Harvard Community

Öberg to Lead Harvard Faculty Recruitment and Retention

The astrochemist will become senior vice provost for faculty affairs this summer.

by Jonathan Shaw

Stephanie Gil Helps Robots Work Better Together

Crafting algorithms to optimize search and rescue operations, delivery drones, and more

by Kristina DeMichele

Former Crimson Star Spearheads New Soccer League

Charles Altchek ’07 moves from the field to the front office.

by Isabel Mehta

Harvard's Black-Hole Debunker

Astrophysicist Kareem El-Badry challenges scientific mistakes.  

by Isabel Mehta

$200 Million Gift Underwrites Climate and Sustainability Institute

Vice provost James Stock to direct Harvard’s new Salata Institute  

by John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw

Tracking Omicron on Campuses

University campuses provide an ideal setting for monitoring the spread of new variants.

by Isabel Mehta

The End of Shopping Week

After much debate, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences votes to replace shopping week with previous-term registration.

by Jonathan Shaw

The Need for Communal Healing

Coming to terms with personal and pandemic grief

by Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead

The Long Game

A standout golfer’s patient approach

by Jacob Sweet

“No Going Back to Normal”

Addressing the complexities of children’s mental health

by Jacob Sweet

Richard Evans Schultes

Brief life of a pioneering ethnobotanist and conservationist: 1915-2001

by Mark J. Plotkin