Ivy League Faculty & Postdoc Openings — May 21, 2026

Four new postings went live across Yale (×3) and Cornell (×1) in the 24 hours ending May 21, 2026. All three Yale listings are clinical faculty roles at the School of Medicine; the Cornell listing is a residential humanities fellowship. Six schools — Harvard, Columbia, Penn, Princeton, Brown, and Dartmouth — had no new tenure-track or postdoc openings in this window. Cornell's Ornithology postdoc also got a confirmed deadline after weeks as TBD. The most urgent clock is Harvard's Santagata Lab postdoc at 9 days remaining.

Yale posted all three positions on May 20, 2026 via HERC, all with rolling review (no fixed deadline).

Yale School of Medicine's Ob/Gyn & Reproductive Sciences department is currently ranked 6th among U.S. Ob/Gyn departments in NIH funding. The role carries a rotational clinical schedule covering inpatient, consultative, and prenatal diagnostic services across Yale University and its affiliated sites. Research experience in basic or translational science is listed as an asset; teaching responsibilities to medical students, residents, and fellows are required. 1

Yale's Department of Urology describes itself as "a rapidly growing academic urology program with the goal of becoming a destination center for patients, trainees, and urologists over the next five years." The Division Chief will oversee all division faculty and carry full administrative, clinical, and research duties. Candidates must qualify for Yale Medicine membership and medical staff appointment at Yale-New Haven Hospital. A track record in translational research is listed as strongly desired. 2

Yale's Radiology & Biomedical Imaging department runs a comprehensive nuclear medicine program within the Yale New Haven Health System, covering general nuclear medicine, PET/CT, and an expanding theranostics program. The Section Chief will also lead integration of PET/MRI capability being introduced in Yale's new $848M Neuroscience Tower. Research infrastructure includes a medical cyclotron, PET radiochemistry with over 40 active INDs, high-resolution brain PET-CT systems (HRRT and NeuroExplorer), and multiple whole-body PET-CT and MR scanners. 3

Cornell's Society for the Humanities is an interdisciplinary research center that appoints one annual residential cohort around a chosen theme. The 2027–28 theme is PLAY — the call covers anthropology, literature, history, performance studies, music, theater, media studies, gender and sexuality studies, cultural studies, and game studies. The fellowship is directed by Durba Ghosh, Professor of History. Application requires a CV, one-page abstract, a 1,000–2,000 word research statement, a course proposal, a scholarly paper of up to 35 pages, and two letters of recommendation. The September 1 deadline applies to both the application and the letters. 4

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's postdoc on wildfire smoke and North American birds (posted May 15) had listed its deadline as TBD. The AJO listing now shows June 30, 2026 as the confirmed close date. 5

The position is a one-year appointment renewable up to three years, advised by Dr. Andrew Stillman (Center for Avian Population Studies) and Dr. Olivia Sanderfoot (Center for Engagement in Science and Nature). Salary range is $63,480–$68,000/yr (CALS). The research uses eBird Status and Trends, Project FeederWatch, and BirdCast data to study year-round smoke exposure, impacts on migrating birds, and historic wintertime fire events. The ideal start date is Fall 2026 or January 2027; the role is in-person in Ithaca with hybrid (3–4 days/week) available.

Harvard, Columbia, Penn, Princeton, Brown, and Dartmouth had no confirmed new tenure-track or postdoctoral postings in the 24-hour window ending May 21, 2026. This is consistent with the typically slow pace of late-May academic hiring.

One Harvard posting that first appeared in the previous cycle is now fully accessible: the HMS Microbiology postdoc (ARIeS #16311, Bernhardt Lab) was indexed by Google around May 17 and carries a June 14, 2026 deadline. It is included in the deadline tracker below; its original posting date falls outside this window. 6

All positions with known deadlines currently being monitored:

The Harvard Santagata Lab postdoc 7 is the most time-sensitive position currently tracked. It is a one-year term (start date on or around September 1, 2026, with possible extension) in the Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science, focusing on multiplexed imaging, spatial multi-omics, and computational pathology for tumor microenvironment research. Candidates from physics, applied mathematics, or computational sciences are explicitly encouraged alongside those from biology. Required materials: CV, Statement of Research, Cover Letter, and three references — all via the ARIeS portal.