News

RCE rbuild Script Supports Collaborative R Development Work

By Ann Starkey, September 23 2009

One of the many tools that HMDC provides to support researchers is a program called rbuild.pl, which enables collaboration on development of R packages within the hosted Research Computing Environment (RCE).

IQSS Assists Faculty With Winning and Administering Grants

By Ann Starkey, September 21 2009

At IQSS, our grants administration team makes it simple for faculty to submit proposals and manage grants. IQSS Grants Manager Ali Saren leads a team of experienced individuals who provide comprehensive support throughout the grants administration process.

New Paper Examines the Dimensions of Movie Criticism

By Emily Ware, September 16 2009

In a recent paper entitled, "Scaling the Critics: Uncovering the Latent Dimensions of Movie Criticism with an Item Response Approach," Arthur Spirling (IQSS, Harvard University) and Michael Peress (University of Rochester) study the way that movie critics--like Roger Ebert  and Owen Gleiberman--make their decisions.

IQSS is Now on Twitter

By Jamaica Baldwin, August 28 2009

The home of social science research meets the home of real-time communication. IQSS is now on Twitter! We sent out our first Tweets this week and have received very positive responses.

Novell Migration To Take Place

By Emily Ware, August 19 2009

In the next few weeks we will start consolidating our server operating systems, migrating our current Novell servers and accounts to our open-source, Linux-based servers and accounts (i.e. CGIS accounts). While the process will bring very few visible changes, it offers several behind-the-scenes benefits.

IQSS Faculty and Staff Present at CEEL Summer School in Italy

By Ann Starkey, August 13 2009

Lee Fleming, Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and an IQSS faculty associate, taught two sessions at the Computable and Experimental Economics Laboratory's (CEEL's) Tenth Trento Summer School during July.

Study Suggests Inter-generational Transfer of Poor Health in India

By Emily Ware, August 11 2009

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found a link between a mother's height and the health of her children in a study using national data from India.

Congratulations to Gary King on University Professorship

By Ann Starkey, July 24 2009

Congratulations to Gary King, Director of IQSS and David Florence Professor of Government in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. On Thursday, 23 July, Dr. King was named a University Professor, the university's most prestigious faculty appointment, as was Marc Kirschner, the Carl W. Walter Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School.

Faculty Lead for ideas42 Program Testifies at Senate Hearing

By Ann Starkey, July 22 2009

Sendhil Mullainathan, Professor in the Department of Economics and faculty lead for ideas42 at IQSS, testified at a hearing of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs on July 14.

RCE Summer 2009 Released to Production

By Ann Starkey, July 17 2009

The Product Development team at IQSS rolled out a new version of the Research Computing Environment in early July. Bob Kinney, Manager of Research Computing, oversaw development and deployment of this updated environment.