Chicago Booth’s Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation, the Harvard Business School Impact Collaboratory, and the Wharton Social Impact Initiative of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School announced today the…

Eight students from Harvard College have been named the inaugural fellows by the Intercollegiate Civil Disagreement Partnership (ICDP), a new consortium of five institutions. They join other fellows from the…

For the past 26 years, Phillips Brooks House has collected gifts and donations during the holiday season for several community-based programs in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston.  This holiday season, the…

Seven Harvard researchers are among the 489 scientists who have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. The…

More than 350 leaders and organizations across the United States have joined forces to call on President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris to establish a new Office on Children and Youth…

The Center on the Developing Child is bringing together a new generation of leaders who will drive innovation that impacts the early childhood field and the lives of children facing…

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will receive Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership Gleitsman International Activist Award during a virtual ceremony on Dec. 1, 2020. The award honors…

The Harvard University Center for AIDS Research (HU CFAR) announced recently that Rajesh Gandhi and Galit Alter have taken on the positions of co-directors, with Gandhi assuming the additional title…

Envisioned and launched before the coronavirus pandemic, Harvard Kennedy School’s flagship online non-degree program, the Public Leadership Credential (PLC), is filling an unanticipated gap in the educational landscape, straddling the…

The Harvard Innovation Labs has kicked off the 10th Annual President’s Innovation Challenge (PIC), a competition designed to bring together the Harvard community to work on compelling solutions to some of the world’s…

For five years, Harvard Teacher Fellows (HTF) has provided Harvard undergraduates with an innovative pathway into teaching, preparing fellows for the complex world of education through five semesters of coursework, summer…

Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has established its first research and innovation alliance by joining forces with Northpond Labs, the research and development-focused affiliate of a leading…

The Office of the Vice Provost for Research is pleased to announce the opening of applications to the Lemann Brazil Research Fund. Applications are due by Jan. 25, 2021 and…

The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics was awarded a Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) Challenge grant to further support the critical new field of public interest technology. The Center for…

It was a movement that went viral with a hashtag, but for Tarana Burke, the work that galvanized millions of survivors and allies was the result of a life dedicated…

As communities around the world work to rebound from the global COVID-19 pandemic, more than 50 Harvard College students will be able to provide immediate help this winter break. Through…

How did the institutional grant become such a normalized means of funding the arts in the United States? Michael Uy’s “Ask the Experts: How Ford, Rockefeller, and the NEA Changed…

We need a variety of antibody types to help fight off invading foreign pathogens and our genome is exquisitely tuned to produce them to meet emerging needs. A new study…

Researchers at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies and the Center for Geographic Analysis at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science recently launched  a public dashboard for congressional representatives.…

Michael Hopkins, George Putnam Professor of Pure and Applied Mathematics and Department Chair, has been named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society for 2021. He was awarded the fellowship…

The American Repertory Theater presents “Jack and the Beanstalk: A Musical Adventure,” an original musical adaptation for kids ages 4+ and their grown-ups, will premiere virtually on Friday, Nov. 27…

Critical thinking skills — analyzing facts to make reflective and informed decisions — are essential for students when it comes to civic engagement. However, in today’s fast-paced news cycle, it’s become increasingly difficult for…

Danielle Allen, director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, has long studied what citizens need in order to succeed in democracy and how our social studies and civics education…

Spring classes will begin on Jan. 25, 2021 and end April 28, as previously announced, FAS Edgerley Family Dean Claudine Gay confirmed today in a message to faculty and staff.…

Harvard professor Elizabeth A. Phelps was named this year’s winner of the George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Neuroscience. Winners of the prize are honored for a career characterized by…

The National Institutes for the Humanities of Japan (NIHU) awarded Andrew Gordon the 2020 International Prize in Japanese Studies. Gordon is the Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History,…

The Harvard Innovation Labs announced that it has accepted 22 startups into the Launch Lab X GEO (LLX GEO) accelerator, a nine-month program designed to bring together Harvard alumni-led ventures from around the world and help them build sustainable, disruptive businesses with real-world impact.…

Data science is at the core of modern business, impacting industries ranging from healthcare to government to advertising. In response to the growing demand, Harvard Online is announcing a new…