Ivy League Faculty & Postdoc Openings — June 9, 2026

Ivy League Faculty & Postdoc Openings — June 9, 2026

After three consecutive zero days, 7 new positions surfaced across Harvard (×2), Yale (×1), Princeton (×2), and Brown (×2) — with Princeton and Brown breaking a 12-day access blackout via a Chronicle of Higher Education lateral discovery path. Two Cornell positions close tomorrow June 10: CRP Visiting Lecturer (#32149, $15K–$20K/course) and CALS Livestock Data Scientist (#32150, $75K–$80K).

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After a three-day weekend lull, 7 new positions surfaced across four schools during Monday business hours. Harvard added two, Yale confirmed one net new, and — for the first time in 12 days — Princeton and Brown each broke their blind streaks via a lateral discovery path through The Chronicle of Higher Education's job board.
⚠️ The more time-sensitive item: two Cornell positions close tomorrow, June 10, at 11:59 PM ET. If those fit your profile, act today.
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New today — Harvard (×2, ARIeS)

Harvard Divinity School — Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Religion, Culture, and Mental Health (ARIeS #16378)

Harvard Divinity School (HDS) — Harvard University's multidisciplinary school of religion, founded 1816 — has posted a postdoctoral fellowship under the Ethnos-MH project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation (Grant #63556). The position was not present on June 8; it appeared during today's ARIeS scan. 1
  • Salary: $70,000
  • Term: One year; start date January 1, 2027
  • Location: Cambridge, MA (Harvard Divinity School)
  • Research area: Ethnography and/or cultural psychiatry of mental health services in the United States; the Ethnos-MH project investigates religion, culture, and mental health across national contexts
  • Supervisors: Swayam Bagaria (HDS) and Bhrigupati Singh (SOAS University of London)
  • Qualifications: PhD in anthropology, religious studies, or cultural psychiatry; familiarity with U.S. mental health service systems required
  • Deadline: August 15, 2026
  • Apply: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/16378

Harvard Graduate School of Design — Assistant/Associate Professor of Architecture (Technology) (ARIeS #16379)

Harvard's Graduate School of Design (GSD) — the only design school in the Ivy League offering programs in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning under one roof — has opened a tenure-track or practice-track faculty search in design computation. The position also did not appear on June 8. 2
  • Salary: $120,000–$140,000 (Assistant Professor) · $135,000–$170,000 (Associate Professor); practice-track prorated by FTE
  • Term: Tenure-track or practice-track; expected start Fall 2027
  • Location: Cambridge, MA
  • Research/teaching areas: Design computation, AI/machine learning in design, digital fabrication, digital media; teaching load covers introductory and advanced courses in computational design and digital making
  • Review begins: July 2026 (rolling thereafter)
  • Apply: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/16379

New today — Yale (×1, official portal)

Yale School of Medicine — Postgraduate Associate, Reilly Lab, Department of Genetics (Interfolio #187326)

Yale's academicpositions.yale.edu portal moved from 189 to 190 open listings during the June 8 business day — a net gain of one after six consecutive flat days. The new entry is a postgraduate research position (titled "Postgraduate Trainee" on Yale's postdoc-specific portal) in the Reilly Laboratory. 3 4
The Reilly Lab develops genomic technologies to study human disease and evolution, participating in the ENCODE, IGVF, Zoonomia, and Longevity Project consortia, with publications in Nature, Science, and Cell. 3
  • Salary: $45,600 annually
  • Term: One year, renewable; start as soon as a suitable candidate is identified
  • Location: TAC S347, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
  • Research areas: CRISPR genome editing, high-throughput reporter assays (MPRA), functional genomics, machine learning for variant interpretation, regulatory genomics, population genetics
  • Qualifications: Candidates preparing for graduate school, medical school, or biotech/genomics careers; the role provides research training and mentorship
  • Deadline: July 27, 2026
  • Apply: apply.interfolio.com/187326

New today — Princeton (×2, via Chronicle)

Princeton's primary Interfolio hiring portal (apply.interfolio.com/14427/positions) remains a JavaScript SPA and has been inaccessible for 12 consecutive days. Both positions below were discovered through The Chronicle of Higher Education's job board — a lateral search path confirmed viable this cycle. 5 6

Princeton University Computer Science — Postdoctoral Research Associate (Chronicle #37991806)

Princeton University — a research university in Princeton, NJ, consistently ranked among the world's top five universities and home to 14 Turing Award winners in its CS department — is recruiting postdoctoral and more senior research positions in two areas.
  • Salary: $78,000–$90,000 (Postdoctoral Research Associate) · $90,000–$110,000 (Associate Research Scholar)
  • Term: One year for postdoc rank (renewable); multi-year possible at senior ranks; start January 2027
  • Location: On-campus, Princeton, NJ (in-person required)
  • Research areas: (1) Quantum computing, quantum architecture, and quantum systems; (2) Reinforcement learning algorithms, including exploration, empowerment, and multi-agent coordination
  • Qualifications: PhD required; applications materials include CV, cover letter, research statement, and three confidential reference letters
  • Visa: Not eligible for H-1B requiring consular processing
  • Deadline: Not stated — posted May 22, 2026; contact department for status
  • Apply: apply.interfolio.com/186904

Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts — Associate Research Scholar (Chronicle #37994135)

Princeton's Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts — a residential interdisciplinary humanities fellowship program that has hosted scholars including Kwame Anthony Appiah and Judith Butler — is opening its 2027–2030 competition.
  • Positions: Up to 4–5 fellowships: two or three Open Fellowships (any discipline), one Fellowship in Humanistic Studies, one Fellowship in Political Theory and Human Values
  • Rank: Associate Research Scholar in the Humanities Institute; secondary rank of Lecturer (years 1–2)
  • Teaching: One undergraduate course per semester in years 1–2; one course total in year 3
  • Term: Three years (2027–2030); on-campus in Princeton, NJ
  • Eligibility: PhD received after January 1, 2025; doctoral candidates must have completed at least half the dissertation by application and all requirements by June 15, 2027. Not eligible: PhD holders in Education or Jurisprudence, or Princeton PhD graduates
  • Salary: Not disclosed; stipend details at sf.princeton.edu
  • Deadline: August 4, 2026 (11:59 PM ET); reference letters accepted until August 10
  • Apply: apply.interfolio.com/185771 — CV, cover letter, dissertation abstract, research plan, writing sample, two course proposals, PhD evidence, three reference letters

New today — Brown (×2, via Chronicle)

Brown's faculty hiring portal is also JavaScript SPA-blocked, now at 12 consecutive days inaccessible. Both positions were discovered through the Chronicle lateral path. 7 8
Brown University is an Ivy League research university in Providence, RI, with approximately 10,000 undergraduates and 3,000 graduate students.

Brown University — Assistant Professor, Quantitative Science Program (Chronicle #37980740)

The Quantitative Science Program (QSP) sits within Brown's Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (DPHB). This is a non-tenured-track, full-time faculty position focused on statistical methodology and quantitative training for clinical researchers.
  • Rank: Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track, full-time)
  • Salary: Not disclosed
  • Location: Providence, RI
  • Duties: Analytical support for DPHB faculty; independent research program (minimum 20% time); develop and teach courses, workshops, and seminars in research design, data management, statistics, and psychometrics; mentor junior faculty and trainees
  • Qualifications: PhD or equivalent in a quantitative discipline (or strong quantitative training in another field); at least one year of postdoctoral experience required. Preferred: Quantitative Psychology, Psychometrics, Educational Psychology, Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, or Sociology
  • Deadline: Not stated — posted April 28, 2026; confirm current status before applying
  • Apply: apply.interfolio.com/183744

Brown University — Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Social Study of Computational Technology (Chronicle #37974865)

Brown's Program in Science, Technology and Society (STS) — an interdisciplinary program examining the social and cultural dimensions of science and technology — is hiring a two-year postdoc at the intersection of humanities scholarship and computational technology.
  • Salary: $65,975–$69,870
  • Term: Two years; start date not specified
  • Location: Providence, RI
  • Research areas: Historical, social, and cultural significance of the information age, cybernetics, computing, digital technology, AI, and/or data-driven methods; open to any humanities discipline (anthropology, history, sociology, philosophy, literature) or humanistic methods in STS, Gender Studies, or Media Studies
  • Teaching: One course per year in STS
  • Additional duties: Organize colloquium series; participate in Brown's Data Science Institute (DSI) and Cogut AI humanities lab
  • Visa: J-1 only; H-1B sponsorship not available
  • Deadline: Not stated — posted April 13, 2026; confirm current status before applying
  • Apply: apply.interfolio.com/183798

Urgent — closes tomorrow, June 10

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Cornell University — Visiting Lecturer, City and Regional Planning (AJO #32149)

Cornell's Department of City and Regional Planning (CRP) — part of the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP), with accredited graduate programs in city and regional planning and urban science — needs a part-time Visiting Lecturer for Fall 2026. 9
  • Salary: $15,000–$20,000 per course (depending on credit hours)
  • Location: Ithaca, NY (on-site)
  • Rank: Non-tenure-track (Visiting Lecturer, part-time)
  • Courses: Economic Development, Graphic Design, and other urban planning topics
  • Start: Fall 2026 (September)
  • Materials: Cover letter, CV, teaching statement, three references
  • Deadline: June 10, 2026, 23:59 ET — TOMORROW
  • Apply: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32149

Cornell University — Research Associate (Livestock Data Scientist), Department of Animal Science (AJO #32150)

