The Mittal Institute is delighted to announce the selection of Nilima Sheikh as the inaugural Distinguished Artist Fellow (DAF). Sheikh, a renowned painter based in Baroda, India, will be in…

Harvard philosopher Susanna Siegel has been awarded a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship to support her work studying vigilantism and political vision.  Siegel, the Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy in the Faculty of…

When Americo Mendoza-Mori was asked to serve as faculty chair of the eighth annual Scholarship and Social Justice Conference, he imagined a forum where academia inspires activism.  As faculty director of…

Harvard Business School’s Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) today announced a cohort of five visiting scholars who will focus exclusively on climate, deepening the School’s commitment…

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University announced Wednesday that the theater will develop Julia Riew’s musical “Dive,” previously known as “Shimcheong: A Folktales.” “Stop Kiss” playwright Diana Son and…

For Briana Acosta and Yvette Cho, the inequities that plague the U.S. healthcare system are personal. Both Acosta and Cho, master of public health students at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, saw…

At the intersection of where new meets old, and style meets sustainability, you will find Harvard Divinity School’s recently renovated main campus building — Swartz Hall. The elegant addition bridges…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the power to change medicine and public health for the better, according to Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Andrew Beam. But there’s also a need to…

The Office of the Vice Provost for Research and the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs are pleased to announce the results of the 2023 competition for awards…

Each year, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA) holds its annual conference to bring together student affairs professionals from around the country. Ahead of this year’s conference, which was held in…

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) today awarded Paola Arlotta, the Golub Family Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University, with its Excellence in…

The Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard announced the appointment of Demba Ba, Talia Konkle, Cengiz Pehlevan, and Haim Sompolinsky as the institute’s inaugural…

Throughout the pandemic, Phillips Brooks House Association’s Summer Urban Program (SUP) sustained critical programming, supporting the social and emotional needs of hundreds of Greater Boston area youth.  The re-emergence of…

Brian Trelstad, senior lecturer of business administration and Joseph L. Rice III Faculty Fellow at Harvard Business School, will become the next faculty chair of the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative…

Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Klarman Hall was packed to capacity Thursday, with spectators there to support the 12 student finalist teams competing in the finale of the 26th annual HBS New…

Stronger regulations lowering levels of fine particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) would benefit the health of all Americans, but Black Americans and low-income Americans would likely reap the most benefits, including a lower…

On Feb. 24 2022, Russia initiated a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, displacing millions of residents and disrupting every aspect of daily life. According to estimates from the Ministry of Education…

On March 4, Harvard Business School student-led teams pitched their startups to 88 judges in the first round of the HBS 2023 New Venture Competition (NVC) Business Track, managed by the School’s…

Addressing Harvard University’s legacy of slavery will require genuinely listening to the concerns of descendants of people who were enslaved, making them full partners in decision-making about ways to address…

The Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School is calling for nominations for the 2023 Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award. The Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award recognizes accomplished public leaders and activists…

Tooth decay is the most common chronic disease among children in the U.S. with an impact that is felt most acutely in low income, underserved areas. On average, children miss…

The Harvard Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics is proud to announce the launch of the Governance of Emerging Technology and Technology Innovations for Next-Generation Governance through Plurality (GETTING-Plurality)…

When Joel Burt-Miller arrived at the University of South Carolina Medical School Greenville four years ago, he was dismayed to find he was one of only two Black men in…

Harvard Management Company (HMC) announced today that two new members have been elected to join its board of directors. Tricia Glynn ’02, M.B.A. ’08, and Keith Johnson were appointed by…

The Graduate Commons Program at Harvard University Housing will say good-bye to Faculty Directors Chris and Nancy Winship this May after nine years. Professor Winship retired from the classroom last…

Elizabeth Perry’s childhood love of reading and writing has stuck around. That passion led her first to a journalism career, and later to roles in federal agencies in which she…

Award-winning conceptual artist and philosopher Adrian Margaret Smith Piper, A.M. ’77, Ph.D. ’81, is the recipient of the 2023 Harvard Arts Medal, which will be awarded by Harvard University President…

Excerpt from an essay titled “Designing Food Security in Rural Mississippi”  by Charles Shafaieh. For nearly a decade, Mississippi has ranked as America’s hungriest state. Nearly 19 percent of its citizens…

An excerpt from “After the Turkey-Syria Earthquakes, Rethinking Design on Shaky Ground” by Yun Fu, a design critic at Harvard Graduate School of Design. While the recovery is still unfolding…