The Family Van organization has just announced that past volunteer, and AAAS alumna, Yasmin Rawlins '15 has been named a Patriots Difference Maker of the Week by the New England Patriots:

"Now a first-year medical student at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Yasmin had worked with us...

Cambridge, MA, Thursday April 23^rd, 2015 – The Department of African and African-American Studies Department is proud to announce that Harvard undergraduate, Gloria Hong (Class of 2015) won the Grand Jury Prize at the Girls Impact the World Film Festival for her short documentary film, “Losing Sight, But Gaining a Vision.” This film was made while Gloria was enrolled in AAAS 109, Using Film For Social Change, taught by filmmaker and Harvard Lecturer, Joanna Lipper.   Hong’s film was selected by the jury from over a hundred entries spanning ten...

In the Department of African and African American Studies, students and faculty combine rigorous academic study with practical experience to solve real-world problems at the 2014 AAAS Social Engagement Initiative Symposium.

A gift of Sangu J. Delle, AB 2010, establishes the Sangu Delle Research Fund for Social Engagement in the Department of African and African American Studies. The income of this fund will be used at the discretion of the Chair of the Department of African and African American Studies to support undergraduate research, including research-related travel, in social engagement or its successor initiative. Through his generosity, the donor is enabling Harvard to strengthen the College's commitment to rigorous intellectual inquiry through hands-on experiential learning and meaningful...

Kristina Tester's '14 wins Hoopes Prize for her senior social engagement thesis "Increasing the Effectiveness of Health Care Delivery in Rural Areas: A Case Study in of Village Health Teams and Childhood Malnutrition in...

Naseemah Mohamed '12 was been named a Rhodes Scholar for her outstanding intellect, character, leadership, and commitment to service. Naseemah wrote a Social Engagement thesis and founded the...

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham and John Mugane were awarded the competitive Hauser Innovation grant by the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT) for “Portraits in Multimedia: A Social Engagement Project in African and African American Studies.”  HILT...

Professor Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham was awarded the Star Family Prize for Excellence in Advising on May 2, 2012 and was photographed with Iman Taylor '12 who is one of the AAAS students who nominated her for the award. The Star Family Prizes for Excellence in...

Sangu Delle '10 wins Hoopes Prize for his senior social engagement thesis "Project Access to Clean Water for Agyementi (Project ACWA)."

Health Disparities in the African Diaspora: A Laboratory for Social Engagement. Student research Symposium. Self-Diagnosis and Treatment: Exploration of Mental Health and Coping in the Sudanese Diaspora

PRESENTED by Elizabeth nowack, Oluwadara Johnson, Jenny Obiaya, Martha Tesfalul, and Marianna Tu

A group of over 25,000 southern Sudanese, known as the “Lost...