The Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations and the Pluralism Project hosted the Harvard premiere of the award-winning short film on interfaith collaboration, “Abraham’s Bridge,” directed by Pluralism Project Research Director Elinor (Ellie) Pierce. The April 30 event included a panel discussion with Habiba Braimah, senior director of the Harvard Foundation, and Diana Eck,…

Harvard’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology hosted its third annual undergraduate research symposium, showcasing its undergraduates’ state-of-the-art research projects and honoring the historic contributions of CCB professor and renowned inorganic chemist who passed away in 2021, Richard “Dick” H. Holm. The symposium, which took place on May 6, was attended by approximately 100 people,…

This spring semester, the Harvard Divinity School community explored the ways love is understood and practiced across different faith traditions. Building on the conversations that took place during the 2023-24 HDS Common Read organized by the HDS Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB), the Office of DIB continued the discussion through the spring series…

Harvard College senior Soy Choi and Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student Ananthan Sadagopan were among the 19 recipients of the 2025 Hertz Fellowship in applied science, engineering, and mathematics. Three additional Harvard affiliates were also named fellows of this year’s cohort. “Hertz Fellows embody the promise of future scientific…

What is the logic underlying human and animal intelligence? This is the motivating question behind the research of Samuel J. Gershman, a Kempner Institute associate faculty member and professor in the Department of Psychology. Gershman’s lab studies a wide spectrum of phenomena related to intelligence, ranging from the complexity of human cooperation to learning in…

Before coming to Harvard, Laura Sophie Wegner ’25, an undergrad with a concentration in economics and a secondary in computer science, was a competitive swimmer in high school in her hometown of Walsrode, Germany — until she dislocated her kneecap for the second time. Because her health data was scattered, the doctors did not have…

Nine Harvard faculty members were among the 120 national members and 30 international members appointed to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of distinguished and ongoing achievements in original research. In an announcement last week, the NAS named faculty associated with Harvard Medical School, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Kenneth C. Griffin…

Following the decade-long Mexican Revolution, which profoundly reshaped the nation’s identity, muralism became an educational and ideological tool. Public spaces were transformed into visual narratives to forge a shared national identity rooted in Indigenous heritage and modern ideals. Occult Movements and Mexican Mural Art, led by Mariano Villalba, Postdoctoral Fellow, Arts and Spirituality, at the…

LabXchange, an initiative of Harvard University’s Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, will collaborate with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Talent Development Centre (TDC) to empower 8,000 Indian science educators over the next four years through the LabXchange Teacher Ambassador Program. A global success with alumni on five continents, the innovative program will help…

Five projects have been selected as the 2025 awardees for the Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa, announced by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs, in collaboration with the Harvard University Center for African Studies. The primary purpose of the fund is…

Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) is excited to announce that Harvard University has won the 2025 Greenest University Award from the Green Restaurant Association. Harvard University has 19 Certified Green Restaurants on Cambridge and Boston campuses, including all the undergraduate dining halls and multiple professional Schools and campus cafes. The Green Restaurant Association is a…

For over a century, the Cambrian arthropod Helmetia expansa remained a mystery. Discovered by paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1918, it was initially classified as a crustacean. Despite frequent mentions in research papers, this species has never been formally described, and only one specimen has ever been illustrated. Now, in a new study published in…

Many of the skills that humans consider intelligent involve conscious effort, including prediction, long-term planning, and abstract problem solving. Movement, by contrast, is something most people take for granted. It seems effortless and intuitive — a world away from the kinds of activities typically evoked by the word “intelligence.” But for Patrick Slade, Kempner Institute associate faculty…

Twenty Harvard University faculty are among the nearly 250 members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced on Wednesday. Since 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences has honored excellence and convened leaders from across disciplines and divides to examine new ideas, address issues of importance, and work together…

It was a moment Parastoo Khoshakhlagh vividly recalls. At the time, she was a postdoctoral fellow in Professor George Church’s lab at Harvard Medical School, working to rapidly create oligodendrocytes — the cells responsible for forming the brain’s protective membrane around nerve cells — in just four days, a process that typically takes weeks to…

The Documentary Film in the Public Interest Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy announced the honorees for the inaugural Henry Awards for Public Interest Documentary. The 2025 Henry Awards Jury released the following statement about this year’s award-winning film: “‘While We Watched’ is an exceptional cautionary tale that…

Ashley Adirika ’26, a government concentrator with a secondary in sociology, and Eva Frazier ’26, a social studies concentrator with a secondary in ethnicity, migration, rights, were named 2025 Truman Scholars. They join a cohort of 54 new Truman Scholars selected from 288 colleges and universities. “Resourceful, patriotic leaders, today’s Truman Scholars would make President…

The practice of pilgrimage often involves a journey into an unknown land, undertaken by individuals seeking to discover new understanding and meaning through the portal of experience. In six intensive days, 14 University students, researchers, and educators traveled to Vancouver Island in Canada’s Pacific Northwest to engage in cultural sharing with Indigenous knowledge holders, scientists,…

Three Harvard affiliates were awarded Guggenheim Fellowships this week, winning support for groundbreaking work in sociology, Jewish studies, and sculpture. Professor of Sociology Christopher Muller, M.A. ’11, Ph.D. ’14, will use the funds to study long-run patterns in the incarceration rates of Black and white Americans, from the Reconstruction era (1865-1877) to the present. The…

For the last decade, the Scholarship and Social Justice Undergraduate Research Conference has been a platform to uplift undergraduate students’ research focused on challenges facing society. The event, co-sponsored by the Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship at Harvard College and the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, connects student presenters with faculty…

A key goal of neuroscience is understanding how the brain processes disparate streams of information from both the external world and from within the body. When neuroscientists measure activity within the brain, these incoming streams of information are often “entangled,” making it difficult to identify what specific inputs a neuron or group of neurons is…

Global health experts from across Harvard University and around the world gathered at the 2025 Global Health Symposium on April 10 to address some of the most critical issues in global health. Organized by the Harvard Global Health Institute, the full-day symposium featured a keynote address by Rhonda Sealy-Thomas, assistant director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), United Nations,…

On March 30, the Let’s Talk! Conference, an initiative promoting the success and well-being of Asian and Asian American students, hosted legendary journalist Connie Chung at Askwith Hall. The event, moderated by Josephine Kim, highlighted Chung’s groundbreaking career as the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News and the first Asian to anchor any…

Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced that five distinguished graduates will receive the School’s highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award. The award is given annually to recognize alumni who are leaders in their fields and who exemplify the mission, highest standards, and values of the School. As role models of outstanding leadership for HBS’s graduating students,…

John Rice, M.B.A. ’92, founder and CEO of Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a nationally recognized nonprofit dedicated to increasing economic mobility and building inclusive, meritocratic workplaces, will be the Harvard Business School (HBS) Class Day alumni speaker on May 28. The celebration will take place on the Baker Lawn at the School’s campus in…

Marcella Alsan has been named to the list, which recognizes the world’s most influential people in the health sciences and life sciences fields.

The Office of the Vice Provost for Research and the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs are pleased to announce the awardees from the 2025 cycle of the Lemann Brazil Research Fund. Established in 2016 by a generous gift from the Lemann Foundation, the Lemann Brazil Research Fund supports research projects across a…

The New Ventures Competition is open to all students and alumni interested in launching new business and social impact ventures. The School’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), host the annual competition with support from HBS Alumni Relations. This year, 245 teams participated in the competition — 94 in the Student Business Track, 35 in the…