Future and Harvard Forest

Image shows the United Nations headquarters in New York City.

The United Nations is the international governmental organization designed to foster peace, security, and cooperation around global concerns. Despite a diverse range of multilateral agreements, treaties, declarations, and mechanisms for peace building, the United Nations remains perplexed in the field of climate change and the role of the future. September 22-23, 2024 is

August 1, 2024

Bullard Fellowship Program Accepting Applications, Includes New Short-Term Option

Image shows 2023-2024 Bullard Fellow Ahmed Siddig, center right, discussing plans with Sudanese colleagues.

Harvard Forest is now accepting applications to its Charles Bullard Fellowship in Forest Research program for 2025-2026.

Now including a Short-Term option, Harvard University annually awards Bullard Fellowships to individuals studying forested ecosystems in a variety of related disciplines. Through Short-Term (2-3 month) or Long-Term (6-12 month) options, these full-time residential fellowships aim to foster scientific and professional growth and enhance

July 30, 2024

Schoolyard Ecology at Harvard Forest Celebration August 13

Image shows a collage of photographs with Schoolyard Ecology and the Harvard Forest logo in text over top of it.

August 13th: 4-6 pm at the Fisher Museum!

After our Research Experience for Teachers workshop on Tuesday, August 13th, please stay or come join us for a celebration of 20 years of the Schoolyard Ecology program at Harvard Forest. We will be paying tribute to the amazing research that teachers and students have done throughout the two decades of our

July 18, 2024

Harvard Forest Community Remembers J. Marcos Rodriguez

Marcos Rodriguez smiling in a plaid shirt

Our community deeply mourns the loss of Juan Marcos Rodriguez, a colleague to many during his meaningful student career at the Harvard Forest. Marcos will be missed and remembered for his passion for science and the outdoors. He thrived here as an undergraduate intern in 2018, then served devotedly as a mentor to the next generation of Harvard Forest undergraduate

June 26, 2024

Schoolyard Ecology Summer Institute for Educators: August 12th-13th

Image shows a student measuring tree diameter with the help of an educator.

Have you been looking for ways to engage your students in authentic science practices that also brings them outside and engages them with climate science? Come join us this summer to train on a Harvard Forest Schoolyard project. Our Schoolyard Ecology program is currently in its 20th year of helping teachers get their students outside and seeing how climate

June 25, 2024

Announcing Free Monthly Events at Harvard Forest!

Image shows Pamela Snow, in teal/white shirt, giving a tour to students at Harvard Forest.

We are excited to announce that we will be hosting free monthly events at Harvard Forest! Every second Saturday, meet at the Fisher Museum (324 N. Main St, Petersham) to explore the beauty and wonder of our local landscape. Each event is

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