Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice of the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, international commentator on contemporary issues of…

Women who ate nearly three servings of fruit daily when they were teens had a 25% lower risk of getting breast cancer when they were adults than those who ate…

Kevin Birmingham has won the 2016 Truman Capote Award for “The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce’s Ulysses.” The director of the Humanities 10 Writing, and a visiting…

Two departments within Harvard Campus Services are being recognized for their leadership on sustainability, reflecting the University’s goal to institutionalize best practices in sustainable operations. Harvard’s Fleet Management team has…

James Mitchell, associate professor of genetics and complex diseases, is the 2016 recipient of the Armen H. Tashjian Jr. Award for Excellence in Endocrine Research. At an awards ceremony on…

If people in the U.S. adopted a healthy lifestyle—not smoking, drinking in moderation, maintaining a healthy body weight, and exercising regularly—half of all cancer deaths and close to half of…

Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong, professor of history and of African and African-American studies, has been named the Oppenheimer Faculty Director at the Center for African Studies. Akyeampong, who joined Harvard faculty in…

Women who attended religious services more than once per week were more than 30% less likely to die during a 16-year-follow-up than women who never attended, according to a study…

The Office of the President has announced the recipients of the 2016 Presidential Public Service Fellows. Launched with the aid of an anonymous gift in 2011, the fellowship program provides…

Can precision medicine be applied to disease prevention? That was the question at the center of the 163rd Cutter Lecture on Preventive Medicine, at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health…

The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2016 Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies. Nancy Ko ’17, a junior…

In a rush in the morning? What are some ideas for a quick, healthy, satisfying breakfast? Time magazine asked that question and two researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of…

Nancy F. Cott, Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, has assumed the presidency of the Organization of American Historians (OAH). Cott, who has taught at Harvard since 2002, lectures on…

This past Saturday, nearly 500 students from more than 20 countries gathered on the Harvard Business School (HBS) campus to meet their classmates from HBX online programs and visit the…

The online application for fall 2016 HILT Spark Grants will open on June 15, 2016. The deadline is July 13, 2016 at 5 p.m. Harvard University benefits-eligible faculty, students, staff, and…

Most Americans are opposed to a move under way in Congress to speed up the process for developing new drugs and medical devices, according to a new poll of U.S.…

Harvard is proud to be part of the Cambridge community and helps contribute to the city’s vibrant cultural, social, and civic communities by providing residents with access to a variety…

Black Americans are gaining in life expectancy, according to new federal data. In 1990, the gap between black and white life expectancy was seven years; by 2014, it was down…

Guinea worm, a water-borne parasitic disease that can be excruciatingly painful, affected 3.5 million people in 1986. Now there are only 22 cases left, and Donald Hopkins, M.P.H. ’70 —…

E-cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and hookah tobacco will soon be regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and their sale will be banned to anyone under age 18,…

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences recently awarded the Hoopes Prize to 64 Harvard College seniors. Given in recognition of outstanding scholarly work or research, the prize is funded by…

Sixty-six medical and veterinary students from 34 schools across the nation will spend a full year conducting mentored basic, translational and applied research as fellows in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Medical…

There are tons of records about guns—who sells them, who buys them, and, if they were used in crimes, when and where—but those records don’t necessarily make it into any…

On May 2, 2016, the Bureau of Study Counsel (BSC) presented the Joseph L. Barrett Award to Jasmine Fernandez ’16, Ana Barros ’16, and Ted White ’17. The award commemorates…

European pressed coffee has become more fashionable in the U.S. But it may have a negative impact on health if you drink too much, according to nutrition expert Eric Rimm…

Eleven faculty members have been awarded 2016 Walter Channing Cabot Fellowships for their outstanding publications. The 2016 honorees are: Suzanne Preston Blier, Allen Whitehill Clowes Professor of Fine Arts and…

Although most states ban texting by drivers, the problem appears to be getting worse—and road fatalities are on the rise. To change people’s behavior, lawmakers and public health experts are…

Two hundred years. Even in an institution as venerable as Harvard University, that’s a long time. Harvard Divinity School, the nation’s first nonsectarian theological school, will celebrate its bicentennial during…

Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers occur more frequently, and sometimes with more deadly consequences, among Hispanics, blacks, and American Indian and Alaska Natives than among whites. A new study from Harvard…

James H. Ware, the Frederick Mosteller Professor of Biostatistics and associate dean for clinical and translational science at the Harvard Chan School, passed away April 26 after a long battle…