Campus & Community

Harvard’s new interfaith engagement initiative is bringing students together across different religious and spiritual backgrounds to foster meaningful conversations, connections, and programming on campus. 

Harvard scientists published thousands of studies in 2025, advancing knowledge and discovering solutions in a time when research funding is uncertain.

Scholars traced the history of homelessness from colonial-era poor laws to today’s housing crisis — highlighting how past policies shape modern inequality and what lessons might guide solutions for the future. 

Eight projects, from talks and film screenings to art installations, have been awarded support from the 2025–26 President’s Building Bridges Fund. With triple the applications and twice as many projects funded as last year, the initiative is fostering meaningful connection across faiths, cultures, and backgrounds.

Harvard Graduate School of Education professor Meira Levinson’s normative case studies offer students and educators a chance to learn across differences, part of Levinson's larger effort to establish a global field of educational ethics.

Drawing on her time on the Harvard sailing team and interest in environmental science, Olivia Hogan-Lopez ’26 investigates how “forever chemicals” accumulate in the body and impact human health.

Harvard is rolling out new initiatives to help students and faculty engage more constructively across differences. Discover how these efforts are reshaping conversation and culture around campus.

From AI bias to the fentanyl crisis and housing rights, Harvard’s Rhodes Scholars are pursuing research that strengthens communities and drives social impact.

Supported by a Harvard Culture Lab Innovation Fund grant, two Harvard Divinity School students are creating “Deep Listening,” a workshop series designed to foster empathy and belonging through mindful conversation and community dialogue.

As part of Harvard's new presidential initiative on interfaith engagement, campus religious leaders held a conversation about forgiveness, discussing their faiths’ approaches to bridging divisions amid anguish and intense disagreement.