Harvard University is taking a critical step forward in its commitment to international development this year. Effective as of January, the Center for International Development (CID), a research center based at the Harvard Kennedy School, is now an Interfaculty Initiative with oversight from the Office of the Provost. CID will continue to be housed at…

Kevin Young ’92, acclaimed poet, scholar and director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will be honored with the 2024 Harvard Arts Medal at a spring ceremony that kicks off the Arts First Festival. “Each year, Harvard and the Office for the Arts honors a Harvard graduate who has achieved…

In recent years, professional sports teams have ramped up civic engagement initiatives — from voter education to get out the vote drives. These civic engagement efforts took a new turn during the 2020 election, when social distancing requirements during the pandemic encouraged local election officials to partner with sports teams to use stadiums as polling…

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University announced today that it will produce “Romeo and Juliet” in September. The production will will be helmed by A.R.T.’s Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Diane Paulus and feature movement direction and choreography by two-time Olivier Award winner Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. “Romeo and Juliet” will be the pair’s first collaboration since “Jagged Little Pill,” which premiered at…

The Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery (H&LS) initiative, in partnership with Harvard College, has launched the Du Bois Scholars Program, an intensive, 9-week summer research internship at Harvard College for scholars from research-intensive Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The program is named after renowned scholar W.E.B. Du Bois, who was not only Harvard’s first…

Describing herself as an avowed “tree hugger” from her childhood as part of an immigrant family, when a beloved tree afforded her a sense of peace, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu offered a forceful vision for the role of urban forests in her city’s push for environmental justice and climate resiliency. In the packed Piper Auditorium…

Today, the Harvard Innovation Labs has unveiled “Invent, Endure, Outlive Them,” the University innovation center’s first permanent mural installation. The mural was created by artist Madison Elyse Rubenstein and sourced through ArtLifting, a former Harvard Innovation Labs venture creating access to the art market for artists impacted by disabilities and housing insecurity. “Liz joined the Harvard Innovation Labs…

As a junior at Brighton High School in 2022, Roshaun Knight was unsure about his plans after graduation. An ambitious student, Knight had always wanted to go to college but had been putting off the application process, until he participated in the inaugural Harvard Chemistry High School Laboratory Skills (HSLS) summer internship program. “Working with…

The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative announced a new email newsletter sharing free resources based on peer-reviewed academic research. Starting this month, the newsletter will share relevant management and leadership insights in an accessible format. Action Insights — short articles summarizing peer-reviewed research — are designed to keep city leaders, students, educators, and scholars up…

The Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University is pleased to welcome a new cohort of fellows for the 2024 spring semester. Fellows play an important role at the center as they devote their time to research, writing, and/or classroom participation to deepen our collective understanding of international development. CID’s fellows this spring include…

Rob Watson, deputy director of The EdRedesign Lab at Harvard Graduate School of Education is one of 60 scholars who will form the Presidential Leadership Scholars’ (PLS) ninth class. For nearly a decade, PLS has served as a catalyst for a diverse network of leaders brought together to collaborate and create meaningful change in the…

The Southern University Gospel Choir from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, will fill the Memorial Church Sanctuary on Feb. 17 with a chorus of 50 powerful voices singing traditional spiritual music in celebration of Black History Month. The choir, created more than 50 years ago, is well known in gospel music circles in the South and across…

Researchers have found that an overhaul of the performance review system for judging young doctors has led to a large reduction in ratings bias against Black, Latino, and Asian medical residents, although bias persists in the evaluations of U.S.-born Black residents. A study published in December in the Annals of internal Medicine journal compared bias trends in…

Internationally renowned scholar, educator, and author James Robson has been named the new director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute (HYI). The James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations will take up the position on July. “James Robson is one of the most energetic, committed, and visionary members of the Harvard…

Erika Lee, one of the nation’s leading immigration and Asian America historians, will become Harvard Radcliffe Institute’s new Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Faculty Director at the Schlesinger Library, the largest research library focused on documenting the lives and activities of women, gender, and society in the United States.  Lee is a Radcliffe Alumnae Professor…

A groundbreaking investigation conducted by the Massachusetts General Hospital Asylum Clinic at the MGH Center for Global Health, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, and the Harvard Global Health Institute, in collaboration with RAICES, has exposed the alarming impact of prolonged detention on children’s mental and physical well-being. The study is the first and…

The Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard is pleased to announce the launch of academic year and summer research programs to support Harvard College undergraduates interested in pursuing research related to the study of intelligence.  The Kempner Undergraduate Research Experience (KURE) will award undergraduate students funding for term-time research…

The Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School announced the appointment of seven Resident Fellows and one Visiting Fellow who will join the IOP for the spring 2024 semester. The fellows bring diverse experience in global politics, elected office, legal affairs, and journalism to address the challenges facing our country and world today. “We are incredibly…

The Growth Lab works to push the frontier of economic growth and development policy research, and our multi-disciplinary team extended our pioneering research agenda to five continents in 2023. Our researchers engaged the world in leveraging decarbonization as a pathway for growth, identifying the barriers to migration and mobility of skills, examining inequality in cities…

Harvard University’s Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) announced the selection of its 2024 fellowship cohort, which is notable for its significant international representation and broad sector diversity. On Jan. 8, ALI welcomes to campus upwards of 50 participants, including incoming fellows and partners, eleven senior fellows returning for a second year in the program, and one…

A diminutive, snow-covered moon of Saturn called Enceladus has taken first place among candidates for hosting life in our solar system, according to a joint Harvard-NASA study.  Led by Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student Jonah Peter, the Nature Astronomy study reports strong confirmation of hydrogen cyanide, a poisonous gas that’s also a…

Caroline Jean Fernald has been named executive director of Harvard Museums of Science and Culture, Hopi Hoekstra, Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences announced today. Fernald will begin her position on Jan. 3. “Through the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture, the extraordinary collections of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences…

Even as tensions over the Israel-Hamas war have approached the boiling point on campuses across the United States, the Harvard Kennedy School’s Middle East Initiative has hosted a series of reasoned, respectful, evidence-based discussions exploring the roots of the conflict and its vexing policy dilemmas. These conversations with analysts from within Harvard and beyond have…

Concluding a two-year investigation, researchers at Harvard Kennedy School’s Growth Lab have issued a stark diagnosis of the “collapsing state capacity” in South Africa after decades of policy failures, mismanagement, and patronage, with painful consequences for millions of poor, jobless people. The research team offers a set of concrete recommendations that could help the country turn around. They…

A steady stream of students from Harvard Schools met with representatives from The World Bank, Ceres, NRDC, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Green Corps, and dozens of other employers in climate and sustainability during the Harvard-wide Climate Career Expo. Hosted by the Salata Institute, FAS Mignone Center for Career Success, Harvard’s Schools, the Dec.…

The Harvard Art Museums have acquired an important gift of “Medals for Dishonor,” a critical early work by preeminent 20th-century sculptor David Smith (American, 1906–1965). The gift from the artist’s estate comprises 14 cast bronze narrative reliefs from a profoundly political and satirical series that addresses anti-war and anti-fascist themes. The 15th medal in the…