Kennedy College of Sciences

The Kennedy College of Sciences fosters critical and creative thinking for a technical world.

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Programs Learn about the academic programs that will prepare you for your career.
Departments Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environment, Earth & Atmosphere, Mathematics and Physics.
Research Focus on real-world problems and solutions.

Elements of Science

The Kennedy College of Sciences magazine highlights some of the exciting work taking place in our laboratories and classrooms and introduces you to some of our outstanding faculty, students and alumni. Read Elements of Science.

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Sciences News

6/23/2020 Featured Story

University Awards Seed Grants for COVID-19 Research

University Awards Seed Grants for COVID-19 Research

With the help of seed funding from the Office of Research and Innovation, faculty researchers from the Kennedy College of Sciences and the Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences will conduct studies designed to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

6/23/2020 Featured Story
4/30/2020 Department News

Environmental Science Students Give Virtual Teaching a Try

Environmental Science Students Give Virtual Teaching a Try

Environmental science students from the Kennedy College of Sciences led free educational sessions on Zoom for middle and high school students who, like them, are stuck at home because of the coronavirus pandemic.

4/30/2020 Department News
4/2/2020 Featured Story

Biology Chair: Our Response is Still Not Fast Enough

Biology Chair: Our Response is Still Not Fast Enough

Prof. Susanna Remold, the new chair of biology, served on a White House working group on pandemic prediction. She says the U.S. response to COVID-19 was hurt by the lack of testing and contact tracking early on – and that it still lags.

4/2/2020 Featured Story
3/27/2020 Featured Story

CEO Gregory Chiklis ’92 Helps to Improve Testing for Virus

CEO Gregory Chiklis ’92 Helps to Improve Testing for Virus

As CEO and chief scientific officer of Franklin, Mass.-based MRN Diagnostics, Gregory Chiklis has spent the past six weeks in a race against the clock, working on a rapid blood test for COVID-19.

3/27/2020 Featured Story

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