Paola Arlotta awarded ARIA grant for autism research
The leading stem cell scientist calls the $46 million award “dream-come-true opportunity.”
People & Perspectives
Faculty, students, researchers, staff, and alumni who comprise the FAS community
In ‘Remake,’ Ross McElwee navigates the loss of his son
Ross McElwee has often set out to make a film about one thing, only for it to become about something else entirely.
Student musical evolves into feature film ‘Death Do Us Part’
What happens when a healer, working in a plague-stricken medieval village, falls in love with Death himself? Moviegoers can soon find out when a black-comedy romance, which began as a Harvard College student production, lands on the big screen. “Death Do Us Part,” co-directed by Abigail Ory ’21 and David Chávez-Grant ’21, premieres at the Rhode Island International Film Festival August 9.
Jill Lepore on history, dangers of ‘the artificial state’
How did we cede control of our democracy to the machines, and can we get it back? These are the questions Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History, asks in her latest book.
Haim Sompolinsky wins top physics prize
The Harvard theoretical physicist and neuroscientist has won the Dirac Medal and Prize, one of the highest honors in physics.
Federal Reserve taps four Harvard economists to serve
Task force leadership is “a mandate to follow the evidence, provide candid feedback, and produce rigorous findings.”
Mahzarin Banaji, Gregory Nagy named ‘Great Immigrants, Great Americans’
For more than 20 years, the Andrew Carnegie Foundation has marked Independence Day by recognizing a group of naturalized U.S. citizens whose contributions have strengthened the nation.
Leading chemist Jeffrey Long to join FAS faculty
The leading chemist, who studies porous materials for energy and sustainability, will serve as the inaugural Thomas C. Foley Professor of Energy and the Environment beginning January 1, 2027.
A Nobel laureate’s assist to women’s basketball pros
How economist Claudia Goldin helped WNBA players secure a fairer contract
Rob Rassey named men’s ice hockey head coach
Student speakers draw lessons from ancient, modern, quantum worlds
Noah Eckstein, Kiesse Nanor, and Andrew O’Donohue focus on celebrating difference while embracing ties that bind.
Winners of Taliesin Prize selected by Division of Arts & Humanities
The honor is given annually to College seniors who demonstrate ‘intellectual adventure’
Birding helped him soar in evolutionary science
Early interest in nature shaped Ashwin Sivakumar’s academic interests and work with Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
‘Living with volcanoes requires accepting their power’
Hawaiʻi’s Alyssia Wiesenbauer arrived with an interest in studying volcanoes. She leaves with a deep knowledge of nature and museums.