Pope Leo XIV presents scientific honor to astrochemist Karin Öberg
The astrochemist traveled to Vatican City to accept the award in a September 24 ceremony.
People & Perspectives
Faculty, students, researchers, staff, and alumni who comprise the FAS community
Finding their way in ‘Masquerade’
This past summer, three Harvard students helped transport Manhattan audiences to Parisian rooftops, opera house dressing rooms, and a subterranean labyrinth in “Masquerade,” an immersive adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera.”
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.
Valeria Luiselli named finalist for 2026 National Book Award
Luiselli, an incoming professor of English, was nominated for her novel “Beginning Middle End.” It tells the story of a mother and 12-year-old daughter starting over in Sicily after the elder’s divorce, as they figure out how to rebuild amid encounters with the island’s daily life and its winds, waters, and volcanoes.
Sky Hopinka awarded Rappaport Art Prize
The assistant professor in the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies has been named this year’s winner of a distinguished annual honor for artists with strong ties to New England.
Sarah Lewis wins 2026 Rabkin Prize for visual arts writers
The John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities and associate professor of African and African American Studies is one of eight U.S. visual arts writers to receive the award this year.
Ryan Flynn named finalist for Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
Flynn, 38, was recognized for uncovering a new class of RNA molecules on cell surfaces. He was among 18 finalists, announced Wednesday, selected from a pool of 372 nominees.
Paola Arlotta awarded ARIA grant for autism research
The leading stem cell scientist calls the $46 million award “dream-come-true opportunity.”
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.
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.
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.