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 the space between the original, century-old chapel and the new student classrooms and event space in a way that is at once modern and traditional.…

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 proceed with caution in using this powerful tool, he said. Beam, assistant professor of epidemiology, is playing a key role in two companion efforts from…

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 from the Lemann Brazil Research Fund. “We were once again greatly impressed with the strength of the applicants, who represent diverse areas of scholarship across…

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 Boston from April 1-5, Harvard was chosen to host the Administrators in Graduate and Professional Student Services (AGAPSS) Preconference. Sunday’s preconference welcomed student affairs staff…

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 Science Mid-career Investigator Award. An eminent scientist who focuses on understanding the molecular laws that govern the development of the cerebral cortex, she is a…

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 cohort of associate faculty. The newly appointed associate faculty, who will help shape the Kempner Institute’s educational and research priorities, will begin their three-year terms…

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 campus celebrations brings a familiar tradition back just in time for a landmark anniversary.  On April 20, PBHA will be hosting the 20th Annual SUP…

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 (ALI) beginning this month. In his new position, Trelstad will succeed Meredith Rosenthal, C. Boyden Gray Professor of Health Economics and Policy at the Harvard…

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 Venture Competition (NVC). At stake was $225,000 in cash plus in-kind prizes to fund the startups. The top prize in the Student Business Track and Student Social Enterprise Track was…

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 risk of premature death, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “The EPA is currently considering stronger rules…

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 and Science of Ukraine, over 2,600 educational institutions have been damaged and over 400 have been destroyed. One year later, millions of Ukrainian students remain…

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 Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. Sixteen semifinalist teams were selected to move on to the next round, and from that group, eight finalists were invited to…

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 harms done, and avoiding making assumptions about what they need or want. Those are some of the top takeaways from a series of community discussions that…

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 who work to confront and correct social injustice in the United States. Winners of the award receive a $150,000 prize; a sculpture designed by Maya…

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 34 million school hours annually due to emergency dental care. The authors of a recent paper in JAMA Health Forum studied the cost-effectiveness of expanding…

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) research network. This network will bring together researchers and academics of various disciplines across Harvard University to advance the understanding of how to shape, guide,…

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 his class of 108 — and determined to do something about it. Elected class representative for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and president of his school’s Student…

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 Harvard Corporation to the board which oversees the University’s endowment portfolio. Formed in 1974, HMC invests Harvard’s endowment and related financial assets. Since its…

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 semester after 30 years with both the Sociology department and the Harvard Kennedy School.  Nancy Winship retired as senior vice president of Institutional Development at…

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 used her communication chops to help people thrive — both in health and in other ways. Perry earned a master of science degree in social…

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 Larry Bacow at a pre-recorded ceremony April 26 at 7 p.m. at Harvard Film Archive in Cambridge. The ceremony, presented by the Office for the…

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 — about 600,000 people — face food insecurity, including one in four children. This catastrophe is not the fault of geography. Agriculture serves as the…

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 and the damage is tallied, all signs suggest that the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria will go down as one of the most severe…

Harvard scored second place among the winning teams at the 83rd annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. Over 3,400 students from more than 450 institutions participated in the highly competitive exam administered by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) this past December. The 2022 Putnam team from Harvard was comprised of Kevin Cong ’26, Andrew…

Jerry X. Mitrovica, the Frank Baird Jr. Professor of Science in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences has been awarded the 2023 Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship for his critical work in advancing the “understanding of the complex relationship between sea level and melting ice sheets and their impacts on human societies past…

In an inaugural University-wide event, Faith & Veritas ’23 will bring together Harvard’s Christian alumni, faculty, and students March 30-April 2 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Faith & Veritas ’23 is a vision of re-engagement and renewal for alumni who share a common conviction in the role and power of biblical faith to confront societal challenges, strengthen…

This is an excerpt from “Seeing Ukraine Then and Now,” by Jerold S. Kayden, as it appeared in Harvard Design Magazine. At the time of this writing, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is front and center in the news. The mounting numbers of dead and wounded stun the imagination. The creation of millions of refugees crossing…

“Gatsby,” a musical stage adaptation of the legendary F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, will make its world premiere at the American Repertory Theater in 2024. Producers Amanda Ghost and Len Blavatnik for Unigram/Access Entertainment, Jordan Roth, and American Repertory Theater made the announcement Thursday. The musical will be directed by Tony Award winner Rachel Chavkin and…

Meghan L. O’Sullivan, a Harvard Kennedy School professor, former senior national security official, and global thought leader on the geopolitics of energy, has been appointed the Director of the School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Dean Douglas Elmendorf announced Tuesday. O’Sullivan’s appointment as director will take effect on July 1, 2023; she will continue to…