When Harvard Kennedy School was approached by the Victory Institute, a national organization supporting openly LGBTQ leaders, to create an executive training fellowship, no one imagined the lasting and profoundly…

Before COVID-19 emerged as a global threat in 2020, institutions around the world had been trying to tackle the issue of pandemic preparedness. But those groups were underfunded, did not have clear-cut roles,…

In 2021, the longstanding global health goal to eradicate malaria experienced a paradigm shift: after 30 years of development, the first vaccine for the disease was endorsed by the World Health Organization. Countries are…

The Institute to End Mass Incarceration at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Radcliffe Institute today announce the joint appointment of Brittany White as a visiting practitioner in residence for…

The Giant Magellan Telescope, the most powerful telescope ever engineered using the world’s largest mirrors, has secured a $205 million investment from its international consortium to accelerate construction. The investment…

Semiconductors, the building blocks of the modern information age, are critical components to seemingly every manufactured product from phones to cars to computers. To discuss the challenge of building new…

In late June, the Supreme Court issued a ruling stating that the Environmental Protection Agency cannot put state-level caps on carbon emissions under the 1970 Clean Air Act. Such authority…

China, Vietnam, Uganda, Indonesia, and India are projected to be among the fastest-growing economies to 2030. That is the conclusion of researchers at the Growth Lab at Harvard University who…

Elena Savoia is a principal research scientist in the Department of Biostatistics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH). She is deputy director of the Emergency Preparedness, Research,…

Samagya Banskota, former postdoctoral researcher in the David Liu Lab, has been recognized as one of the world’s top innovators under 35 by MIT Technology Review. Banskota was celebrated for…

Between the traditional 19th-century houses of London’s Islington neighborhood and the mega-development of the city’s Knowledge Quarter, home to a cluster of life science, technology, and cultural institutions as well…

On July 18, the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative welcomed its sixth class of 40 mayors from around the world to participate in a yearlong education and professional development program.…

The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics announced the passing of Lily Safra, its longtime friend and benefactor.  Mrs. Safra was a constant friend of Harvard’s Center for Ethics,…

Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof has joined the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as the third senior faculty dedicated to the teaching and scholarship of ethnicity, indigeneity, and migration (EIM). A historian with…

Jeffrey F. Hamburger, the Kuno Francke Professor of German Art & Culture, was awarded the 2022 Gutenberg Prize of the International Gutenberg Society and the city of Mainz for his…

In mid-June, seasoned city hall officials from four continents gained Harvard insights on negotiation using a novel set of resources. Participants in the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative’s inaugural Negotiation for…

Harvard Management Company (HMC) announced today that Timothy R. Barakett ’87, M.B.A. ’93, has been elected to serve on the HMC Board of Directors. Barakett, who also serves as a…

Erika Lee will join the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as the second hire of senior faculty dedicated to teaching and scholarship of ethnicity, indigeneity, and migration (EIM). An award-winning…

Jia Liu, assistant professor of bioengineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), has been recognized as one of the world’s top Innovators Under…

Conor Walsh, the Paul A. Maeder Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), has received a 2022 Blavatnik National…

The International Mathematical Union named Harvard Gerhard Gade University Professor Barry Mazur as the recipient of the 2022 Chern Medal. The award celebrates lifelong outstanding achievements in the field of…

The Amgen Foundation announced on June 20 an increased commitment to LabXchange, an online science education platform that provides users with access to high-quality science education resources at no cost.…

The Harvard Department of Statistics awarded the 2022 Undergraduate Department of Statistics Prize to Yash Nair while also awarding the Dempster Prize to graduate student Ambarish Chattopadhyay. The Undergraduate Department…

Growing up in Chicago, Hoda Mahmoud rarely came across dentists who looked like her. “Only later did I make the connection that it was not due to a lack of…

Researchers from Harvard Chan SHINE and the Human Flourishing Program have published a new paper in the International Journal of Public Health examining the associations between social connectedness and mental…

New polling analysis released today shows that the American public is narrowly divided on a slew of ideologically charged issues before the Supreme Court such as abortion, gun control, immigration,…

People experiencing homelessness face innumerable challenges in achieving any sense of health. They endure a host of difficulties in managing chronic diseases — including extreme poverty, unstable housing, and even stolen medications —…

Alexander Banks, associate professor at Harvard Medical School, is the 2022 recipient of the Armen H. Tashjian Jr. Award for Excellence in Endocrine Research. The award recognizes his advances in standardizing data…

The Harvard Climate Internship Program (HCIP) welcomes 17 graduate students as its inaugural cohort of summer intern fellows. The HCIP is a University-wide program supporting graduate students who work in…

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem awarded world-renowned neurobiologist and distinguished Harvard University brain researcher Joshua R. Sanes an honorary doctorate degree. The award celebrates Sanes’ numerous accomplishments in the fields…