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…

Harvard College student Marissa Sumathipala ’22 and Harvard graduate student James Diao are among the 18 recipients selected for the prestigious Churchill Scholarships and Kanders Churchill Scholarship in Science Policy.…

Many aspects of education in the United States today were not designed for people with disabilities. Whether it’s a video lecture without captions that deaf students are unable to learn…

With landmark voting rights legislation stalled in Congress, calls for eliminating or modifying the filibuster have increased as some states work to tighten restrictions on voting ahead of the 2022…

After six years of service and mentorship, Faculty Directors Guhan Subramanian (HBS) and Helen Clement will be transitioning out of their Graduate Commons Program (GCP) roles. The couple, who reside…

Harvard University’s Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) announced the selection of its 2022 fellowship cohort, which is notable for its significant international representation, professional, and gender diversity.  Nineteen of the group’s fellows…

Eight Harvard students and alumni were named Schwarzman Scholars in December 2021 to attend Beijing’s Tsinghua University. The award funds a yearlong master’s degree program in global affairs. This year’s…

Research from Harvard Chan SHINE was chosen as a 2021 Paper of the Year by the American Journal of Health Promotion. In the paper, Character Strengths Involving an Orientation to…

Ph.D. candidate Becca Bassett, was working to support low-income, first-generation college students with weekly check-in calls, individualized academic assistance, and mental health resources through a program she’d founded with the Sunflower…

The Growth Lab has over 50 faculty, fellows, research assistants, and staff working on development challenges in more than a dozen countries worldwide. Across its multidisciplinary team, the Growth Lab…

Dean Bridget Long has announced that five faculty members have been awarded named faculty chairs: Susan Dynarski, Heather Hill, Nonie Lesaux, Meira Levinson, and Catherine Snow. Hill’s chair, the Hazen-Nicoli Professorship in Teacher Learning and Leadership, is…

Applications are being accepted now for the 2021-22 Climate Change Solutions Fund grants cycle, with a deadline of Feb. 7, 2022. Eligible faculty and students are invited to submit proposals…

The recently issued 2021 “Thinkers50” listing of influential management thinkers includes six Harvard Business School faculty members in its list of honorees. The HBS scholars who were recognized include: Amy Edmondson, a…

On Dec. 12, Harvard University President Larry Bacow will formally install the Rev. Matthew Ichihashi Potts as the Pusey Minister and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals in the Memorial Church,…

Earlier this year, Dell Marie Hamilton was named as one of the recipients of the ICA/Boston’s 2021 James and Audrey Foster Prize. While Hamilton has worked in a variety of…

Harvard Business School (HBS) announced the appointment of Elizabeth Clark to the role of chief information officer, effective Jan. 3, 2022. She will oversee a talented group of information technology…

The Mittal Institute’s Faculty Director, Tarun Khanna, announced the appointment of Hitesh Hathi as executive director. He will join the Institute on Dec. 7, 2021. In his new role, Hathi…

The Harvard Innovation Labs has kicked off the 2022 President’s Innovation Challenge (PIC), a competition designed to harness creativity and ingenuity from across the University to generate solutions to the world’s…