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Announcing the 2026 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge finalists
Creating new therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases, building AI and data infrastructure in Africa, and turning organic waste into valuable farming resources are three of the 25 startup initiatives that have been recognized as finalists in the 2026 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge.

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Harvard Business School’s spring 2026 cohort of Executive Fellows
Harvard Business School (HBS) announces a new cohort of Executive Fellows for the 2026 spring semester.

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Piece of Harvard Square to Join A.R.T. in Allston
American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University announced that it will incorporate an original Harvard Square brick into the construction of its new home, the David E. and Stacey L. Goel Center for Creativity & Performance.

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Faculty Council meeting — March 25, 2026
On March 25 the Faculty Council approved proposals regarding a shared course initiative and regarding Division of Continuing Education nomenclature. They also discussed a proposal regarding Department of the Classics nomenclature…
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Lemann Brazil Research Fund announces next phase
The Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) and Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs (OVPIA) has announced the next phase of funding for the Lemann Brazil…

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ALARI and CAF sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen Afro-Latin American studies
Within the framework of the CELAC–Africa High-Level Forum, held in Bogotá from March 18–21 under the auspices of Colombia’s Vice President Francia Elena Márquez Mina, the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at Harvard University (ALARI) and CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at strengthening knowledge production…

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HBS’s Rock Center showcases top ventures at Demo Day, leadership dinner
The Harvard Business School (HBS) Rock Center for Entrepreneurship recently hosted their annual Demo Day at the Rock Venture Leadership Dinner, a signature gathering bringing together emerging founders, faculty, investors, alumni, and…

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Massive increase of computing power for Kempner Institute
The Kempner Institute’s AI cluster, already one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world, is undergoing a major expansion, adding more than 500 NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs) — the specialized processors that make modern graphics and AI possible — to scale-up its capacity for cutting-edge research on intelligence.

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Rediscovering Thoreau: A conversation with filmmaker Erik Ewers
On April 3, the Center for the Study of World Religions will host a special screening of “Henry David Thoreau” and discussion at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts.

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Business School’s New Venture Competition: Cutting edge ventures for today’s ever-changing world
Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Klarman Hall was the site of the March 5 finale of the annual New Venture Competition (NVC), an opportunity for student founders to pitch their ventures before the HBS community.

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Faculty Council meeting — March 11, 2026
On March 11 the Faculty Council heard a presentation on pass/fail grading. They also discussed proposals on Division of Continuing Education nomenclature and on a shared course initiative. The Faculty…
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Kempner researchers harness generative AI to reveal what neurons ‘want’
In a new paper titled “Neuronal tuning aligns dynamically with object and texture manifolds across the visual hierarchy,” just published in Nature Neuroscience.

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Call for proposals: Funding opportunity to encourage inter-faculty collaboration in global health
The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) invites faculty across Harvard and its affiliated hospitals to submit proposals for forming Scholarly Working Groups (SWG) in Global Health.

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‘A beautiful puzzle’: Looking inside AI models and trying to understand what we see
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 workings of AI models, and uncovering the mathematical principles that underlie their abilities.

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Skilled US, Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative use education to improve economic outcomes
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 and financial instability through his organization Skilled US.

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Claudia Goldin wins Talcott Parsons Prize for social scientists
Nobel laureate Claudia Goldin is receiving the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ 2026 Talcott Parsons Prize.

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GCP faculty director transition builds on tradition of connection and community
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 Currier House as FAS faculty dean.

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Kempner Institute announces 2026 Accelerator Awards request for proposals
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.

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Faculty Council meeting — Feb. 25, 2026
On Feb. 25 the Faculty Council heard a presentation on security and campus use. They also approved the preliminary Courses of Instruction for 2026–27, a proposal on grading policy, and…
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Industrial research labs powered the golden age of U.S. innovation
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.

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Zon wins March of Dimes Award
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 Jr., MD Prize from the March of Dimes for his pioneering work in hematology and stem cell biology.

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Four named Gates Cambridge Scholars
Four Harvard students are among the 26 selected to be part of the 2026 class of Gates Cambridge Scholars at the University of Cambridge.

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Pope Leo XIV names epidemiology professor, human flourishing expert to Vatican advisory group
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…

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Harvard’s Hutchins Center names Ben Vinson III fellow at Afro-Latin American Research Institute
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…

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Global health leaders convene to advance innovation, equity, and collective action
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…

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Kempner Institute welcomes spring undergraduate student researchers
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.

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Faculty Council meeting — Feb. 11, 2026
On Feb. 11 the Faculty Council discussed a proposal on grading policy and a proposal to create a concentration on Energy, Climate, and the Environment. The Faculty Council next meets…
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New Genomic Medicines Fund launched
Advancing research is essential to realizing the fuller potential of genomic medicines. In support of this critical work, the Office of the Vice Provost for Research is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity is now open to eligible investigators at Harvard University working in fields related to genomic medicines.

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Vietnam and China poised to lead global growth in new Growth Lab projections
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.

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Finding problems worth solving: A design thinking approach in global health
Over the past two decades, Satchit Balsari’s lab has followed disasters and humanitarian crises across the globe, including natural disasters, like earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes in South Asia, the U.S., and Central and South America, as well as populations displaced by wars and refugee crises in Bangladesh and the Middle East.
