The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School is proud to announce the six finalists for the 2022 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. The Goldsmith…

Theda Skocpol, Ph.D. ’75, is among seven distinguished scholars named  Fellows of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. The AAPSS, one of the nation’s oldest learned societies, elects…

Herbert C. Kelman, the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics emeritus at Harvard and the director of the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution at the Weatherhead Center…

Harvard and Boston University have been awarded a new grant of $3 million from the State House to support the development of next-generation robotics and wearable technologies. Researchers aim to improve the lives of people with neuro-motor impairments and to…

EdRedesign at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) has received a $200,000 grant from the Barr Foundation and an anonymous gift of $3 million to establish an Institute for Success…

“One of the most remarkable aspects of the tragic events in Ukraine concerns the sudden uprising of thousands or even millions of ordinary citizens,” write the Kennedy School’s Pippa Norris…

Through his research, Ph.D. student Zid Mancenido has come to realize that as college students think about future careers, the decision to enter the classroom to teach isn’t always marked by good…

Since 2002, the Alumni of Color Conference (AOCC) has been a signature event that cultivates conversations from Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni across the country. Through their unique perspectives, expertise,…

The Harvard Graduate School of Education is pleased to announce the appointments of Framingham State University President Javier Cevallos and Amherst College President Biddy Martin as Presidents-in-Residence for the 2022–23 school year. “We’re excited to have…

Harvard University Provost Alan Garber and American Repertory Theater Chair Andy Ory announced today the appointment of Kelvin Dinkins Jr., as the A.R.T.’s next executive director. Dinkins is a nationally…

The Institute for Quantitative Social Science has launched a program called “Extraordinary Claims, Extraordinary Evidence” to help Harvard faculty develop research and evidence in support of claims that may be…

Harvard students seeking an enriching, hands-on experience should look beyond the largest companies and consider startups in their summer planning, according to participants in a new internship program who say…

Patricia Albjerg Graham Professor of Education Susan Dynarski has been elected to the National Academy of Education (NAEd), in recognition of her distinct and valuable contributions to educational research and policy development.…

The Just City Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Mayors’ Institute on City Design (MICD) are pleased to announce the launch of the 2022 MICD Just City…

Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced the cohort of Executive Fellows for the 2021-22 academic year. With its largest cohort yet of 29 fellows, the Executive Fellows Program seeks to…

Fellows and graduates of the Harvard Graduate School of Design are among the 63 recipients of 2022 USA Fellowships from national arts funding organization United States Artists (USA). Now in…

Karthik Pandian, assistant professor of Art, Film, and Visual Studies, was named a recipient of this year’s Creative Capital Awards. Fifty winning projects will receive up to $50,000 in direct…

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society, selected 564 members as Fellows of AAAS, which  honors members whose efforts on behalf of…

Harvard professor Andrew Knoll has been awarded the 2022 Crafoord Prize in Geosciences by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The prestigious Crafoord Prize is a complement to the Nobel…

The Harvard Art Museums were recently awarded the 2021 Boston Society for Architecture’s Harleston Parker Medal. The achievement recognizes the work of Renzo Piano Building Workshop in collaboration with Payette…

Lesley Lokko has been appointed the Harvard GSD Loeb Fellowship’s spring 2022 Senior Loeb Scholar, a cherished and dynamic role within the GSD community. Each year, the Senior Loeb Scholar…

Neurobiologists at Harvard University have entered a joint research agreement with NTT Research, Inc., a division of NTT, to study animal neuro-responses with the hope of informing future artificial intelligence…

John P. Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Research Professor of Environmental Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, is receiving the National Academy of Sciences’ most prestigious award, the Public Welfare Medal,…

Deval L. Patrick, former two-term governor of Massachusetts, will join Harvard Kennedy School in February 2022 as a professor of the practice of public leadership and as co-director of the…

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is honoring two professors in the psychology department for their contributions to science. Mahzarin Rustum Banaji, the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics,…

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has announced ten recipients of the 2022 Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award, established to support “high-risk, high-reward” ideas with the potential to significantly impact the prevention,…

In recognition of his services in architecture, engineering, and education, Professor Hanif Kara received an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire award (OBE) in the Queen’s…