19 new Ivy academic openings this week — August 21, 2026

At a glance

This issue covers 19 actionable openings with a verifiable posting, open, or update date between August 15 and August 21, 2026. The list includes 13 faculty or faculty-level searches, four postdoctoral positions, and two academic fellowships across five of the eight Ivy League universities.

Harvard contributes eight dated records, and Yale contributes eight. Princeton, Penn, and Brown contribute one each. The table is the fastest way to compare field, level, timing, term, and application path. Yale's accessible index exposes the open date and application link, while its full appointment language, deadlines, and terms were not public. Princeton, Penn, and Brown have readable dated descriptions on Chronicle, with official application paths preserved where they were available. 1 2 3

Scan table

School	Position and level	Opened	Research-fit keywords	Deadline or status	Term	Direct link
Harvard	Tenure-track Professor in Government	Aug 17, 2026	American politics; international relations; quantitative methods; formal theory	Sep 20, 2026	Start Jul 1, 2027	Official posting 1 4
Harvard	Senior tenured faculty member, Technology and Public Policy	Aug 19, 2026	AI; data science; computer science; systems science; technology and public institutions	Full consideration before Sep 15, 2026; open until filled	Not public	Official posting 1 5
Harvard	Postdoctoral Fellow, NHP Immunology and Organ Chips	Aug 19, 2026	NHP immunology and virology; organ-on-chip systems; microfluidics; adaptive immunity; spatial and multi-omics	Sep 9, 2026	One year; possible extension	Official posting 1 6
Harvard	Harvard Environmental Fellow, early-career fellowship	Aug 17, 2026	Environmental research; any school or department; Harvard faculty host	Dec 1, 2026, 5:00 p.m. ET; host and recommendation letters by Dec 11	Two years from Sep 2027	Official posting 1 7
Harvard	Postdoctoral Fellow, Xu Lab, Chemistry and Chemical Biology	Aug 18, 2026	Topological phases; nonequilibrium states; nanostructures; 2D materials; broken symmetry; Majorana fermions	Rolling review until filled	Not public	Official posting 1 8
Harvard	Tenure-track or tenured Professor in Netherlandish Art	Aug 18, 2026	Early modern Dutch and Flemish art; especially seventeenth-century art	Oct 25, 2026; reviewed until filled	Start Jul 1, 2027	Official posting 1 9
Harvard	Open-rank tenured or tenure-track position, Asian politics	Aug 19, 2026	China or East Asia; domestic or international politics; rigorous social-scientific methods; policy engagement	Full consideration before Sep 10, 2026	Not public	Official posting 1 10
Harvard	Postdoctoral Fellow in Atmospheric Science, Keutsch Group	Aug 21, 2026	Aerosol chemistry; ozone; stratospheric conditions; laboratory, modeling, and airborne field campaigns	Not public	Not public	Official posting 1 11
Yale	Assistant Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine	Aug 20, 2026	Pediatric emergency medicine; emergency medicine; pediatrics	Deadline, tenure status, and term not public	Not public	Apply via Interfolio 2
Yale	Assistant/Associate Professor, Foot and Ankle	Aug 20, 2026	Orthopaedics; rehabilitation; foot and ankle	Deadline, tenure status, and term not public	Not public	Apply via Interfolio 2
Yale	Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Organic Chemistry	Aug 19, 2026	Organic chemistry	Deadline, tenure status, and term not public	Not public	Apply via Interfolio 2
Yale	Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Chemistry related to Energy Science	Aug 18, 2026	Chemistry; energy science	Deadline, tenure status, and term not public	Not public	Apply via Interfolio 2
Yale	Academic Positions in the PET Center	Aug 18, 2026	PET; radiology; biomedical imaging	Rank or track, deadline, and term not public	Not public	Apply via Interfolio 2
Yale	Associate Professor/Full Professor and Division Chief, Pediatric Urology	Aug 18, 2026	Pediatric urology; urology; division leadership	Deadline and term not public	Not public	Apply via Interfolio 2
Yale	Assistant Professor, Biophysical or Physical Chemistry	Aug 18, 2026	Biophysical chemistry; physical chemistry	Deadline, tenure status, and term not public	Not public	Apply via Interfolio 2
Yale	Associate/Full Professor, Comparative Historical Sociology, Theory, or Political Sociology	Aug 17, 2026	Comparative historical sociology; sociological theory; political sociology	Deadline, tenure status, and term not public	Not public	Apply via Interfolio 2
Princeton	Tenure-track Assistant Professor, quantum information theory and quantum computer science	Aug 18, 2026	Quantum algorithms; computer architecture; error correction; complexity theory; quantum information theory	Dec 1, 2026, 11:59 p.m.; full consideration	Preferred start Sep 1, 2027	Apply via Princeton's Interfolio page 3 12
Penn	George Sharswood Fellow, Penn Carey Law	Aug 17, 2026; listed Aug 19	Legal academia; research, writing, and teaching	Rolling review from Sep 1; apply by Sep 1 or as soon as possible	Two years; start Jul 1, 2027	Official Interfolio application 13
Brown	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Watson School and Anthropology	Aug 19, 2026	Political anthropology; power; authority; domination; resistance	Oct 15, 2026; full consideration	Two years; start Fall 2027	Official Interfolio application 14

Harvard

Harvard's eight records split between four faculty searches and four early-career opportunities. The faculty searches cover government, technology and public policy, Netherlandish art, and Asian politics. The four roles ask for different evidence of fit: social-science methods and policy work for the Kennedy School searches, a field specialization in seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish art, or a broad government research agenda with particular interest in American politics, international relations, quantitative methods, and formal theory. 4 5 9 10

