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History and Science Concentrator Alyssia Wiesenbauer '26 is profiled in FAS Current, tracing her academic career and emphasizing her volunteering contributions to the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. The article highlights Alyssia's thesis on...

HoS alum Aaron Van Neste was awarded the 2026 Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize in Ocean History by the International Commission on the History of Oceanography for their paper "The Rise and Fall of the South African Pilchard and...

Hannah Marcus, Professor of the History of Science, has been named a Harvard College Professor in recognition of her " excellence in undergraduate teaching and for helping students 'develop their intellectual passions.'" Hopi Hoekstra, Edgerley Family...

Rebecca Lemov, Professor of the History of Science, has been awarded the Walter Channing Cabot Fellowship . The fellowship is an annual award honoring scholars "for their outstanding contributions to their fields, including their notable publications."...