The winners of the annual Harvard Alumni Association Clubs and Shared Interest Groups awards were honored Oct. 24 at the Alumni Leadership Conference. Celebrating excellence in community building and volunteer leadership, the Outstanding Alumni Community Award and Outstanding Volunteer Leadership Award recognize organizations that make an impact with remarkable programming as well as individuals who…

For some, the mere thought of sitting in a dental chair can send shivers down their spine and set their heart racing. In fact, nearly 40 percent of the population admits to having anxiety or fear of the dentist, which can have serious consequences for an individual’s oral health. We asked Isabelle Chase, a leading…

The Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes was the majestic baritone minister of the Memorial Church for nearly 40 years. His sermons from the pulpit, lectures in the classroom, best-selling books, and international speaking engagements also made him one of the most critical spiritual voices against intolerance in America. His legacy on the Harvard campus and…

President Alan M. Garber has announced the availability of funding through the recently established President’s Building Bridges Fund. Under this new initiative, students are invited to submit proposals for projects that embody the spirit of diverse student groups coming together to build bridges across differences. Inspired by the preliminary recommendations of both the Presidential Task…

The Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard has announced the fall recipients of the Kempner Undergraduate Research Experience (KURE). KURE awards Harvard undergraduates funding for term-time research supervised by Kempner-affiliated faculty during the fall and spring semesters of the academic year.  Student research projects investigate the foundations of intelligence,…

Isabela Gonzalez-Lawand ’26 is determined to make space for bigger bodies and push campus conversations that affect students of all sizes. Last week, the government concentrator facilitated a discussion with author Kate Manne and plus-sized advocate and model Samyra Miller ’21 as part of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations’ “Celebrating Bigger Bodies…

The National Academy of Medicine has elected 100 new members this year, including 12 with Harvard affiliations. Election to the academy is one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. The newly elected members bring the academy’s membership to more than 2,400, which includes nearly 200 international members. Harvard’s 2024 electees…

The mystical state of consciousness experienced by staring into a painting’s intricate brush strokes, listening to the rhythmic tones of a musical composition, watching mesmerizing dance movements, or reading lyric verse from poetic writing can transport us to deeper places where inner-spiritual experience flows freely. Art’s evocative expressions become symbolic road maps to possibilities of…

More than 45 U.S. military veterans and their spouses came to the Harvard Dental Center in Boston on Oct. 19 to receive dental care at Harvard School of Dental Medicine’s (HSDM) annual Give Veterans a Smile (GVAS) event. Now in its fourth year, the student-led event that provides free care to veterans has doubled in…

In early October, the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy held the second annual International LGBTQI+ Activism Summit as part of its recently launched Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program. The program, led by Carr Center Faculty Director Mathias Risse, Faculty Program Chair Timothy Patrick McCarthy, and Program Director Diego Garcia Blum, works to empower LGBTQI+…

The Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs (OVPIA) recently hosted Harvard’s eighth annual Worldwide Week at Harvard event. As part of the week, which ran Oct. 5-12, Harvard’s Schools, departments, research centers, student organizations, and domestic and international offices hosted nearly 50 academic and cultural events with global or international themes.  While these…

From Eric Dawson’s LinkedIn page, we learn that he had odd jobs of bartending, electron microscopy, regional TV commercials, and serving as the driver for the author of “Curious George,” but the heart of his work has been focused on inspiring and unlocking the moral imagination of young people. Dawson serves as the CEO and…

Ashley Villar, assistant professor in the Department of Astronomy, has been named a 2024 Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. This year’s class of Packard Fellows features 20 early-career scientists and engineers, each receiving $875,000 over five years to pursue their research goals.  Villar is an astrophysicist who…

Twice a year, leading nutrition researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Department of Nutrition present their current work to the Nutrition Round Table (NRT), a collective of philanthropists and food systems practitioners. The NRT explores opportunities to connect research to practical applications for improving societal nutrition. On Oct. 1, Harvard University Dining…

Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced a cohort of 71 Executive Fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year. The Executive Fellows program leverages the expertise of outstanding practitioners — many of whom are alumni — to enhance teaching and learning at the School. Executive Fellows are sponsored by and partner with at least one HBS faculty member…

Ahead of National Coming Out Day, the Office of BGLTQ Student Life is hosting a panel discussion and film screening on queer life and the ongoing fight for LGBTQ rights in the Caribbean. The event is the brainchild of Jama Willis ’25, a Jamaican American student who is dedicating his senior thesis on decriminalizing homosexuality…

The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) celebrated the successful completion of its inaugural Foundational Undergraduate Experiences in the Laboratory (FUEL) program on Aug. 7 with a dynamic poster session and certificate ceremony. This event marked the end of a 10-week research program that immersed ten rising sophomores from Harvard College in intensive lab…

Prices for hydrogen produced with clean energy will remain high, Harvard researchers demonstrate in the journal Joule, but the fuel may remain the only way to decarbonize some sectors. Green hydrogen is often touted as the solution for our toughest decarbonization problems: heavy industry, transportation, energy storage. The price will fall as production increases, goes…

Jacob Zavatone-Veth, a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows, has received a Director’s Early Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health. The award is part of the NIH’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program that supports scientists who propose “visionary and broadly impactful” behavioral and biomedical research projects.  The Early Independence Award gives exceptional early-career scientists the opportunity to…

The phone usually rings around 3 p.m. She’ll verify: will she be in town for the next 48 hours? Will her husband? Is the family schedule manageably clear? If yes, Tammy Tai will pick up the phone with a routine response.  “Yes, we’re set up to foster tonight.”  A child’s arrival at Tai’s doorstep can…

Today Harvard released its Annual Sustainability Report for 2023-2024, which includes progress on goals related to climate, buildings, waste and water. The revamped report features new data and interactive visualizations, as well as stories of impactful initiatives happening across campus.   The Office for Sustainability works with faculty, students, staff, and alumni, using our urban…

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University announced Tuesday that A.R.T. will produce “Passing Strange” to conclude its 2024/25 Season. The rock musical will begin performances at the Loeb Drama Center in Harvard Square on May 20; will open officially on May 30; and will run through June 29, 2025.  This will mark its North American…

The Harvard Center for International Development is launching a new research initiative, China and the Global Economy, which aims to foster a deeper understanding of the Chinese economy and its implications for the global economic landscape. The initiative is co-led by CID Faculty affiliates Jie Bai, associate professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School;…

Throughout the year, Harvard is home to a diverse range of lectures, seminars, and events on topics of global importance. Our museums and cultural organizations host thought-provoking programs and exhibits that help us better understand cultures and perspectives different from our own. And in Harvard’s 20-plus offices abroad and in countries around the world, Harvard…

In the medical drama “House,” which ran for eight seasons beginning in 2004, the titular Dr. House routinely solves mysteries involving rare diseases, drawing on a wealth of experience and reasoning skills to come up with unprecedented treatments. Now, researchers affiliated with the Kempner Institute at Harvard University have come up with an AI “Dr. House”: TxGNN,…

A mischievous little girl, the type impossible to teach classical music to, grew up to receive a Ph.D. in cello performance at the Royal Academy. Another young violinist, who was utterly unable to learn through traditional visual or audible cues and instead had to have her fingers lifted for her, went on to study medicine…

For the 2024-2025 academic year, Harvard Business School (HBS) is proud to announce its third cohort of visiting scholars in collaboration with its Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS). This year’s cohort will concentrate on how business intersects with the two critical issues of climate change and racial inequality, advancing HBS’s commitment to encouraging pioneering research that shapes…

Harvard Business School’s Baker Library has opened a new exhibition, “From Concept to Product: Meroë Morse and Polaroid’s Culture of Art and Innovation, 1945–1969,” which draws on the library’s extensive holdings of the Polaroid Corporation Collection to celebrate Meroë Morse, a key contributor to the development of instant photography. The universal appeal of instant photography,…