Ivy League Faculty & Postdoc Openings — June 3, 2026

Two new Harvard Medical School postdoc positions went live on June 2 — one in immunology, one in medical AI — while every other school held quiet. Cornell's Chemistry Teaching Associate (AJO #32092) closes in five days on June 8. If you have one application to submit before the weekend, that's the one.

June 3 scan summary

24-hour window ending 2:00 AM CDT — all eight Ivy League schools

New postings today

Days to Cornell #32092 deadline

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🔴 URGENT: Cornell Chemistry Teaching Associate — closes June 8

Five days remain. Cornell University's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in Ithaca, NY is filling a Teaching Associate role for the academic year beginning July 2026. This is a teaching-focused, non-tenure-track appointment — not a research position. 1

Field	Detail
Institution	Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences
Department	Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Role type	Teaching Associate (non-tenure-track, renewable)
Location	Ithaca, NY
Salary	$53,900/yr (9-month academic appointment)
Start date	July 2026
Deadline	June 8, 2026
AJO ID	#32092 / WDR-00058803
Apply	academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32092

New today — Harvard (×2)

Harvard Medical School's ARIeS portal added two postdoctoral positions on June 2. Both list salary as determined by the years-post-PhD scale set by HMS guidelines; neither post specifies an application deadline. 2

HMS Franklin Lab — Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Immunology (ARIeS #16354)

The Franklin Lab at Harvard Medical School's Department of Immunology — led by Ruth Franklin, PhD, an Assistant Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at HMS and principal faculty at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute — studies how innate immune cells orchestrate repair at mucosal barrier sites. The lab's core focus is macrophage communication with epithelial cells, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and sensory neurons during lung injury, infection, and cancer. Mouse models are central to every project. 3 4

Field	Detail
Institution	Harvard Medical School, Department of Immunology
Lab	Franklin Lab (PI: Ruth Franklin, PhD)
Research area	Immune regulation of lung repair; innate immunity; macrophage biology; mucosal barrier biology
Methods	Mouse models, interdisciplinary immunology + regenerative biology approaches
Location	77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115
Salary	Per HMS years-post-PhD scale (login-walled guidelines; typically NIH NRSA-equivalent)
Deadline	Not listed (rolling)
ARIeS ID	#16354
Apply	academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/16354

Required qualifications: PhD in immunology, microbiology, virology, or a closely related field; experience with mouse models is mandatory. Application materials: CV, research summary of PhD work, cover letter describing your interest in the lab and initial ideas for new research directions, and names and contact information for three references. Do not contact the PI directly — submit inquiries to David Lucas, PhD (david_lucas@hms.harvard.edu). Visa sponsorship is subject to HMS discretion.

HMS Rajpurkar Lab — Postdoctoral Fellow in Medical AI (ARIeS #16355)

The Rajpurkar Lab at HMS's Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI), led by Pranav Rajpurkar, PhD, an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, focuses on scaling medical expertise through AI. The lab develops Generalist Medical AI systems and foundation models for medical imaging (chest X-rays, ECG, CT, lung and heart sounds), multimodal learning across images, sensors, and language, and generative AI for radiology report generation. Applications span radiology and emergency medicine. This particular opening targets AI methods for physical medical procedures — designing ML models to analyze procedural data and support clinical decision-making. 5 6

Field	Detail
Institution	Harvard Medical School, Department of Biomedical Informatics
Lab	Rajpurkar Lab (PI: Pranav Rajpurkar, PhD)
Research area	Medical AI; Generalist Medical AI systems; foundation models for imaging; procedural AI
Term	1-year appointment from date of hire, renewable
Location	10 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115
Salary	Per HMS years-post-PhD scale
Union	Harvard Academic Workers (HAW) – UAW (collective bargaining unit)
Deadline	Not listed (rolling)
ARIeS ID	#16355
Apply	academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/16355

Required qualifications: PhD or MD/PhD in biomedical informatics or a related field; strong interest in AI research; track record of scholarly output. Application materials: CV, research summary of PhD work, cover letter describing interest in the lab and initial ideas for new research directions, note with names and contact information for three references. Contact: Heather Viana (heather_viana@hms.harvard.edu).

Note: ARIeS IDs #16352 and #16353 both redirect to this posting (#16355). They are alias entries, not independent positions.

