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2026 Project Success Research Project Presentations and Closing Ceremony

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This event is invite only. If you would like to attend this event, please email projectsuccess_occe@hms.harvard.edu for additional registration details. The 2026 Project Success cohort will present their final student research presentations to their...

Harvard Longwood Team Braves Cold for Winter Walk

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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...

Harvard Longwood Community Joins the Mother’s Day Walk for Peace

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On Sunday, May 11, OCCE led a unified team of the Harvard Medical School, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and School of Dental Medicine in the 29th Annual Mother's Day Walk for Peace in Dorchester. The event, organized by the Louis D. Brown Peace...

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

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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...

2025 Project Success Concludes

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Seven high school and rising college students delivered their project presentations at the conclusion of Project Success this past summer. A conference room in Tosteson Medical Education Center (TMEC) hosted the cohort along with lab members, PIs, and...

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Joan Reede Delivers Keynote Speech at CUNY School of Medicine

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On August 1, the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Medicine held a B.S. Commencement and White Coat Ceremony for 59 medical students who comprise the school’s M.D. Class of 2029. This celebration is the first since the CUNY School of Medicine...

Opening Doors Series Highlights Important HMS Faculty

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In 2025, the HMS Office for Culture and Community Engagement (OCCE) established Opening Doors – a series of conversations with HMS faculty who have made significant contributions to Harvard Medical School. By conversing with a former mentee or colleague...

HMS Community Igniting STEM Career Interests of Boston Middle School Students

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Graduate students, postdocs, and faculty from across Harvard Medical School (HMS) worked with OCCE youth programs staff to share their STEM career insights with 431 middle school students from 10 Boston Public Schools in a two-day Middle School Career...

Discovery Service and Justice Series: Highlights of the Career of Augustus A. White III, PhD, MD

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Please join us for a special event in our DSJ Series: Highlights of the Career of Augustus A. White, III, PhD, MD. This event will recognize the contributions and impact of Dr. White throughout his career. Dr. White was the first African-American medical...

Paths to Insight and Inquiry

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Community Conversations Community Conversations provide safe environments where all members of the HMS community can engage in self-reflection and dialogue, ask questions, learn, and contribute. For example, since February 2018, OCCE has hosted the...

2026 Excellence in Mentoring Awards Ceremony

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Honoring Recipients of the 2026: William Silen Lifetime Achievement Award A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award Young Mentor Award And Recipients of the 2026: HMS Scholars in Medicine Excellence in Student Mentoring Award See the list of...