17 new Ivy academic openings this week — August 22–28, 2026

At a glance

This issue lists 17 actionable academic postings with a verifiable posting, open, or listing date from August 22 through August 28, 2026. The records cover two Harvard postdoctoral roles, seven Yale faculty or postdoctoral roles, four Penn faculty roles, one Brown postdoctoral role, two Columbia faculty postings, and one Dartmouth tenure-track role.

The comparison table gives the field, rank, timing, and application path in one view. Harvard and Yale contributed records from their academic-job indexes. Penn, Brown, Columbia, and Dartmouth contributed dated listings from The Chronicle of Higher Education Jobs because the accessible official surfaces did not provide a complete, dated record for these entries. The direct official application paths remain linked where the retrieved listing exposed them. 1 2 3

Scan table

School	Position and rank	Unit	Field keywords	Posted or opened	Deadline or review status	Apply
Harvard	Postdoctoral position in material design and nano-electrochemistry	Rowland Institute, Faculty of Arts and Sciences	Electrochemistry; electrocatalysis; material synthesis; energy conversion and storage	Aug 26, 2026	Sep 13 priority; rolling until filled	Official posting 4
Harvard	Postdoctoral Fellowship Positions in Cell Death/Apoptosis Research, Translational Medicine	Environmental Health; John B. Little Center for Radiation Sciences	Cell death; apoptosis; cancer biology; therapeutics; neurodevelopment; neurodegeneration	Aug 27, 2026	Not public	Official posting 5
Yale	Associate Professor/Professor, Director of the MEG Center, VA-CT Healthcare	Psychiatry	MEG; psychiatry; VA-CT healthcare; center leadership	Aug 26, 2026	Deadline and terms not public	Interfolio 2
Yale	Assistant or Associate Professor, Child Abuse Pediatrician	Child Safety, Advocacy & Healing	Child-abuse pediatrics; child safety; advocacy; healing	Aug 26, 2026	Deadline and terms not public	Interfolio 2
Yale	Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Mathematics	Mathematics	Mathematics	Aug 26, 2026	Deadline and terms not public	Interfolio 2
Yale	Assistant Professor of Child Psychology	Child Study Center	Child psychology	Aug 25, 2026	Deadline and terms not public	Interfolio 2
Yale	Quantum Information Science and Engineering Theory Postdoctoral Associate	Yale Quantum Institute	Quantum information; quantum engineering; theory	Aug 24, 2026	Deadline and terms not public	Interfolio 2
Yale	General Consultative Cardiologist, Adams Neuroscience Tower Phase II	Cardiology	Consultative cardiology; neuroscience tower care	Aug 24, 2026	Deadline and terms not public	Interfolio 2
Yale	Advanced Imaging Cardiologist, ANC Tower Phase II	Cardiology	Advanced cardiac imaging; cardiology	Aug 24, 2026	Deadline and terms not public	Interfolio 2
Penn	Associate Professor/Professor of Anthropology and Associate Curator/Curator, Director of the Penn Cultural Heritage Center	Department of Anthropology; Penn Museum	Anthropological archaeology; cultural heritage; archaeology in the Americas or Africa	Aug 25, 2026	Review begins Nov 1, 2026	Official Interfolio application 6
Penn	Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Classical Studies	Department of Classical Studies	Latin literature; Roman culture; classical studies	Aug 27, 2026	Review begins Oct 15, 2026	Official Interfolio application 7
Penn	Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Eastern European and/or Central European Literature and Culture	Department of Russian and East European Studies	Eastern European literature; Central European literature; culture; area studies	Aug 25, 2026	Review begins Oct 15, 2026	Official Interfolio application 8
Penn	Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese History	Department of History	Modern China, 1895 to the present; transnational history; archival research	Aug 24, 2026	Review begins Nov 5, 2026	Official Interfolio application 9
Brown	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Watson School and Department of Sociology	Watson School of International and Public Affairs; Department of Sociology	Political sociology; political organizations; movements; identities; institutions	Aug 25, 2026	Oct 15, 2026 for full consideration	Official Interfolio application 10
Columbia	Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor, Politics of the Middle East	Department of Political Science; Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies	Middle East politics; Israel; comparative politics; international politics; political theory	Aug 28, 2026	Review begins Oct 15, 2026	Official Interfolio application 3
Columbia	Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor, African Studies cluster	Department of Political Science, with possible joint appointment	African politics; comparative politics; African studies	Aug 28, 2026	Review begins Oct 15, 2026	Official Interfolio application 11
Dartmouth	Assistant Professor in Latin American Medical Humanities	Department of Spanish and Portuguese	Latin American and Caribbean studies; medical humanities; language; literature; health and the body	Aug 24, 2026	Review begins Oct 15, 2026; open until filled	Listing application route 12

