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  [### Honoring 2026 Recipients of the Dean’s Community Service Award

 ](/news/2026/06/honoring-2026-recipients-deans-community-service-award) June 10, 2026 

 The Dean’s Community Service Award recognizes the entire Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine community – recognizing faculty, trainees, staff and students whose dedication and commitment to community service have made a positive... 

 

 

   ![Recipients of the 2026 Dean's Community Service Award sit in a classroom in Countway Library. There is a projector screen behind them showing additional recipients.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11411/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Screenshot%202026-06-18%20at%209.50.46%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=1iyGit1r) 

 



 

 

   [### Giving back in our Mission Hill Neighborhood

 ](/news/2026/06/giving-back-our-mission-hill-neighborhood) June 03, 2026 

 On May 20th, OCCE’s Michelle Keenan joined six other Harvard Longwood Community members to pick up litter in the Mission Hill neighborhood (some volunteers pictured) .These ‘waste warriors’ battled the heat and the wind-strewn food packaging, paper, cans... 

 

 

   ![Michelle Keenan stands alongside four other volunteers outside the Kresge building. They are all holding clear trash bags filled with trash and four of the volunteers also have trash pickers.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11411/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/IMG_0462.jpeg?h=66392464&itok=u5Kpg0TH) 

 



 

 

   [### Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Policy Leadership Celebrates 30 Years of Impact 

 ](/news/2026/05/commonwealth-fund-fellowship-health-policy-leadership-celebrates-30-years-impact) May 29, 2026 

 This year, the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Health Policy Leadership marks a special milestone: 30 years of preparing physician and dentist leaders to effect change in U.S. health care. Launched in 1996, the Fellowship began with the simple but... 

 

 

   ![A group of Commonwealth Fund Fellowship alumni are standing on steps in the Waterhouse Room and smiling for a photo.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11411/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Screenshot%202026-06-08%20at%209.19.56%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=RvSMlORq) 

 



 

 

   [### 2025 BCHC Community Health Needs Assessment Inspires 2025-2026 DSJ Initiative

 ](/news/2026/05/2025-bchc-community-health-needs-assessment-inspires-2025-2026-dsj-initiative) May 20, 2026 

 During the 2025–2026 academic year, the Harvard Medical School Office for Culture and Community Engagement (OCCE) hosted its Discovery, Service, and Justice (DSJ) Lecture series, focusing on critical social determinants shaping health in Boston. Grounded... 

 

 

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   [### Harvard Longwood Community Walks for Peace on Mother’s Day

 ](/news/2026/05/harvard-longwood-community-walks-peace-mothers-day) May 13, 2026 

 On Sunday, May 10, 2026, members of the Harvard Longwood community joined thousands of others at the 30th annual Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Mother’s Day Walk for Peace at Town Field Park in Dorchester. Representing Harvard Medical School, the Harvard... 

 

 

   ![Two members of the OCCE staff stand outside during the Mother's Day Walk. One of them is holding up a red Team Harvard Medical School sign.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11411/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Screenshot%202026-06-08%20at%209.43.16%E2%80%AFAM.png?h=8014d4d2&itok=xImRNL4c) 

 



 

 

   [### Randolph High School Youth Health Advisory Council visits HMS

 ](/news/2026/05/randolph-high-school-youth-health-advisory-council-visits-hms) May 06, 2026 

 As part of the collaborative INSPIRE project, OCCE hosted students from Randolph High School Youth Health Advisory Council at HMS for an afternoon of enrichment activities and a career panel. This grant funded project is led by the Institute of Health... 

 

 

   ![Randolph High School students and OCCE staff pose for a photo in a classroom in Countway Library.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11411/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/RHS%20Group%20Shot.jpg?h=8b762a80&itok=8rYqF2py) 

 



 

 

   [### How to Be a Confident Pluralist with Professor Danielle Allen

 ](/news/2026/04/how-be-confident-pluralist-professor-danielle-allen) April 09, 2026 

 Five practices of a confident pluralist — (1) Reflection, (2) Commitment to Institutions and Nonviolence, (3) Commitment to Compromise, (4) Listening Before Speaking, and (5) Protecting Human Dignity — framed the keynote lecture delivered by Professor... 

 

 

   ![Danielle Allen stands in front of a projector screen in the Waterhouse Room. Both her hands are raised in gesture as she speaks.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11411/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/7F3A0875.JPG?h=edaa2a91&itok=pLLQne8p) 

 



 

 

   [### Students, Speakers, Judges Gather for 2026 New England Science Symposium (NESS)

 ](/news/2026/04/students-speakers-judges-gather-2026-new-england-science-symposium-ness) April 04, 2026 

 Thank you to everyone who participated in the 24th Annual New England Science Symposium (NESS) at Harvard Medical School! This year’s event featured oral and poster presentations, an empowering keynote address by Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford , obesity... 

 

 

   ![People gather around posters in the lobby of the Veritas Science Center.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11411/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/Published_BSCP%20NESS%202026-398.jpg?itok=FZZtUoRV) 

 



 

 

   [### 25-26 CFF Fellow Hosts BHCC Students on Campus

 ](/news/2026/04/25-26-cff-fellow-hosts-bhcc-students-campus) April 02, 2026 

 Over the course of his fellowship, Commonwealth Fund Fellow Pablo da Silva, MD, MPH (pictured, bottom left) has worked closely with Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) students with a healthcare and science concentration and their professors. Dr. da... 

 

 

   ![Pablo da Silva takes a selfie in front of the Harvard Medical School sign on the Quad. He is standing with a BHCC professor and 10 BHCC students, some of whom are throwing peace signs or waving.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11411/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/IMG-20260413-WA0048.jpg?h=3c1ebe71&itok=6vApl-GK) 

 



 

 

   [### Harvard Longwood Team Braves Cold for Winter Walk

 ](/news/2026/03/harvard-longwood-team-braves-cold-winter-walk) March 27, 2026 

 The Harvard Longwood Community team joined thousands of community members at the annual Winter Walk to end homelessness. The 2-mile annual Winter Walk raises awareness and funds to end homelessness in our communities. Funds raised through this event... 

 

 

   ![The Harvard Longwood team stands in Boston Common, huddled together in the cold.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11411/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Screenshot%202026-05-14%20at%202.52.08%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=pF3fMwfj) 

 



 

 

   [### Joseph B. Martin Reflects on Farm Life and Hospital Leadership in "Opening Doors"

 ](/news/2026/03/joseph-b-martin-reflects-farm-life-and-hospital-leadership-opening-doors) March 25, 2026 

 On March 12, the HMS Office for Culture &amp; Community Engagement welcomed Dr. Joseph B. Martin, the Edward R. and Anne G. Lefler Professor of Neurobiology and former Dean of Harvard Medical School, for an “Opening Doors” conversation moderated by Dr... 

 

 

   ![Frederick Lovejoy, Jr., Joseph B. Martin, and Joan Reede stand for a photo in the Waterhouse Room.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11411/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/20260312_150600.jpg?h=80bff757&itok=IFSQbbxQ) 

 



 

 

   [### Melissa Maher and Sarah Troy-Petrakos receive the 2025 Daniel D. Federman Staff Award for Exceptional Service to HMS and HSDM

 ](/news/2026/03/melissa-maher-and-sarah-troy-petrakos-receive-2025-daniel-d-federman-staff-award) March 19, 2026 

 

   ![Melissa Maher is on a projector screen while two people present her the Federman award at an HMS town hall meeting.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11411/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/Melissa%20Maher_Federman%20Staff%20Awardee%202026.JPG?itok=U3Ie5IQG) 

 



 

 

  

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