The Dillon Lab in Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) — the applied-science arm of Cornell spanning animal science, food science, and natural resources — is hiring a Research Associate to model sustainability tradeoffs in global livestock systems. 10
  • Salary: $75,000–$80,000
  • Location: Ithaca, NY
  • Rank: Non-tenure-track (Research Associate)
  • Responsibilities: Integrate and analyze longitudinal datasets on livestock populations, milk and meat production, and methane emissions; build reproducible analysis workflows; peer-reviewed publication expected
  • Qualifications: PhD in animal science, environmental science, statistics, or related field; experience with large longitudinal agricultural datasets required
  • Deadline: June 10, 2026, 23:59 ET — TOMORROW
  • Apply: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32150

Note — Cornell Chemistry TA (#32092) deadline status

The Cornell Chemistry Teaching Associate position (AJO #32092, $53,900) had a stated deadline of June 8, 2026, 23:59 ET. As of this run at approximately 02:00 ET on June 9 — roughly two hours after that cutoff — the AJO posting page still displayed an active "Apply" button and the message "Today is the last day you can apply for this position." AJO's automated close mechanism had not yet triggered. 11
Whether applications submitted after midnight ET are accepted or silently rejected is not determinable from the page. The deadline has formally passed; applying now carries material risk that the submission will not be reviewed.

Full deadline tracker

All positions confirmed or last verified active as of this run. Cornell Chemistry TA #32092 is marked closed. Sorted by deadline, nearest first. 12 13 4
DeadlinePositionSchoolIDSalaryStatus
Jun 8 🔴Chemistry Teaching AssociateCornellAJO #32092$53,900CLOSED — deadline passed
Jun 10 🔴Visiting Lecturer, City & Regional PlanningCornellAJO #32149$15K–$20K/courseTOMORROW
Jun 10 🔴Research Associate, Livestock Data ScientistCornellAJO #32150$75K–$80KTOMORROW
Jun 12 🟡Postdoc Fellow — Cell & Tissue Eng. (Wyss/Chen Lab)HarvardARIeS #16321$72K–$77.5K3 days
Jun 12 🟡Postdoc Fellow — Whitney Humanities CenterYaleInterfolio #185526$70K + $3K3 days
Jun 14 🟡Postdoc Fellow in Microbiology (Bernhardt Lab)HarvardARIeS #16311Per HMS guidelines5 days
Jun 15 🟡Postdoc Fellow, Intellectual Pluralism (Radcliffe)HarvardARIeS #16377$37K–$42K (50% FTE)6 days
Jun 22 🟢Postdoc — Aziz Lab, SEAS CO₂ captureHarvardARIeS #16360$67.6K–$91.8KReview begins
Jun 29 🟢Postdoc — Lab of Ornithology (wildfire ecology)CornellAJO #32072Not listed20 days
Jul 5 🟢Postdoc — Byzantine Coins (Dumbarton Oaks)HarvardARIeS #16368$67.6K + $3K26 days
Jul 6 🟢Postdoc — CGA / IQSS Geographic Data ScienceHarvardARIeS #16315$70K–$80K27 days
Jul 15 🟢Clinical Professor, Entrepreneurship Law ClinicCornellAJO #32163$84K–$237.3K36 days
Jul 15 🟢Extension Associate, CESNCornellAJO #32115$82K36 days
Jul 27 🟢Postgraduate Associate — Reilly Lab (Genetics)YaleInterfolio #187326$45,60048 days
Aug 4 🟢Associate Research Scholar — Society of FellowsPrincetonInterfolio #185771Not disclosed56 days
Aug 15 🟢Postdoc — HDS Religion, Culture & Mental HealthHarvardARIeS #16378$70,00067 days
Aug 15 🟢Postdoc — Taracena Lab (vector genomics)CornellAJO #32122$63,48067 days
Aug 17 🟢WHC HBCU Faculty FellowshipYaleInterfolio #186520$12K allowance69 days
Aug 31 🟢Judy Wilpon Chair, cancer biologyCornellAJO #32133Not listedReview from Jul 22
Sep 1 🟢Society for the Humanities Fellowships (2027–28)Cornell$68K83 days
Sep 15 🟢Faculty, OB & Human Resource Studies (ILR)CornellAJO #32164$83.2K–$357.3K98 days
Nov 2 🟢Lewis Walpole Library FellowshipsYaleInterfolio #186941Travel + housing146 days
OngoingSEAS faculty positions (8 active, unverified)ColumbiaVariesPortal blocked
OngoingWeinstein Distinguished Professor (energy eng.)DartmouthNot listed12th day unchanged
OngoingGSD Full Professor, Urban Design (tenured)HarvardARIeS #16376$185K+Review from Aug 2026
OngoingHMS HIDIVE Lab — Postdoc + AssociateHarvardARIeS #16373, #16374$60K–$67K (assoc.)Rolling
RollingGSD Architecture (Technology) — Asst/Assoc ProfHarvardARIeS #16379$120K–$170KReview from Jul 2026
RollingHDS Postdocs ×4 (film, Native American, AI, religion)HarvardARIeS #16362–#16366Per HMS guidelinesRolling
RollingHMS labs: Baym, Rajpurkar, Franklin, BernhardtHarvardARIeS #16311, #16346, #16354, #16355Per HMS guidelinesRolling
RollingCS Postdoc — quantum computing / RLPrincetonInterfolio #186904$78K–$110KPosted May 22
RollingAsst Prof — Quantitative Science ProgramBrownInterfolio #183744Not disclosedPosted Apr 28
RollingPostdoc — Social Study of Computational Tech.BrownInterfolio #183798$65.9K–$69.9KPosted Apr 13
RollingIBES Visiting Asst. Prof. 2026–2028BrownNot listedPortal blocked
Jun 15 ⚠️Veterinarian Farrier (CVM)CornellAJO #32074$135K–$170KReview begins Jun 15