Harvard

Harvard's two new records are postdoctoral appointments in experimental chemistry and translational cell-death research. Both postings come from Harvard's Academic Positions site, and the publication dates fall inside the August 22–28 window. 1

Material design and nano-electrochemistry

Rank and unit: Postdoctoral position, Rowland Institute at Harvard, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The posting was published on August 26, 2026. 1 4

Fit: The lab works in physical and analytical chemistry, with scanning electrochemical cell microscopy, material synthesis, conductive metal-organic frameworks, two-dimensional and hierarchical structures, single-atom catalysts, and electrochemical energy conversion and storage. Candidates need a PhD or equivalent in chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, or a related field, plus grounding in electrochemistry, material synthesis, or analytical instrumentation. The work includes material synthesis, project leadership, experimental data analysis, student mentoring, papers, and conference presentations. 4

Timing and action: The priority deadline is September 13, 2026. Harvard will review applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled. The appointment starts flexibly from September 2026; the contract runs for one year, with possible yearly extensions for up to two more years. Open the official posting to submit the application. 4

Cell death and apoptosis research

Rank and unit: Postdoctoral fellowship, Environmental Health and the John B. Little Center for Radiation Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The posting was published on August 27, 2026. 1 5

Fit: The Sarosiek Laboratory studies regulated cell death, including apoptosis, ferroptosis, and pyroptosis, in cancer, development, and neurodegeneration. The posting gives preference to candidates with cancer-biology, therapeutics, neurodevelopment, or neurodegeneration experience. Molecular biology, biochemistry, and cell-based assays are named as useful preparation. A PhD in a relevant field is required. 5

Timing and action: The accessible posting gives no application deadline. Salary and fringe benefits follow approved NIH standards, with a listed salary range of $66,950–$74,845. Open the official posting for the application route and current status. 5

Yale

Yale's public academic-positions index lists seven records opened from August 24 through August 26, 2026. The index provides the title, academic unit, location, open date, and direct Interfolio path. The accessible Interfolio pages returned an application shell, so the full appointment language, responsibilities, deadlines, and terms remain unconfirmed for these entries. 2

MEG Center director, VA-CT Healthcare

Rank and unit: Associate Professor/Professor; Psychiatry; West Haven, Connecticut. The title names the Director of the MEG Center in VA-CT Healthcare. The index gives an August 26, 2026 open date. 2

Fit and timing: The exposed fields point to MEG, psychiatry, VA-CT healthcare, and center leadership. The index does not expose responsibilities, qualifications, appointment terms, or a deadline. Apply through Interfolio. 2

Child Abuse Pediatrician

Rank and unit: Assistant or Associate Professor; Child Safety, Advocacy & Healing; New Haven, Connecticut. The record opened on August 26, 2026. 2

Fit and timing: The title and unit identify child-abuse pediatrics, child safety, advocacy, and healing as the screening fields. Responsibilities, qualifications, appointment terms, and deadline are unconfirmed in the accessible material. Apply through Interfolio. 2

Mathematics

Rank and unit: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor; Mathematics; New Haven, Connecticut. The record opened on August 26, 2026. 2

Fit and timing: The index exposes Mathematics as the field. The posting does not expose a subfield, responsibilities, qualifications, appointment terms, or deadline. Apply through Interfolio. 2

Child Psychology

Rank and unit: Assistant Professor of Child Psychology; Child Study Center; New Haven, Connecticut. The record opened on August 25, 2026. 2

Fit and timing: Child psychology is the exposed field signal. The accessible index gives no responsibilities, qualifications, appointment terms, or deadline. Apply through Interfolio. 2

Quantum information science and engineering theory

Rank and unit: Postdoctoral Associate; Yale Quantum Institute; New Haven, Connecticut. The record opened on August 24, 2026. 2

