Harvard Kennedy School professor Tarek Masoud received the 2026 Courage Award from the Heterodox Academy—a nonprofit dedicated to advancing viewpoint diversity on college campuses—for fostering “polite but rigorous inquiry” into the polarizing conflicts in the Middle East.
Harvard chemical biologist Greg Verdine, a force behind a promising experimental treatment for pancreatic cancer, learned the value of improvisational thinking from a devastating family accident.
Led by fellow alumni, an extraordinary fundraising effort has established a scholarship, a professorship, and support for athletics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to recognize John P. “Jack” Reardon AB ’60, who retired last year after six decades of service to Harvard.
Professor of organismic and evolutionary biology Mandë Holford uncovers the secrets of venomous sea snails and cephalopods, their toxins, and how those compounds might be turned into medicines for human diseases.
From leading democracy reform efforts in Michigan to studying public leadership at Harvard Kennedy School, Paige Swem MC/MPA ’26 has championed grassroots, participatory approaches that bring citizens into decision-making and strengthen democratic systems from the ground up.
From climate solutions to medical breakthroughs, 20 Harvard faculty projects have been awarded grants from a new University fund dedicated to translating research into tangible benefits for society.
A gift from Lisa and Mark Schwartz AB ’76, MBA ’79, MPP ’79 will provide financial aid to MD-PhD students in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology.
Devorah Kranz PhD ’25 brings the creativity and holistic thinking she developed growing up in a Hasidic Jewish community to research on the neurological health of children. By identifying biomarkers of Rett syndrome, Kranz is deepening scientists’ understanding of a much more common condition: autism.
Former Republican U.S. Congressman Ric Keller MRPL ’26 explored difference both in and out of the classroom at Harvard Divinity School, gathering insights he’ll use to help leaders disagree better without losing trust.
Scholars from Harvard and several other institutions explored antisemitism through history and its intersection with universities in a wide-ranging conference at Harvard’s Enterprise Research Center.
Harvard degree holders selected seven fellow alumni to join the University’s Board of Overseers and six to join the board of directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA).
As part of an effort to support students and alumni pursuing careers in the public interest, Harvard Law School is increasing funding for the Public Service Venture Fund and the Summer Public Interest Funding programs.
A team led by Harvard bioengineer David Mooney has developed an “Implantable Living Materials” platform, which aims to provide synthetically engineered, living cells that can sense injury or disease-associated conditions in their environment and deliver the right amount of a therapeutic molecule directly to where it’s needed to aid recovery.
Through a bipartisan philanthropic initiative, Anne Healy JD ’12, MPA/ID ’12 and Lauren Lombardo MPP ’22 are working to make state and federal government more functional and efficient.
Geobiologist and longtime Harvard faculty member David Johnston will lead the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Division of Science, bringing a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to advancing research, teaching, and scientific discovery across Harvard.
A 10-tone skin scale developed by Harvard sociologist Ellis Monk is reshaping medical diagnostics worldwide—helping health care providers more accurately detect conditions in patients with darker skin and saving lives in the process.
As part of the “From Dissent to Dialogue” series—one of the student-led projects funded by the President’s Building Bridges Fund—conservative and progressive law scholars convened at Harvard Law School to trade views on the legitimacy of the Supreme Court.
Incoming president of the Harvard Alumni Association board, David Battat AB ’91—a health care CEO, September 11 first responder, and longtime Harvard volunteer—is dedicated to fostering dialogue and bringing people together.
