The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) is pleased to welcome its 2026–2027 fellowship cohorts across three programs: the HGHI Burke Global Health Fellowship, the HGHI-Salata Burke Climate and Health Fellowship, and the Harvard LEAD Fellowship for Promoting Women in Global Health.

The EdRedesign Lab at Harvard Graduate School of Education has announced a major leadership expansion as it enters its next phase of growth, supporting over 100 communities nationwide. Key appointments include Sonali Nijhawan as Chief Program Officer and Julie Allen as Chief Advancement Officer, who join Executive Director Rob Watson on the organization’s Executive Leadership…

Memorial Church volunteers participate in two programs that serve incarcerated or recently released people. Partakers pairs volunteer teams with incarcerated students pursuing bachelor’s degrees, while Clark University’s Liberal Arts for Returning Citizens (LARC) program offers formerly incarcerated students tuition-free college courses.

The LEAD Fellowship, a one-year fellowship designed to advance leadership skills among individuals from low- and middle-income countries, is now accepting applications. The program supports the continued development of leaders in global health. Deadline: November 15, 2026

Events and Workshops will be held across campus to recognize World Mental Health Week – October 13-16, 2026

The 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy ‘98 was honored at the Phillips Brooks House Association’s 20th Annual Robert Coles “Call of Service” Lecture & Award on Friday, September 25, 2026 from 4:00 to 5:30 PM at First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist, in Harvard Square.

From Oct. 11-17, the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs invites the Harvard community to join in celebrating Worldwide Week at Harvard, our annual event highlighting the University’s unparalleled engagement with the world.

Eight faculty from seven schools receive funding, training, and support to pursue solutions-focused research 

The Reimagining Democracy Program at Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation today announced a program examining how professional sports and fandom can strengthen civic health and democratic life in the United States. Led by Archon Fung, Ash Center Director and Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship and Self-Government, and Tova Wang,…

Nine faculty members from six Harvard schools and departments have accepted two-year faculty affiliations at the Bloomberg Center for Cities, joining a university-wide community of scholars working across disciplines to advance research and teaching on cities and urban problem-solving.

The Office of the Vice Provost for Research announces the second year of the Frontiers of Innovation for Societal Impact Fund — Faculty are invited to propose innovative research and creative activities in any discipline that have the promise to meaningfully impact a demonstrated societal challenge and receive future support from corporations, venture capital, industry…

Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced the 2026 recipients of its Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowships. Established in 1988 by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation and Ronay and Richard L. Menschel (MBA 1959), a former director of the foundation and a limited partner at Goldman Sachs, to encourage students from the nonprofit and public sectors to…

The 2026-2027 EIRs, Venture Builders, VCAs, and LSs further strengthen one of the most comprehensive entrepreneurship expert networks in higher education.

HBS has added sculptures by Woody De Othello and Erika Verzutti to the C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection for a two-year exhibition on its Boston campus.

Harvard students Sophia (Fengrui) He ’27 and Jacqueline Metzger ’27 have been named this year’s David and Mimi Aloian Memorial Scholars.

The Harvard Art Museums have named Jeannie M. Kenmotsu as their new curator of Asian Art.

As part of the annual University of Cambridge – Harvard University Scientific Symposium, in late July, the University of Cambridge hosted a special event to honor the centenary of the birth of celebrated organic chemist and philanthropist Herchel Smith.

Scholars from universities and research institutions across the United States, China, Hong Kong, Macau, and the United Kingdom gathered in Boston on September 2 for the 14th China Development and Governance (CDG) Workshop, a roundtable held in conjunction with the Pre-APSA Annual Meeting.

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School has named Abbie Tingstad as the next director of the Center’s Arctic Initiative. She will begin her tenure in late September, succeeding Jennifer Spence, who has led the Arctic Initiative since March 2024.

The Harvard Alumni Association has named the 2026 recipients of the John P. Reardon Jr. Alumni Award, honoring alumni for outstanding service to Harvard and its community.

As a new academic year gets underway at Harvard, the Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) is welcoming 55 senior leaders from around the world who bring decades of experience to the challenge of creating meaningful social change. During the yearlong fellowship, members of the 2027 cohort will draw on their experience across sectors and engage with…

The EdRedesign Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) today announced the appointment of Sonali Nijhawan as its inaugural Chief Program Officer

Heidelberg University and Harvard University have announced a second call for proposals for two funding opportunities: the Heidelberg-Harvard Strategic Partnership Grant and Explorer Seed Fund.

Harvard University Information Technology’s Digital Accessibility Services (DAS) hosted the 4th annual University-wide Accessibility Summit on June 4, 2026. The event brought together Harvard faculty and staff for a day of learning and connecting accessibility practitioners to celebrate progress made and highlight work done to drive disability inclusion across the University.

The IOP today announced its Fall Fellows class. The cohort brings experience spanning diplomacy, national security, elected office, public policy and political journalism.

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in health systems worldwide, questions about how these technologies should be governed, evaluated, and implemented have become as consequential as the technologies themselves. Across a four-part virtual discussion series convened by the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) in partnership with the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School this spring, experts from academia, multilateral organizations, government, philanthropy, and…

Recently named the undergraduate poster winner at the Harvard Global Health Institute’s (HGHI) 2026 Student Global Health Research Showcase, and a soon-to-be Fulbright Scholar heading to Germany this fall, Anika Christensen ’26 is poised to tackle some of the world’s most pressing health crises.

This summer, Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) Summer Undergraduate Research in Global Health (SURGH) intern Mieti Adi is gaining hands-on laboratory experience at the Rubin Lab at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she is contributing to research that could help advance future treatments for tuberculosis (TB).