For years, scientists have been warning us about the looming crisis of climate change. However, according to a recent study, nearly 15 percent of Americans do not believe climate change is…

The HBCU Digital Library Trust digitizes stories of historically Black colleges and universities and expands access

Harvard University’s Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) has welcomed its 18th fellowship cohort to Cambridge, as another group of accomplished leaders joins the campus community over an academic year in residence…

John Richard Lenger, 61, who for 15 years worked at the Harvard News Office (now Harvard Public Affairs and Communications), passed away Aug. 7 in Hermann, Missouri, after struggling with…

Exhibition “The Things They Shared” delves into the lives of cotton field workers in Uzbekistan, exploring their relationships with community, governance, subordination, personal freedom, and the natural and social environments they navigate.

Becca Nesson has been named the next executive director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning.  Nesson, who is currently dean of academic programs at the Harvard John…

The Kempner Institute announced Monday the appointment of Qianqian Wang, who will join Harvard as Kempner Institute investigator and assistant professor of computer science at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering…

Harvard mathematicians are making an important addition. The Department of Mathematics launched the Benedict H. Gross Distinguished Visitors Program earlier this year thanks to a new gift from William R.…

The Harvard Art Museums are pleased to announce the gift of “Light-Relief” (1960), a large-scale sculpture by internationally renowned artist Heinz Mack (b. 1931). The work — a generous gift made by…

Harvard University Information Technology’s Digital Accessibility Services hosted the third annual University-wide Accessibility Summit on June 17. The event brought together Harvard faculty and staff for a day of learning…

British Columbia’s Burgess Shale is renowned for its exceptional preservation of soft tissues in fossils, including limbs and guts. While trilobites are abundant in the fossil record thanks to their…

Building upon its already ambitious sustainability goals, Harvard Campus Services has released the first comprehensive plan to help the University transition to zero waste. Accelerating a Zero Waste Future: A…

Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, a towering figure in theology and longtime faculty member at Harvard Divinity School (HDS), died recently at the age of 84.   He was the Charles Chauncey Stillman…

The Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights at Harvard Kennedy School has launched their new Human Rights & U.S. Foreign Policy Fellowship — a bold new initiative designed to preserve human…

The Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence announced the names of 13 students chosen as the incoming 2025 cohort of Kempner Graduate Fellows. The 2025 recipients…

Bharat Anand, vice provost for Advances in Learning and Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, is departing Harvard on July 31 to become dean of…

This month, Harvard University welcomed its second cohort of presidential fellows from historically Black colleges and universities to participate in the Seminar for New Presidents. The presidential fellows represent the next…

As we honor Disability Pride Month (July), it’s essential to recognize how the accelerating climate crisis disproportionately affects people with disabilities and why climate justice must include disability rights at…

Jill Kravetz has been named the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Executive Director of the Harvard Innovation Labs — a University-wide hub that inspires, connects and advances entrepreneurial leaders and innovators.…

Gita Gopinath will resume her place on the Harvard faculty this fall, returning from a long-term public service leave of absence. In 2018, she was named the first female chief…

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University has commissioned nationally acclaimed Boston-based muralist Rob “ProBlak” Gibbs to partner with the theater and lead the creation of a 200-foot-long mural for…

Harvard Kennedy School is launching the American Service Fellowship — a new initiative that will provide full scholarships for at least 50 public servants and military veterans to enroll next…

The Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard has named the recipients of its 2025 Kempner Institute Research Fellowships. The 2025 recipients are Elom Amemastro, Ruojin Cai,…

Seven exceptional instructors have been named as the recipients of this year’s Anya Bernstein Bassett Award for Excellence in Teaching. Established last year, the award celebrates excellence in evidence-based teaching, pedagogical innovation, and…

As of July 1, Terrence L. Johnson, M.Div. ’00, has assumed the role of director of Religion and Public Life (RPL) at Harvard Divinity School (HDS), a program that promotes the…

Lauren Kaminsky has been appointed the inaugural assistant dean for Arts & Humanities Education, Sean Kelly, dean of Arts and Humanities announced Monday. The new role, which began last week,…

Jason D. Buenrostro and Tara K. Menon have been named as winners of the 2025 Roslyn Abramson Award, given annually to faculty members for excellence in teaching undergraduates.   “Tara…

Four years ago, Rowan Flad, the John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology, wrote a piece for the Washington Post calling attention to the lavish media attention given to ancient Egyptian…

Electrons play many roles in solid materials. When they are weakly bound and able to travel – i.e., mobile – they can enable electrical conduction. When they are bound, or…