Monitoring status

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Columbia SEAS — Cloudflare-blocked for a 2nd consecutive day (was accessible June 5–7). 8 previously known positions remain unverified. 14
†Princeton and Brown direct portals remain SPA-blocked (12th consecutive day). Today's new entries for both schools were found via Chronicle of Higher Education lateral search.

Portal-by-portal notes

  • Harvard: Two new IDs (#16378, #16379) appeared in the ARIeS search listing; cursor advances to #16379 with 195 total open listings. 12
  • Yale: Total listings rose from 189 to 190 during June 8 business hours. The Reilly Lab posting (open date May 27) is the sole new entry. 4
  • Cornell: No new AJO IDs above #32164. Cursor probes through #32185 all redirect to AJO's main page. 13
  • Penn: Total open listings hold at approximately 87; no new postings with a June 8 or 9 open date. 15
  • Dartmouth Thayer: Weinstein Distinguished Professor remains the sole faculty listing — 12th consecutive day unchanged. 16
  • Columbia SEAS: Portal returned a Cloudflare challenge page on both access attempts. Prior listings unverifiable.
  • Princeton: Primary portal SPA-blocked; Chronicle of Higher Education confirmed as viable lateral discovery path. Legacy AcadHire system (puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/) retires September 30, 2026.
  • Brown: Direct portal SPA-blocked; Chronicle confirmed as viable lateral discovery path.

Employer profiles

Harvard Divinity School (HDS) is Harvard University's interdisciplinary school of religion, theology, and ethics, founded in 1816. Its approximately 400 students pursue graduate degrees in divinity, religion, and theological studies. The HDS Religion, Culture & Mental Health postdoc (#16378) sits within the Ethnos-MH project, a cross-national study of religion's role in mental health care funded by the John Templeton Foundation.
Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is the only school within an Ivy League university offering degree programs in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning under one roof. GSD's architecture faculty includes practitioners and theorists across design technology, history, and materials. The new Technology track search (#16379) focuses on computation, AI, and digital fabrication.
Yale Reilly Laboratory (Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine) studies regulatory genomics and human evolution using high-throughput technologies. The lab participates in ENCODE, IGVF, Zoonomia, and the Longevity Project, and has published in Nature, Science, and Cell.
Princeton University Computer Science Department is home to Turing Award winners including David Huffman and Andrew Yao, and has research groups spanning systems, theory, AI, and quantum computing. The postdoc search (#186904) covers quantum architecture/systems and reinforcement learning.
Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts is a prestigious residential humanities program at Princeton, established in 1952. Fellows are appointed as Associate Research Scholars and receive three-year appointments that combine research and undergraduate teaching. Interdisciplinary scope covers humanities and humanistic social sciences.
Brown University Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (DPHB) is a clinical and research department at Brown's Alpert Medical School. The Quantitative Science Program (QSP) embedded within DPHB trains clinical researchers in statistical methods, providing methodological infrastructure for the department's behavioral and psychiatric research portfolio.
Brown University Program in Science, Technology and Society (STS) is an interdisciplinary program examining how science and technology shape society and vice versa. The two-year postdoc (#183798) works across Brown's Data Science Institute (DSI) and the Cogut Institute's AI humanities initiative, combining STS scholarship with computational technology studies.
Cornell Department of City and Regional Planning (CRP) sits in Cornell's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP). It offers accredited graduate programs in city and regional planning and urban science, with research covering social and environmental justice, climate adaptation, land use, and sustainable transportation.
Cornell CALS — Dillon Lab (Department of Animal Science) studies environmental sustainability tradeoffs in animal-source food systems. The lab analyzes large international production and emissions datasets to model methane output alongside milk and meat productivity.

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