# News & Events ## DEPARTMENT NEWS [### Graduating HoS Concentrator Alyssia Wiesenbauer profiled in FAS Current ](/news/2026/05/graduating-hos-concentrator-alyssia-wiesenbauer-profiled-fas-current) May 28, 2026 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... ![Alyssia smiling to camera with Birds of the World Gallery behind her](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Untitled%20-%20May%2028%2C%202026%20at%2011.48.45.png?itok=dKDn3HsJ) [### HoS Alumni Aaron Van Neste and Jonathan Galka recognized by the International Commission of the History of Oceanography ](/news/2026/05/hos-alumni-aaron-van-neste-and-jonathan-galka-recognized-international-commission) May 20, 2026 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... ![Aaron Van Neste and Jonathan Galka with abstract background of oceanic topography](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Aaron%20%2B%20Jonathan%205-20-26.png?itok=_IGgDEvV) [### Hannah Marcus Named Harvard College Professor ](/news/2026/05/hannah-marcus-named-harvard-college-professor) May 08, 2026 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... ![Hannah Marcus looking at sextant in Boston Harbor](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Marcus%20Thumbnail.png?itok=UkcdGFHX) [### Rebecca Lemov Awarded Walter Channing Cabot Fellowship by Faculty of Arts and Sciences ](/news/2026/05/rebecca-lemov-awarded-walter-channing-cabot-fellowship-faculty-arts-and-sciences) May 08, 2026 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."... ![Rebecca Lemov looking at camera with book cover for The Instability of Truth to her left](/sites/g/files/omnuum9516/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Lemov%20Thumbnail%205-8-26.png?itok=CxggCenQ)