Category: Announcements

Seven outstanding educators have been honored with the Anya Bernstein Bassett Award for Excellence in Teaching, which recognizes non-ladder faculty for innovative, inclusive, and evidence-based teaching. This year’s recipients, representing a range of disciplines, were praised for their thoughtful, student-centered approaches that inspire deep and lasting learning. Recipients are:…Continue Reading Seven recognized with Anya Bernstein Bassett Award 

Jason D. Buenrostro and Tara K. Menon have been awarded the Roslyn Abramson Award for their outstanding undergraduate teaching at Harvard. Buenrostro, a professor of stem cell biology, emphasizes hands-on genomic research in his classes, while Menon, an English professor, encourages critical thinking and open dialogue through literature. Both educators are recognized for fostering inclusive,…Continue Reading Two faculty members receive Roslyn Abramson Award

Several Harvard seniors, including Sophia Scott, Jana Amin, Gavin Lindsey, and Anthony Miguel, were among the first cohort to graduate with a Certificate in Civic Engagement, which requires courses on social issues, a 300-hour practicum, and a capstone retreat. Through experiences like teaching at Suffolk County Jail, mentoring high schoolers, and taking classes on oral…Continue Reading 67 grads recognized for Civic Engagement

Since the release of the Report on Grading in Fall 2023, a Grading Implementation Committee has worked with groups across the FAS to begin to reduce external pressures on grading and support transparency in giving feedback to students: Learn more on the Grading Report webpage…Continue Reading Grading at the FAS

The Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE), the FAS Office for Faculty Affairs, and the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning inaugurated the Anya Bernstein Bassett Award for Excellence in Teaching, bestowing the new teaching award on non-ladder faculty last week at the Barker Center. The award is named in honor of Anya Bernstein Bassett, longtime director of undergraduate studies in Social Studies,…Continue Reading OUE bestows new teaching award on 11 faculty members

Everything having to do with teaching can now be found in a single place: teaching.fas.harvard.edu. There, you’ll find guidance from the Bok Center about course and assignment design, information about newly-implemented FAS policies, and reminders of processes whose details we may forget from one year to the next (how to put books on reserve, how to order AV equipment, how…Continue Reading OUE and Bok Center launch Teaching at FAS website