Harvard University

Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, associate professor of history of art and architecture and African and African American studies, and Jonathan Corpus Ong, a research fellow on the Technology and Social Change Project at the Harvard Kennedy School’s…

Nationally renowned civil rights lawyer, scholar, and public intellectual Sherrilyn Ifill will receive the 2022 Radcliffe Medal on May 27, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study announced today.“Sherrilyn embodies Radcliffe’s highest…

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand will be the principal speaker at Harvard’s 369th Commencement on May 26, the University announced Monday.“Prime Minister Ardern is one of the most respected leaders on the world stage and we…

Penny Pritzker ’81 will become the Harvard Corporation’s senior fellow, succeeding William F. Lee ’72, the University announced today. A former U.S. secretary of commerce and Cabinet member, civic and business leader, nonprofit trustee,…

John H. Shaw, a prominent geologist and applied geophysicist who chaired Harvard’s Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) Department for 13 years, has been named the University’s next vice provost for research.“I’ve had the privilege of being…

Anew center for advanced cell manufacturing, intended to ease bottlenecks slowing progress toward new disease-fighting strategies such as cancer immunotherapy, gene and stem cell therapy, and CRISPR/Cas9 editing, has announced new…

James H. Stock, a Harvard professor and economist known for his expertise on energy and environmental policy, has been named the University’s inaugural vice provost for climate and sustainability, Provost Alan M. Garber announced…

Harvard’s campus has evolved and expanded over the past almost four centuries, from a small cluster of buildings in Cambridge that graduated the first class of nine men in 1642, into a University that spans several municipalities in…

Philanthropist, entrepreneur, civic leader, and former U.S. secretary of commerce Penny Pritzker ’81 has made a $100 million gift in support of the Department of Economics at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard announced today.…

Seven Harvard affiliates are among 33 scientists from across the United States to be appointed as investigators by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.The Harvard investigators, chosen from more than 800 applicants, are Emily Balskus,…