Fit and timing: The title identifies quantum information science, quantum engineering, and theory. The accessible record gives no further responsibilities, qualifications, appointment terms, or deadline. Apply through Interfolio. 2

General Consultative Cardiologist

Rank and unit: General Consultative Cardiologist; Cardiology; New Haven, Connecticut. The title places the role in Adams Neuroscience Tower Phase II, and the record opened on August 24, 2026. 2

Fit and timing: Consultative cardiology and the named tower project are the exposed screening signals. Rank, appointment track, responsibilities, qualifications, terms, and deadline are unconfirmed. Apply through Interfolio. 2

Advanced Imaging Cardiologist

Rank and unit: Advanced Imaging Cardiologist; Cardiology; New Haven, Connecticut. The title places the role in ANC Tower Phase II, and the record opened on August 24, 2026. 2

Fit and timing: Advanced cardiac imaging and cardiology are the exposed field signals. Rank, appointment track, responsibilities, qualifications, terms, and deadline are unconfirmed. Apply through Interfolio. 2

Penn

The four Penn records below were retrieved from dated Chronicle listings. Each listing exposes a direct Interfolio application path in the description. The dates below use the posting's job-specific open date where the description provides one; the Chronicle page supplies the accessible dated listing route. 6 7 8 9

Anthropology, curator, and Penn Cultural Heritage Center director

Rank and unit: Associate Professor/Professor of Anthropology and Associate Curator/Curator, Director of the Penn Cultural Heritage Center; Department of Anthropology and Penn Museum; Philadelphia. The job-specific open date is August 25, 2026. 6

Fit: Penn seeks a tenured associate or full professor with expertise in anthropological archaeology and cultural heritage. The role combines undergraduate and graduate teaching with museum curation and leadership of cultural-heritage projects. Candidates should show significant scholarship, external funding, teaching and mentoring, and experience organizing and managing cultural heritage initiatives. Active research in the Americas or Africa is especially welcome. 6

Timing and action: Review begins November 1, 2026. Apply through Penn's Interfolio page. The dated description in this issue comes from the Chronicle listing. 6

Classical Studies

Rank and unit: Tenure-track Assistant Professor; Department of Classical Studies; Philadelphia. The job-specific open date is August 27, 2026. 7

Fit: The position is in Latin literature and Roman culture. The successful candidate will teach Latin language and literature at all levels, offer Classical Studies courses, conduct research, mentor students, and work across related programs. The PhD must be complete by July 1, 2027. 7

Timing and action: Review begins October 15, 2026, and continues until the position is filled. Apply through Penn's Interfolio page. The dated description in this issue comes from the Chronicle listing. 7

Eastern and Central European literature and culture

Rank and unit: Tenure-track Assistant Professor; Department of Russian and East European Studies; Philadelphia. The job-specific open date is August 25, 2026. 8

Fit: Penn seeks deep training in one or more Eastern or Central European literatures and cultures other than Russian literature and culture. The search welcomes cross-border and cross-linguistic work, broad historical coverage, and candidates able to teach and research across more than one society. Native or near-native ability in relevant languages and a PhD by the time of appointment are expected. 8

Modern Chinese History

Rank and unit: Tenure-track Assistant Professor; Department of History; Philadelphia. The job-specific open date is August 24, 2026. 9

Fit: Penn defines modern China here as 1895 to the present. The appointee will teach a modern-China survey and other courses in the area of specialization. Penn especially welcomes archival work across multiple locations and research that places China in a broad transnational context. A doctoral degree in history or a closely related discipline is required by appointment. 9

Timing and action: Review begins November 5, 2026, and continues until the position is filled. Apply through Penn's Interfolio page. The dated description in this issue comes from the Chronicle listing. 9

Brown

Watson School and Sociology postdoctoral research associate

Rank and unit: Two-year Postdoctoral Research Associate shared by Brown's Watson School of International and Public Affairs and Department of Sociology, beginning in Fall 2027. The Chronicle listing is dated August 25, 2026. 10

Fit: Brown describes a political-sociology project that can include political organizations, movements, identities, institutions, values, preferences, and their consequences. The role includes independent research, collaboration with faculty, one seminar course per year, and a work-in-progress presentation. Applicants must have received the PhD since September 1, 2025, or complete all degree requirements before July 1, 2027. 10

