# News and Announcements Featured ### Introducing The FAS Current The FAS is a dynamic community of faculty, students, researchers, and staff with roots reaching back to the University’s founding. Our new digital platform, *The FAS Current,* showcases the breadth and depth of our complex and vibrant School, through timely and authentic storytelling about the people, ideas, and discoveries that advance our teaching and research mission. Here readers will find news and features about FAS initiatives, research breakthroughs and scholarly work, student experiences, and campus life. [ Explore the FAS Current arrow\_circle\_right ](https://current.fas.harvard.edu) ![Logo of The FAS Current](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2026-03/FASCurrent-Logo-Vertical-White-Black-bkgrd-square.png?itok=n4znw2l-) FAS Symposium Series ### From the Studio The [**From the Studio Symposium Series**](/fromthestudio "From the Studio: FAS Symposium Series") has brought together faculty from across the divisions of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to explore groundbreaking ideas and research addressing some of society’s most pressing challenges. This livestream webinar series offers an inside look at the innovative scholarship shaping our understanding of the world today. [ Mar. 4: A New Era in International Economics arrow\_circle\_right ](https://www.fas.harvard.edu/fromthestudio#mar-04) [ Archived symposium: Mental Health in America: New Directions for Care and Conne… arrow\_circle\_right ](https://www.fas.harvard.edu/fromthestudio#nov-12) !["From the Studio: FAS Symposium Series" Graphic](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2025-10/Ink%20-%20Square.png?itok=eQ9MhhJV) Featured ### Peregrine Falcons Our Peregrine Falcon Cam is live atop Memorial Hall in Harvard Yard! Follow the live stream to watch these magnificent creatures up close and in real time. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is in close contact with the Massachusetts Department of Fisheries and Wildlife to support ongoing conservation efforts. [ Watch the livestream arrow\_circle\_right ](https://www.youtube.com/live/glczTFRRAK4?si=JfWbBDV-Hsu3OrUL) ![Falcon in best on memorial hall](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2025-06/Screenshot%202025-05-30%20at%202.44.14%20PM%20%281%29.png?itok=F3QNJhZW) ## Community Messages [### New Dean of Science ](/news/2026/05/new-dean-science) May 26, 2026 ![David Johnston](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Dave%2520Johnston%2520Portrait%25201.jpg?h=93655462&itok=ng2nLK8P) [### Gratitude ](/news/2026/05/gratitude) May 14, 2026 ![Lilacs in bloom on Harvard campus](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/04-2025_CenterforEuropeanStudies_JY-6-2.jpg?itok=fOHKGd6M) [### Interim Chief Financial Officer ](/news/2026/04/interim-chief-financial-officer) April 14, 2026 ![john harvard](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-06/IMG_5467.jpg?itok=PSFPB1yW) [ View all Community Messages arrow\_circle\_right ](https://www.fas.harvard.edu/all-news-and-announcements?f%5B0%5D=news_categories%3A41) ## FAS Reporter Published every Thursday during the academic semester and distributed to FAS faculty, staff, and researchers, the [FAS Reporter](/fas-reporter "The FAS Reporter") aims to inform, amplify, and celebrate all that makes FAS such a dynamic place to learn and collaborate. 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[ Read the current issue arrow\_circle\_right ](https://mailchi.mp/fas.harvard.edu/the-fas-reporter-june252026-14773448) [ Read past issues arrow\_circle\_right ](https://www.fas.harvard.edu/fas-reporter#past_reporter) ## All News [### How Modern Life Compounds the Ancient Struggle to Belong ](https://current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/how-modern-life-compounds-ancient-struggle-belong) June 24, 2026 ![Harvard philosopher Ian Corbin discussed his book “To Arrive Where We Started: Belonging in the Modern World” with Samuel Kimbriel, a philosopher at the Aspen Institute, in a recent event at Barker Center](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/FT9A8354.jpg?h=87179f8c&itok=qQ_8ZJtN) [### Naomi Weiss to Lead Center for Hellenic Studies ](https://current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/naomi-weiss-lead-center-hellenic-studies) June 23, 2026 ![Naomi Weiss](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/IMG_0213.jpg?h=bf827ebe&itok=KGpP02s_) [### At Harvard–Yenching Library, a Return to the Tibetan Buddhist Canon ](https://current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/harvard-yenching-library-return-tibetan-buddhist-canon) June 18, 2026 ![Tibetan language instructor Karma Gongde leads students in examining copies of the Tibetan Buddhist canon at Harvard–Yenching Library.](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/1.%20Tibetan%20Buddhism%20Class.jpg?h=63bcdab0&itok=AzGFmBm3) [### First Proof’s Second Batch of Math Problems Test AI ](https://current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/first-proofs-second-batch-math-problems-test-ai) June 17, 2026 ![Lauren Williams photographed on campus](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/100225_Lauren_Williams_02.jpg?itok=XvMgfGbT) [### 15 from FAS Hailed as ‘Harvard Heroes’ ](https://current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/15-fas-hailed-harvard-heroes) June 15, 2026 ![Sandy Cantave Vil, program coordinator at the Center for Jewish Studies, stood as she was honored during the 2026 Harvard Heroes ceremony at Sanders Theatre.](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/061126_HarvardHeroes_494.jpg?h=42934131&itok=GH0xcK7S) [### Harvard Astronomer, ‘Our Heroine’ of the 20th Century, Memorialized in London ](https://current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/harvard-astronomer-our-heroine-20th-century-memorialized-london) June 15, 2026 ![Harvard astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin peering into a telescope, circa 1956](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Credit%20Schlesinger%20Library%2C%20Harvard%20Radcliffe%20Institute.jpg?h=cbd5af35&itok=tAtV1g3t) [### A Revolutionary Career ](https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/revolutionary-career) June 12, 2026 ![Gordon Wood](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/20150527_CentennialMedals_060.jpg?itok=pFP9ce0A) [### Leadership Opportunities in the New FAS Administrative Model ](/news/2026/06/leadership-opportunities-new-fas-administrative-model) June 11, 2026 ![Harvard gate upclose](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-08/banners1.jpg?itok=UYunu1yZ) [### Chief Human Resources Officer ](/news/2026/06/chief-human-resources-officer) June 11, 2026 ![Nicole Breen faces the camera with a warm, open smile, wearing rectangular tortoiseshell glasses and a burgundy turtleneck sweater. Her portrait is set against a softly blurred, natural outdoor background featuring autumnal foliage](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Oct%202025_Breen.jpg?h=3ca40682&itok=VHsJD0uc) [### Biodiversity Is Improving Across Campus, with Help from a History Course ](https://current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/biodiversity-improving-across-campus-help-history-course) June 10, 2026 ![A placard reading “Rewilding Harvard” in front of native wildflowers](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/courtesy%20of%20HBS-crop.jpg?h=a1c2fac2&itok=-4tufpTL) [### SueYeon Chung Named McKnight Scholar ](https://current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/sueyeon-chung-named-mcknight-scholar) June 10, 2026 ![SueYeon Chung](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/headshot_SueYeonChung.jpg?h=e2efc97a&itok=Mmuu3Kxv) [### In Wake of Public Outrage, Professor Sees Hope for Democracy ](https://current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/wake-public-outrage-professor-sees-hope-democracy) June 10, 2026 ![Taeku Lee](/sites/g/files/omnuum716/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Taeku%20Lee-1.jpg?h=6e135fc8&itok=tMIHvfQT) [ View All News arrow\_circle\_right ](/all-news-and-announcements) ## Support the FAS Harvard remains a place of unlimited possibility because of our dedicated community. 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