Deadline tracker

Closing within 2 weeks

School	Position	Deadline	Salary	Link
Cornell	Teaching Associate — Chemistry and Chemical Biology	🔴 June 8	$53,900/yr	AJO #32092
Yale	Postdoc — Whitney Humanities Center, humanities leadership	🟡 June 12	$70,000 + $3,000 research fund	Interfolio #185526
Harvard	Postdoc — Wyss Institute / Chen Lab, cell & tissue engineering	🟡 Encourage by June 12	$72,000–$77,500	ARIeS #16321
Harvard	Postdoc — Bernhardt Lab, HMS microbiology	🟡 June 14	Not disclosed	ARIeS #16311
Harvard	Postdoc — Radcliffe Institute, intellectual pluralism (50% FTE)	🟡 June 15 (letters June 21)	$37,000–$42,000	ARIeS #16340
Cornell	Farrier — College of Veterinary Medicine	🟡 Review from June 15	$135,000–$170,000	AJO #32074

All six positions above were confirmed active as of the June 3 scan. 7 8 9 10

Yale Whitney Humanities Center humanities leadership postdoc (Interfolio #185526): deadline June 12 is confirmed via third-party job aggregators (HERC Jobs); the Interfolio detail page remains SPA-blocked so the full application requirements have not been confirmed this cycle. 11

Longer-horizon positions

School	Position	Deadline	Salary	Link
Cornell	Postdoc — Ornithology Lab, wildfire smoke & bird communities	June 29	$63,480–$68,000	AJO #32072
Harvard	Postdoc — CGA/IQSS, geographic data science	July 6	$70,000–$80,000	ARIeS #16315
Cornell	Extension Associate — Ornithology Lab, engagement in science & nature	July 15	$82,000	AJO #32115
Cornell	Postdoc — Taracena Lab, vector genomics	August 15	$63,480	AJO #32122
Cornell	Judy Wilpon Endowed Chair, cancer biology	August 31	Not disclosed	AJO #32133
Yale	HBCU Faculty Research Fellowship — Whitney Humanities Center	Review from Aug 17	$12,000 allowance	Interfolio #186520
Yale	Lewis Walpole Library Visiting Fellowships & Travel Grants	November 2, 2026	Travel + housing + per diem	LWL Fellowships
Cornell	Society for the Humanities Fellowship 2027–28 (PLAY theme)	September 1, 2026	$68,000 stipend	Society for the Humanities

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Positions with no confirmed deadline:

Harvard HMS — Franklin Lab postdoc (immunology / lung repair): ARIeS #16354, new today. Rolling. 3
Harvard HMS — Rajpurkar Lab postdoc (medical AI): ARIeS #16355, new today. Rolling, 1-year term. 5
Harvard SEAS — Postdoc, Bertoldi Group (kirigami metamaterials / soft robotics): ARIeS #16350. 12
Harvard SEAS — Postdoc, Loncar Group (applied physics / photonics): ARIeS #16337. 13
Harvard FAS — STAR Lab postdoc (behavioral economics / CBA partnership, 4-month term, rolling): ARIeS #16351. 14
Dartmouth — Weinstein Distinguished Professor in energy engineering (Thayer School), executive search via WittKieffer. 15
Columbia SEAS — faculty positions across CS, EE, IEOR, and related departments (all confirmed postings have 2025 review dates; no new Columbia positions found this cycle).

Portal coverage status

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Harvard (ARIeS): Two new IDs confirmed June 2 (#16354, #16355). Feed cursor advances from #16351 to #16355. All previously active tracked postings remain present. 2

Yale: 190 open positions as of June 3 — down from approximately 193 last cycle, suggesting three positions closed or were withdrawn between scans. No new postings in the June 2 window. Most recent posting remains Lewis Walpole Library Visiting Fellowships (#186941, opened June 1). 16

Cornell (AJO): No new postings in the 24-hour window. Highest confirmed ID remains #32133 (Judy Wilpon Chair, posted June 1). All previously tracked positions are still active. 17

Penn: No new postings. The most recent listing dates to May 21 — 13 consecutive days without a new posting. 18

Dartmouth: Thayer School employment page lists one faculty position (Weinstein Distinguished Professor). Content unchanged from previous scans. 15

Columbia: academicjobs.columbia.edu returns API error 10501 — sixth consecutive blind run. The Columbia Engineering SEAS page loaded this cycle but showed only legacy postings with 2025 review deadlines. No new positions confirmed. 19

Princeton: AcadHire portal returns a JavaScript skeleton page with no content — sixth consecutive blind run. No new postings found via search fallback. 20

Brown: ibes.brown.edu/opportunities returns API error 10501 — sixth consecutive blind run. Search fallback returned no results for Brown postings. No new positions confirmed within the current detection range.

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