In 2016, French Egyptian curator Nadine Abdel Ghaffar founded the organization Art D’Égypte in response to a problem she was seeing: a lack of public spaces in Egypt for people…

At the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP29) on Friday (Nov. 15), the Growth Lab at Harvard Kennedy School launched Greenplexity, an interactive tool that helps countries identify their localized opportunities…

Harvard has increased the size of its Green Revolving Fund (GRF) from $12 million to $37 million, providing additional funds to Harvard’s Schools and Business Units to accelerate campus decarbonization…

Harvard University released its 2024 Sustainable Building Standards, which mark the most significant update since the standards were first developed in 2009. The latest standards now target Living Building Challenge…

The Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE), the FAS Office for Faculty Affairs, and the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning have inaugurated the Anya Bernstein Bassett Award for Excellence…

A wave of climate faculty hires — with more to come — is the latest development in Harvard’s rapidly expanding climate and sustainability initiative. The new climate faculty hires in…

The Harvard Undergraduate Foreign Policy Initiative announced Taiwanese American performer and activist Nymphia Wind as the inaugural recipient of its Changemaker of the Year award. The honor celebrates those creating…

The Harvard Art Museums have appointed Audrey Sands as their Richard L. Menschel Associate Curator of Photography. As a member of the museums’ Division of Modern and Contemporary Art, Sands…

Annabel Kim thinks of “Plasmas,” the latest novel by French writer Céline Minard, as a cubist painting: representing reality, while simultaneously shattering our perception of it.   Kim’s new English translation…

A new study, published last month in the journal Global Policy, finds rural residents of the European Union feel invisible to the very policymakers charged with representing their interests. “The paper indicates…

The Mittal Institute announced that Naiza Khan, a highly acclaimed visual artist from Pakistan, will be in residence on the Harvard campus in April 2025 as the institute’s second Distinguished Artist…

The climate crisis demands new and better technology – from green energy sources to cleaner industrial processes and far beyond. Universities, including Harvard, play a significant role in generating that…

While maintaining its mission of cultivating high-risk, high-reward research, the Rowland Institute at Harvard welcomed change at a symposium that celebrated its transition to a new home in the heart…

The Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery (H&LS) Initiative and the University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences have welcomed four visiting faculty from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to teach and conduct…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,”…

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…

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…