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 two such accomplished leaders joining us,” says Francesca Purcell, senior lecturer and faculty co-chair of the Higher Education Concentration. “The landscape of higher education encompasses such a…

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 recognized leader in American theater and a pioneering voice advocating for transformational culture change in theater leadership, management, and the industry at large. He is currently…

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 contrarian or unstudied. In a recent announcement about the program, organizers emphasized the ECEE program’s support of “advancing scientific advancement through high-risk research.” They added…

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 they benefited from a high level of independence and the encouragement of strong mentors. In collaboration with Matrix Partners, Harvard’s Office of Technology Development (OTD)…

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 NAEd announced the new class of 17 members last month. Dynarski’s research focuses on understanding and reducing inequality in education, looking to assess the effects of…

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 Mayoral Fellowship, taking place in Spring 2022. The 2022 MICD Just City Mayoral Fellowship will help mayors navigate a just and equitable recovery from the…

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 leverage the expertise of outstanding practitioners to enhance teaching and learning at the School. All fellows, including alumni, partner with an HBS faculty member 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 its 17th year, USA Fellowships provide recipients with an unrestricted $50,000 award to support their creative and professional development. According to the United States Artists’…

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 funding, as well as career development and networking services. “Creative Capital believes that funding the creation of new work by groundbreaking artists is vital to…

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 the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues. “AAAS is proud to honor these…

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 Prize, which the Academy also presents. The Crafoord Prize alternates every year between mathematics and astronomy, geosciences, biosciences and polyarthritis and consists of a gold…

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 and other partners on the museums’ 2014 major renovation and expansion. Established in 1921 in memory of Boston architect J. Harleston Parker, the medal recognizes…

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 spends time on campus at the GSD, during which time they present a public lecture and engage directly with GSD students, faculty, staff, researchers, Loeb…

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 systems. The five-year research project, launched in the fall of 2021, enables researchers at the two organizations to collaboratively study how animals maintain behavioral flexibility,…

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, for his five decades of work combining science and public service, especially his eight years as President Obama’s science advisor. The National Academy of Sciences…

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 School’s Center for Public Leadership (CPL), Harvard Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf announced today. He will be starting at the Kennedy School next week. Patrick served as governor from…

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, was awarded the Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and professor of psychology Leah Somerville received the Troland Research Award. Banaji is recognized for…

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, diagnosis, or treatment of cancer. Five initial grants of $400,000 over two years have been awarded to six extraordinary early-career researchers (four individuals and one…

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 New Year Honours List. “I am overwhelmed and grateful to so many people who have supported me over the years,” Kara said in an email.…

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. The scholarships support one year of master’s study at Churchill College in the University of Cambridge, covering full tuition and travel costs while also proving…

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 from, or a single-color keyboard that makes typing impossible for students with low vision, just because something is available doesn’t mean it’s accessible. When Harvard…

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 midterm elections. After some initial hesitation, President Biden recently joined the chorus of those calling for an end to the filibuster for voting rights bills…

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 in Harvard University Housing’s (HUH) 10 Akron St. property, bid farewell to GCP at the conclusion of the 2021-22 academic year. Subramanian’s numerous Case Study…

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 are joining the program from 15 countries outside the United States, both records for ALI, which begins its 14th year this month. These extraordinary leaders…

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 class of 151 scholars comes from 33 countries and 106 universities. “The world needs Schwarzman Scholars now more than ever before,” Stephen A. Schwarzman, the…

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 Promote Good Can Help Your Health and Well-Being. Evidence from Two Longitudinal Studies, authors Dorota Węziak-Białowolska, research scientist, SHINE, Piotr Białowolski, research associate, SHINE, Tyler…

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 County Freedom Project in Mississippi when she realized there were larger, systemic issues standing in the way of her students’ success. “I was frustrated and…