Campus & Community
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Harvard releases information on 1,613 individuals enslaved by leaders, faculty, or staff
Public database advances research on ties to slavery, bolsters effort to help descendants recover family histories
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Helping to give birth to nation — and Harvard Med
School founder John Warren numbered among alumni who were part of revolutionary generation
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Moved to act
Eco-friendly, AI, medical, and other inventions earn funds for President’s Innovation Challenge winners
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Probing the war of public opinion
Seeing Americans rally for her native Ukraine inspired Anastasiia Pereverten’s thesis
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How immigrant doctors propped up U.S. healthcare, the tale of America’s last prison ship, and other stories
Faculty authors discuss books at Weatherhead Center’s annual International Book Blitz
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Dennis Frank Thompson, 84
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Martin Karplus, 94
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Akira Iriye, 91
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Catalyst Professorship fosters collaboration with the private sector
New part-time role allows leading faculty to pursue industry employment alongside academic work
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At the heart of the Science and Engineering Complex, a library named for a trailblazing alumna
Gift from the Troper Wojcicki Foundation honors the late technology executive Susan Wojcicki
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Harvard deepens commitment to HBCUs with $1.05 million grant
The award, through the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative, will strengthen research capacity at 15 schools
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Presidential dreams can wait. For now, she can’t stop painting.
When Daniela Solis took an art class junior year, ‘it felt like time stopped.’
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Why are other kids starving?
Witnessing poverty as a child sparked Luiza Lima Vieira’s quest to vanquish hunger — but first, she had to learn to listen to her own body
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Three alumni leaders honored with Harvard Medal
Annual award recognizes exceptional service.
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What makes a good student
Inner drive, integrity, open-mindedness among qualities highlighted by faculty
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Harvard leaders salute National Security Fellows
Garber, Allison, O’Sullivan speak to strong ties between University and military, thank cohort for impact on campus life, students
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Getting to know your colleagues’ creative side
Staff Art Show puts hundreds of Harvard staffers’ talents on display
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William Paul, 94
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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‘Truth is rarely found in echo chambers’
Faculty, staff, and students explore what it takes to connect across difference at Community and Campus Life forum
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Two new Corporation members
Sylvia Mathews Burwell and Michael S. Chae to join governing board
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‘Best college tradition anywhere’
Smurf-blue hair, chain-mail suits, vuvuzelas, and bagpipes abound as students flood Yard for annual raucous rite of Housing Day
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‘OK, I get it. This makes sense.’
Grade-inflation panel says updated plan focuses on reining in A’s, restoring integrity of system, freeing students to follow curiosity
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A community-sized Seder plate
Through sculpture’s 6 stories, Hillel seeks to portray ‘a bigger picture of what it means to be Jewish’
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SEAL, doctor, astronaut, Harvard Alumni Day speaker
Jonny Kim will address Harvard’s global alumni community
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Ruth J. Simmons to receive Radcliffe Medal
Recognized for her many roles upholding and advancing foundational ideals of higher education
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You know the author. Meet the typist.
Exhibit celebrates women who labored behind the scenes of masterworks
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Karin Öberg named senior vice provost for faculty
Distinguished astrochemist will shift to University-wide role overseeing faculty affairs and development
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Atlas Hotel opens at the Enterprise Research Campus
Art, food, views help give Allston space local flavor
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Like seeing art of Roman chapels in technicolor for first time
Students create relief sculptures in stucco using centuries-old methods to gain deeper insight into how, why artists made choices
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Conan O’Brien ’85 named Commencement speaker
Comedy legend who once led Lampoon will deliver principal address on May 28
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Singer to step down as senior vice provost for faculty
Education scholar lauded for achievements in overseeing, leading changes in faculty development, support for academics since 2008
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Thomas Noel Bisson, 94
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Wonder served him well
Curiosity ignited Alan Garber’s sense of purpose. Classmates, mentors, and patients helped deepen it.
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Tracing Harvard’s ties to slavery: Recovering names and histories
Researchers delve into probate records, tax lists, and estate inventories to identify enslaved people
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Ballot order set for Overseer and HAA director elections
Candidates finalized ahead of spring voting period
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Kicking back with Rose Byrne
Australian actress feted, roasted as Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year