Twenty Harvard University faculty are among the nearly 250 members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced on Wednesday. Since 1780, the American Academy of…

It was a moment Parastoo Khoshakhlagh vividly recalls. At the time, she was a postdoctoral fellow in Professor George Church’s lab at Harvard Medical School, working to rapidly create oligodendrocytes…

The Documentary Film in the Public Interest Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy announced the honorees for the inaugural Henry Awards for Public…

Ashley Adirika ’26, a government concentrator with a secondary in sociology, and Eva Frazier ’26, a social studies concentrator with a secondary in ethnicity, migration, rights, were named 2025 Truman…

The practice of pilgrimage often involves a journey into an unknown land, undertaken by individuals seeking to discover new understanding and meaning through the portal of experience. In six intensive…

Three Harvard affiliates were awarded Guggenheim Fellowships this week, winning support for groundbreaking work in sociology, Jewish studies, and sculpture. Professor of Sociology Christopher Muller, M.A. ’11, Ph.D. ’14, will…

For the last decade, the Scholarship and Social Justice Undergraduate Research Conference has been a platform to uplift undergraduate students’ research focused on challenges facing society. The event, co-sponsored by…

A key goal of neuroscience is understanding how the brain processes disparate streams of information from both the external world and from within the body. When neuroscientists measure activity within…

Global health experts from across Harvard University and around the world gathered at the 2025 Global Health Symposium on April 10 to address some of the most critical issues in global health.…

On March 30, the Let’s Talk! Conference, an initiative promoting the success and well-being of Asian and Asian American students, hosted legendary journalist Connie Chung at Askwith Hall. The event,…

Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced that five distinguished graduates will receive the School’s highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. The award is given annually to recognize alumni who are leaders…

John Rice, M.B.A. ’92, founder and CEO of Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a nationally recognized nonprofit dedicated to increasing economic mobility and building inclusive, meritocratic workplaces, will be the…

Marcella Alsan has been named to the list, which recognizes the world’s most influential people in the health sciences and life sciences fields.

The Office of the Vice Provost for Research and the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs are pleased to announce the awardees from the 2025 cycle of the…

The New Ventures Competition is open to all students and alumni interested in launching new business and social impact ventures. The School’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), host the…

Using AI for fatigue risk management amongst aviation and transportation workers, expanding visual arts education to grade school students across India, and inventing a new financial platform for supporting relatives…

James Robins, the Mitchell L. and Robin LaFoley Dong Professor of Epidemiology at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been recognized with the 2025 Distinguished Achievement Award and…

A beloved celebration for all, the weeklong 39th Annual Cultural Rhythms Festival opens Monday at Harvard Commons at the Smith Campus Center with the second annual Cultural Fashion Show and…

Some of cities’ most complex challenges — like chronic flooding in Charleston, South Carolina; derelict, unsafe housing in Shreveport, Louisiana, and Winnipeg, Canada; and youth at risk in Rosario, Argentina…

The Harvard Global Health Institute welcomed the 2024 Harvard LEAD Fellows to campus this week. The three fellows, Cindy Chan Tha, Wanza Mbole, and Jalikatu Mustapha, will begin their in-person programming at Harvard University.

The Harvard Global Health Institute has announced its 2024-2025 cohort of Visiting Research Scholars. This newly launched program provides Harvard faculty with an opportunity to strengthen collaboration with international researchers in…

A new paper, published in JAMA Network Open, finds a surprising number of Americans traveling out-of-state for cancer care. The study, co-authored by Center for Geographic Analysis research associate Lingbo Liu, focuses on older…

The Harvard Business School (HBS) Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the Social Enterprise Initiative recently hosted the second annual Demo Day, a showcase event for early-stage investors. Highlighting a wide variety of student ventures…

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University announced on Thursday that it will produce the North American premiere of the West End hit “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)” to conclude…

The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) celebrated the launch of the Percy Lavon Julian Prize Lecture on March 3, with an address by the inaugural lecturer Paula Hammond,…

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is honoring Paola Arlotta, with this year’s Momentum Award. Arlotta is the Golub Family Professor of the Department of Stem Cell and…

Harvard Management Company (HMC) announced today that Martín Escobari ’94, MBA ’98, has been elected to join its board of directors.