Marilyn “Merry” Reynolds Duffy Touborg, 77, director of communications for the Office of Human Resources from 1990 to 2004, passed away on March 3. Born on April 14 1944 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Touborg was the daughter of the late Robert Lee Reynolds and Virginia (Bowman) Morgan. After a childhood living in many different places across…

The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School is proud to announce the six finalists for the 2022 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting. The Goldsmith Prize, founded in 1991 and funded by a gift from the Greenfield Foundation, honors the best public service investigative journalism that has made an impact…

Theda Skocpol, Ph.D. ’75, is among seven distinguished scholars named  Fellows of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. The AAPSS, one of the nation’s oldest learned societies, elects fellows in recognition of their contributions to advancement of the social sciences. Skocpol, the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University,…

Herbert C. Kelman, the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics emeritus at Harvard and the director of the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (1993-2003), died March 1 in his Cambridge, Massachusetts, home. He was 94 Born in Vienna in 1927, Kelman’s family fled the Nazis,…

Harvard and Boston University have been awarded a new grant of $3 million from the State House to support the development of next-generation robotics and wearable technologies. Researchers aim to improve the lives of people with neuro-motor impairments and to help individuals achieve ambitious fitness goals, driving innovation in a new category of rehabilitation, diagnostic, and assistive devices that are more lightweight, affordable, and connected. Led by Harvard John…

EdRedesign at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) has received a $200,000 grant from the Barr Foundation and an anonymous gift of $3 million to establish an Institute for Success Planning to help communities redesign their systems of support and opportunity for children and youth. “These grants represent a huge step forward for EdRedesign. Every…

“One of the most remarkable aspects of the tragic events in Ukraine concerns the sudden uprising of thousands or even millions of ordinary citizens,” write the Kennedy School’s Pippa Norris and Kseniya Kizilova, an associated research fellow at V.N.Karazin Kharkiv National University in Ukraine, in a newly published analysis examining the motivation behind the staunch…

Through his research, Ph.D. student Zid Mancenido has come to realize that as college students think about future careers, the decision to enter the classroom to teach isn’t always marked by good or bad experiences in school or notoriously low salaries. For high-achieving students attending elite universities in particular, the decision to become a teacher often doesn’t…

Since 2002, the Alumni of Color Conference (AOCC) has been a signature event that cultivates conversations from Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni across the country. Through their unique perspectives, expertise, and research, HGSE alums hope to inspire students with current and timeless topics, with a specific focus on the educational experience of learners of color.…

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…