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 the brain, these incoming streams of information are often “entangled,” making it difficult to identify what specific inputs a neuron or group of neurons is…

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. Organized by the Harvard Global Health Institute, the full-day symposium featured a keynote address by Rhonda Sealy-Thomas, assistant director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), United Nations,…

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, moderated by Josephine Kim, highlighted Chung’s groundbreaking career as the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News and the first Asian to anchor any…

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 in their fields and who exemplify the mission, highest standards, and values of the School. As role models of outstanding leadership for HBS’s graduating students,…

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 Harvard Business School (HBS) Class Day alumni speaker on May 28. The celebration will take place on the Baker Lawn at the School’s campus in…

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 Lemann Brazil Research Fund. Established in 2016 by a generous gift from the Lemann Foundation, the Lemann Brazil Research Fund supports research projects across a…

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 annual competition with support from HBS Alumni Relations. This year, 245 teams participated in the competition — 94 in the Student Business Track, 35 in 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 living abroad, are three of the 25 initiatives that have been recognized as finalists in the 2025 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge. “The President’s Innovation Challenge continues…

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 Lectureship by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS). The prestigious annual honor, previously known as the RA Fisher Award and Lectureship, recognizes what…

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 Artist Reveal at 6 p.m. In early February, a call was issued for any Harvard College student who wished to walk in this year’s fashion…

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 — require collaborative approaches across government, business, nonprofits, and communities.  In mid-March, the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative brought 77 participants from multiple sectors to…

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 global health. Through a six-week, in-person residency in Cambridge, the program fosters deeper academic engagement and advances joint research initiatives. The 2024–2025 scholars Professor Camila Gianella…

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 adults whose treatment is covered by traditional Medicare, with the most striking results concerning rural Americans. Rural cancer patients in the study’s sample were about…

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 emerging from the School, the event was led by Rock Center faculty members Julia Austin, Lindsay Hyde, Allison Mnookin, and Christina Wallace. Select student teams delivered three-minute pitches to…

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 its 2024/25 season. The “uplifting” (British Vogue), “fresh, funny, ironic, and moving” (The Observer) acclaimed new musical about new beginnings and seeing the world through…

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, Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This prize lectureship pays homage to Percy Lavon Julian, A.M. ’23, an African American chemist and…

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 Regenerative Biology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and a member at the Broad Institute. She will present her research during the ISSCR 2025…

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

Victor Seow, Ph.D. ’14, the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, has received the Sarton Prize for the History of Science. The award, established by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999, recognizes his “exceptional promise and distinguished accomplishments as an emerging scholar in the field.” “The history of science is filled…

“HBS launched the Executive Fellows program in 2020 to provide an avenue by which experienced business leaders and practitioners can contribute to the School’s mission in a variety of meaningful ways,” said Professor Len Schlesinger, chair of the program.

The term “psychedelics” can conjure surreal images of mind-altering journeys through a mystical realm that connects the body to the soul and the soul to divinity. Dreamlike visions can pave the way for healing and transcendence, something Indigenous communities have understood for centuries. But only in the last decade did a “psychedelic renaissance” emerge in…

The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) announced it is now accepting new proposals for forming Scholarly Working Groups (SWG) in Global Health from faculty across Harvard and its affiliated hospitals. The program aims to create a collaborative environment to promote inter-faculty gatherings where faculty can explore or accelerate research areas in topics critical to the advancement of…

The Harvard Choruses will perform a world premiere of “American Jezebel: The Trial of Anne Hutchinson” Saturday, an opera that tells the story of Puritan midwife and theologian  Anne Hutchinson. The opera dramatizes a turbulent chapter of Boston history, where politics, sex, religion, and power collide. At its heart is Hutchinson’s and John Winthrop’s clash…

In celebration of Women’s Week, a new exhibition will feature eight portraits from alumni Stephen Coit ’71 and Robert Shetterly ’69. “Seeing Each Other: A Conversation Between the Harvard Foundation Portraiture Project and Americans Who Tell the Truth,” opens to all on March 3 at Cabot House. “This event marks a historic moment for the…

Roxane Gay doesn’t get tired of engaging with readers on a variety of topics, but she’s ready to stop defining feminism. The author and social commentator opened up about her career, writing process, and what motivates her during the Harvard College Women’s Center’s annual Schmertzler Leadership Seminar on Feb. 12. “It’s 2025, if you don’t…