Harvard Medical School researchers paired a genetic insight with gene editing technology to create a life-changing new therapy for sickle cell disease.
Tarek Masoud, faculty director of the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School, launched the series to explore the historical, political, religious, and cultural complexities of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Harvard Graduate School of Education students spent their January Term working with local artists and educators in Puerto Rico to learn more about how the archipelago’s identity and culture are shaped.
Musician and composer Wynton Marsalis MusD ’09 visited Harvard Kennedy School to help launch the Culture and Civil Society Initiative, which focuses on the impact of culture and art on democracy and society.
Harvard College senior Shira Hoffer '25 founded a nonprofit that offers resources to help educational institutions foster civil discourse and constructive disagreement.
Starting April 1, eligible Harvard alumni can vote online or by paper ballot for five expected vacancies on the Board of Overseers and six available positions among the HAA Elected Directors.
Harvard chaplains Rabbi Getzel Davis and Imam Khalil Abdur-Rashid are partnering to heal divisions on campus and help bring their communities back together.
Food sustainability expert Dara Olmsted Silverstein AB ’00 will be chief marshal of alumni at this spring’s Harvard Alumni Day celebration, the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has announced.
In a small clinical trial led by Harvard Medical School researchers, a personalized vaccine generated robust immune response in patients with advanced kidney cancer.
In a message to the Harvard community, President Alan Garber warns that NIH funding cuts will slow the discovery of new treatments, limit training opportunities for future scientists, and weaken America's standing as a leader in science.
From developing a better way to predict and prevent wildfires, to upcycling wool waste into building insulation, to convening insurance and climate change experts to address gaps in knowledge, five new interdisciplinary projects have received funding from the Salata Institute Seed Grant Program.
Zeyneb Magavi SPH ’03 partnered with Eversource to construct the first geothermal system built by a gas utility, charting a greener course for the industry while also preserving jobs.
Through ultralight solar-powered drones that can fly in the upper atmosphere, Harvard startup Rarefied aims to dramatically improve the accuracy of climate models and weather prediction.
Earth scientist Hong Yang, musician William Cheng PhD ’12, and computer scientist Narges Mahyar—all Radcliffe fellows—blend music, data, and visuals to increase climate change awareness.
Harvard PhD student Lucrecia Aguilar is studying how biodiversity loss affects lion-human interactions, aiming to reduce conflict and ensure the survival of both big cats and community livelihoods.
Developed by Carbon Counts, a company cofounded by Michael Libenson MBA ’96 and incubated at the Harvard i-lab, EverForest is a mobile game that plants real trees on users’ behalf.
The Growth Lab at Harvard Kennedy School launched Greenplexity, an interactive tool that helps countries identify their localized opportunities for green growth by supplying what the world needs for the global energy transition.
A new course at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health aims to support professionals from across Ukrainian society in rebuilding their country, with people, planet, and resilience in mind.
The AI cluster at Harvard's Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence has been ranked as one of the fastest and greenest supercomputers on the planet.
