Thomas Fel, a research fellow at the Kempner Institute, wants to help solve what he describes as one of the most fascinating puzzles of our generation — understanding the inner…

When the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe in 2020, Harvard Law School alum Earl Martin Phalen ’93 wanted to do his part to address the increase in job loss…

Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin has a new entry in her growing list of accolades. The economic historian is receiving the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ 2026 Talcott Parsons Prize. Goldin, who…

The Graduate Commons Program (GCP) at Harvard University Housing will say goodbye this spring to Faculty Directors Nancy Hill (HGSE) and Rendall Howell, as they begin their new chapter in…

The Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard University is pleased to announce the 2026 Kempner Institute Accelerator Awards request for proposals.  The award program, now in…

Analysis of 1.6 million patents finds that early-20th-century research labs and professional engineers sparked a surge in novel inventions and reshaped who innovates—and where.

Leonard Zon, professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and director of the Stem Cell Research Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, has won 2026 March of Dimes Richard B Johnston…

Four Harvard students are among the 26 selected to be part of the 2026 class of Gates Cambridge Scholars at the University of Cambridge. Sixteen of the Scholars-elect will pursue…

Tyler J. VanderWeele, John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is the…

Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research announces that historian and higher education leader Ben Vinson III has been appointed a fellow at the center’s Afro-Latin American…

The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) has announced the full agenda and speaker lineup for its fourth annual Global Health Symposium, scheduled for April 16 at Harvard University and livestreamed via…

The Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard University is pleased to announce the spring 2026 recipients of the Kempner Undergraduate Research Experience (KURE) awards.…

Genomic medicine is rapidly transforming the way that many diseases are treated and cured, improving and extending patients’ lives. Advancing research is essential to realizing the fuller potential of genomic…

New projections from the Growth Lab at Harvard Kennedy School suggest that Vietnam and China are positioned to lead global growth in the decade ahead, driven by their sophisticated and diverse manufacturing capabilities. The…

Across much of global health research, communities are frequently studied without being meaningfully involved. Instead, people are surveyed, measured, and written about from a distance. However, Satchit Balsari, associate Professor…

A global resurgence of scientific, medical, and public interest in the therapeutic and transformational potential of psychedelic drugs, plants, and fungi is raising questions about the availability of spiritually responsive…

Acclaimed theater director Bill Rauch ’84 will be the recipient of the 2026 Harvard Arts Medal, the Office for the Arts announced Thursday. The award will be presented by Harvard University President Alan Garber at…

Xiaowei Zhuang, David B. Arnold Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, has been awarded the 2026 Ernest Solvay Prize by Syensqo “for…

The cerebellum is an area of the brain most frequently studied in coordinating the body’s movements, but researchers from the Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence…

Harvard Impact Labs awarded $1.4 million to launch four new research projects that will tackle urgent social problems. Led by faculty from Schools across Harvard, these projects involve collaborations with…

Rita Hamad, professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and leading social epidemiology scholar, has been named the next faculty director of the Harvard Center for Population and…

Nancy Hill and Rendall Howell have been named the new faculty deans of Currier House, Danoff Dean of Harvard College David J. Deming announced Wednesday. They will begin their new role July 1.  “I am thrilled to…

BioMed X and Harvard University announced the launch of a pilot initiative under BioMed X’s XBridge framework to support structured research collaborations between academic investigators and pharmaceutical industry scientists through…

In the world of mathematics, Benedict “Dick” Gross made groundbreaking contributions in domains such as number theory. But within the small Faculty of Arts and Sciences community, the professor and…

The Harvard Alumni Summit for Middle East & Africa 2026 was hosted at the recently inaugurated Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Jan. 16–18. It brought together Harvard alumni, regional…

Stephanie M. Jones, professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and leading scholar on early childhood social-emotional development, has been named the next faculty director of the Harvard Center…

The Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard University is pleased to announce Nada Amin and Debora Marks as the recipients of the 2026 Kempner…