Timing and action: Applications receive full consideration by October 15, 2026. Apply through Brown's Interfolio page. The dated description in this issue comes from the Chronicle listing. 10

Columbia

Columbia's official academic-search page returned a loading shell without item-level dates or full details in this scan. The two entries below use dated Chronicle listings for the posting date and description, while the listings expose the official Interfolio application paths. 3 11

Politics of the Middle East

Rank and unit: Open-rank Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor; Department of Political Science, with a joint appointment in the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies; New York City. The Chronicle listing is dated August 28, 2026. 3

Fit: The appointee will teach undergraduate politics of the Middle East and mentor graduate students. Columbia requires a PhD in Political Science and seeks scholars in comparative politics, international politics, political theory, or related areas, with research relevant to Israel and the wider Middle East and North Africa region. 3

Timing and action: Review begins October 15, 2026, and continues until the position is filled. Apply through Columbia's Interfolio page. The dated description in this issue comes from the Chronicle listing. 3

African Studies cluster

Rank and unit: Open-rank Assistant Professor, Associate Professor without tenure, Associate Professor with tenure, or Full Professor; one position is located in Political Science, with a possible joint appointment in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, History, or Anthropology. The Chronicle listing is dated August 28, 2026. 11

Fit: Columbia describes a hiring cluster of two African Studies positions. Candidates should sustain an active research and publication profile and contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching. The posting highlights African politics, comparative politics, and other political-science subfields, and requires a PhD in Political Science. 11

Timing and action: Review begins October 15, 2026, and continues until the positions are filled. Apply through Columbia's Interfolio page. The dated description in this issue comes from the Chronicle listing. 11

Dartmouth

Latin American Medical Humanities

Rank and unit: Tenure-track Assistant Professor; Department of Spanish and Portuguese; Hanover, New Hampshire. The accessible Dartmouth listing route gives an August 24, 2026 open date, and the Chronicle listing is also dated August 24, 2026. 12 13

Fit: Dartmouth welcomes scholarship in any historical period and Spanish-speaking region of Latin America or the Caribbean, including hemispheric, transatlantic, and transpacific approaches. The work should connect language, literature, culture, and history with health, wellness, and the body in medical and scientific discourse. Full professional fluency in Spanish, a PhD or ABD status with completion by appointment, university teaching experience, and the ability to teach language, literature, and survey courses are required. 12

Timing and action: Review begins October 15, 2026, and continues until the position is filled. The accessible sources do not expose a position-specific Interfolio URL. Open the listing's application route and verify the current Dartmouth application destination before submitting. 12 13

Deadline triage

Open the records with the shortest stated runway first:

September 13: Harvard's material-design and nano-electrochemistry postdoctoral position has a priority deadline and rolling review afterward. 4
October 15: Penn's Classical Studies, Eastern and Central European Literature and Culture, Brown's Watson School and Sociology postdoctoral role, Columbia's two postings, and Dartmouth's Latin American Medical Humanities search all begin review on October 15. 3 7 8 10 11 12
November 1: Penn's anthropology, curator, and Penn Cultural Heritage Center director search begins review. 6
November 5: Penn's Modern Chinese History search begins review. 9
Rolling or undisclosed: Harvard's cell-death and apoptosis fellowship gives no public deadline in the retrieved posting. Yale's seven records give no public deadline in the accessible index or application shell. 2 5

Eight-school coverage

This scan checked the official career or faculty-hiring surfaces for Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn, Brown, Dartmouth, and Cornell. The 17 verified records came from six schools: Harvard, Yale, Penn, Brown, Columbia, and Dartmouth.

Princeton's official faculty-affairs and department routes, plus a new Princeton Quantum Initiative news route, produced no dated qualifying posting inside August 22–28. Cornell's official faculty inventory was current on August 28 but supplied no item-level record in the window that met the role and date tests. Those two schools contribute zero verified entries this week. 14 15

Penn, Brown, Columbia, and Dartmouth remain useful in this issue through dated Chronicle or Inside Higher Ed listings paired with official application paths where the listing exposed them. Readers should use the application links in each entry and confirm the live status, required materials, and deadline before submitting.