The Government search is a tenure-track appointment with an expected July 1, 2027 start and a September 20, 2026 deadline. The Netherlandish Art search accepts tenure-track or tenured candidates and reviews applications through October 25, 2026. The Kennedy School's technology and public policy search seeks a senior tenured faculty member and gives full consideration to applications received before September 15, 2026. The Asian politics search is open-rank and tenured or tenure-track, with full consideration before September 10, 2026. 4 5 9 10

The early-career group includes three postdoctoral positions and the Harvard Environmental Fellow. The Wyss Institute's NHP Immunology and Organ Chips role combines nonhuman-primate immunology and virology with organ-on-chip, microfluidic, spatial-omics, and multi-omics work. The Xu Lab postdoc centers on topological phases, nonequilibrium states, nanostructures, two-dimensional materials, broken symmetry, Majorana fermions, and topological order. The Keutsch Group atmospheric-science postdoc covers aerosol chemistry, ozone, laboratory and modeling work, and airborne field campaigns. 6 8 11

The NHP Immunology and Organ Chips role has a September 9 deadline and a one-year term with a possible extension. The Xu Lab reviews applications on a rolling basis, while the Atmospheric Science posting leaves the deadline and term not public. The Harvard Environmental Fellow supports early-career environmental research with a Harvard faculty host, requires a recent doctorate, runs for two years beginning in September 2027, and closes December 1, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ET. 6 7 8 11

Yale

Yale's public academic-positions index shows eight in-window openings from August 17 through August 20, 2026. The set spans pediatric emergency medicine, foot-and-ankle orthopaedics, organic chemistry, energy-related chemistry, PET imaging, pediatric urology, biophysical or physical chemistry, and comparative or political sociology. The index supplies direct Interfolio application paths for all eight records. 2

The accessible index does not expose the full appointment language, responsibilities, deadlines, or terms for these records. The titles provide the usable fit signals: clinical candidates should check the relevant medical specialty, chemistry candidates should distinguish organic, energy, biophysical, and physical chemistry, and sociology candidates should compare comparative-historical, theory, and political-sociology work. Yale's PET Center record leaves even the rank or track not public. 2

Open each Interfolio record before preparing materials. The application paths are direct, but candidates should verify the full appointment type, required documents, deadline, and current status on the application page because those fields were not public on the accessible Yale index.

Princeton

The Princeton Quantum Initiative, together with Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering, posted a tenure-track Assistant Professor search in quantum information theory and quantum computer science on August 18, 2026. The research brief names quantum algorithms and applications, quantum computer architecture, quantum error correction, quantum complexity theory, and the fundamentals of quantum information theory. Full consideration runs through December 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m., with a preferred September 1, 2027 start. 3

The direct Princeton application page is available through the listing's application redirect. The official Princeton pages checked during this scan also displayed a separate experimental quantum science search, so applicants should use the quantum-information application path above for this record. 12

Penn

Penn Carey Law's George Sharswood Fellow is a two-year research, writing, and teaching fellowship with academic standing comparable to a visiting assistant professor. The fellowship suits applicants preparing for legal academia who hold a law degree, PhD, or equivalent related degree and have not already held a full-time tenure-track legal academic appointment. The position begins July 1, 2027. 13

Applications receive rolling review beginning September 1. Penn encourages applications by September 1 or as soon afterward as possible. Use the official Interfolio application; the dated description and opening information are available on the Chronicle listing. 13

Brown

Brown's Watson School of International and Public Affairs and Department of Anthropology seek a two-year joint Postdoctoral Research Associate beginning in Fall 2027. The research area is political anthropology broadly defined, including power, authority, domination, and resistance. Applicants must have received the PhD since September 1, 2025, or complete all degree requirements by July 1, 2027. The salary listed for the role is $75,000, and the full-consideration deadline is October 15, 2026. 14

Use the official Brown Interfolio application. The Chronicle page supplies the dated description in this issue; the official application path supplies the action step. 14

Coverage note

The scan checked official career or faculty-hiring surfaces for all eight target schools. Columbia's academic search exposed open-ended records but no verifiable posting dates, and its postdoctoral page directed readers to RAPS or department-level postings without supplying a dated qualifying record. 15 16

Dartmouth records found during the window remained tied to application openings or announcements dated before August 15, including the Neukom postdoctoral call opened August 1. Cornell's faculty inventory returned only a loading shell; the Cornell Atkinson postdoctoral call showed an August 6 update, and a Weill Cornell AI-medicine postdoc carried an April 10 deadline. Those records stay outside this issue's August 15–21 admission window. 17 18 19

Deadline triage

Open the records with the shortest verified runway first:

September 1: Penn's George Sharswood Fellow receives rolling review beginning September 1, and Penn encourages applications by that date or as soon afterward as possible. 13
September 9: Harvard's NHP Immunology and Organ Chips postdoc. 6
September 10: Harvard's open-rank Asian politics search. 10
September 15: Harvard's Senior Technology and Public Policy search receives full consideration before this date. 5
September 20: Harvard's Government tenure-track search. 4
October 15: Brown's Watson School and Anthropology postdoc. 14
October 25: Harvard's Netherlandish Art search. 9
December 1: Harvard Environmental Fellow and Princeton's quantum-information-theory search. Harvard's fellowship also has a December 11 deadline for host and recommendation letters. 3 7

Harvard's Xu Lab postdoc is under rolling review. Harvard's Atmospheric Science postdoc and all eight Yale records have no public deadline in the accessible material, so those applicants should open the direct posting before treating the opportunity as available. 2 8 11