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Healthcare Policy Program announces 2022-2023 Grossman Fellows
The Healthcare Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School is pleased to announce that it has named Mathew Alexander and Brandon Busuito as its 2022-2023 Grossman Fellows. The Jerome H. Grossman…
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GSD shortlists four architects for 2022 Wheelwright Prize
Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) has announced four shortlisted architects for the 2022 Wheelwright Prize. Now in its 10th cycle, the Wheelwright Prize supports innovative design research, crossing both…
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Visiting scholars, professors announced by DRCLAS
The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) has announced its 2022–2023 Visiting Scholars and Fellows and Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professors, a group of scholars and practitioners who…
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Harvard GSD announces Master in Real Estate degree
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) has announced a new 12-month degree, the Master in Real Estate (M.R.E.), for individuals seeking to acquire core real estate skills while learning…
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Harvard Business School announces Harris Family Fund
Harvard Business School (HBS) has received a $5 million gift from Josh Harris, M.B.A. ’90, co-founder of Apollo Global Management, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment and Harris Philanthropies, and his…
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‘Painting the Portrait of Jim Cash’
Gale Fulton Ross tells the story of how she created the James I. Cash portrait that now hangs in Cash House. Many months in the making, the oil painting is…
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During Harvard talk, Vietnamese prime minister underscores multilateral ambitions
Reflecting on 27 years of resumed diplomatic relations, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính visited Harvard Kennedy School on May 14 for a discussion on the U.S.-Vietnam relationship and the…
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Eve Blau named director of Davis Center
Eve Blau, a renowned scholar of architecture and urbanism, has been named the director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. Blau, who is the first woman to…
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Sompolinsky receives Gruber Prize
Haim Sompolinsky, visiting professor at the Center for Brain Science and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, has been named as one of four recipients of the 2022 Gruber Neuroscience…
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A.R.T. to produce North American premiere of ‘Life of Pi’ theatrical adaptation
American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University announced today that it will produce in its 2022/23 season the North American premiere of “Life of Pi,” the acclaimed theatrical adaptation by…
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Just City Mayoral Fellows address racial injustice through design interventions
“Everything we do at the GSD,” Dean Sarah Whiting said, “is affected by or affects cities.” On April 22, the Harvard Graduate School of Design hosted the concluding event of…
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Harvard, QuEra Computing observe quantum speed-up in optimization problems
A collaboration between Harvard University with scientists at QuEra Computing, MIT, University of Innsbruck and other institutions has demonstrated a breakthrough application of neutral-atom quantum processors to solve problems of…
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Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa awards announced
The Office of the Vice Provost for Research and the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs, in collaboration with the Harvard Center for African Studies, have announced the…
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Levi Strauss’ ‘Worker Well-being Guidebook’ based on Harvard’s SHINE study
Iconic global brand Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) has published a “Worker Well-being Guidebook,” which offers new approaches for corporations and factory owners to improve the health and well-being of…
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American Academy of Arts & Sciences elects 16 Harvard affiliates
Sixteen scholars from the Harvard community were among the 261 new members elected to join the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The news was announced April 28. Carolyn Abbate…
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GSD names Danielle Allen 2022 Class Day Speaker
Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design has named Danielle Allen as its 2022 Class Day speaker. Allen will address the GSD’s class and their families during the School’s 2022 Class…
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Faculty Council meeting — April 27, 2022
On April 27 the members of the Faculty Council approved preliminary versions of Courses of Instruction for 2022–23 and of the University Extension School courses for 2022–23. They also approved changes to…
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Three named 2022 Guggenheim Fellows
Three Harvard faculty have received Guggenheim Fellowships, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced earlier this month. Stefanie Stantcheva, Professor of Economics: Economic Policies, Voter Understanding, and Political Support. Field:…
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HBS’ Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society names inaugural cohort of visiting fellows
Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced the inaugural cohort of the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) Visiting Fellows, who will be joining the School this…
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U.S. early warning system aims to track emerging health threats
Since August 2021, Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been working to strengthen the U.S.…
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Two Harvard students named Truman Scholars
Students Amisha Kambath ’22, a social studies concentrator, and Oksanna Samey ’23, an integrative biology concentrator, were selected as 2022 Truman Scholars. They are part of a cohort of 58…
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Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans’ class of 2022
The board of directors of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a merit-based graduate school program for immigrants and children of immigrants, announced the program’s 2022 fellows, including 11…
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HBS announces 2022 Class Day speaker
Robert L. Ryan, MBA ’70, the retired senior vice president and chief financial officer of Medtronic, Inc., will be Harvard Business School’s Class Day speaker on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.…
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Faculty Council meeting — April 13, 2022
On April 13 the Faculty Council continued their discussion of a proposal regarding conduct inquiries for externally recruited tenured faculty. They also approved changes to the description of the Standing…
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Harvard Business School announces Robert K. Kraft Family Fellowship Fund
Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced the establishment of the Robert K. Kraft Family Fellowship Fund, which will benefit promising young leaders with high potential but limited means to attend…
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HURI launches non-residential fellowships to support Ukrainian scholars
The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) is partnering with Vienna’s Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) to offer non-residential fellowships for Ukrainian scholars displaced as a result of Russia’s war of aggression…
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Harvard Athletics welcomes Carrie Moore, new Women’s Basketball Coach
Carrie Moore was officially welcomed as The Friends of Harvard Women’s Basketball Head Coach in Lavietes Pavilion today (April 6). Moore becomes the fourth head coach in program history, succeeding…
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Announcing the launch of the Philosophy, AI, and Society Consortium
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become critical infrastructure, shaping our personal, social, and political lives, influencing everything from geopolitics, to industry, to the meaning of friendship. As we grow increasingly reliant…
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HKS establishes Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy
Harvard Kennedy School has received a $5 million gift to establish the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy at the School’s Malcolm…
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2022 Lemann Brazil Research Fund awardees announced
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 2022 competition for awards…