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Campus & Community
Honoring University grads – including one named Bacow
The Harvard Alumni Associations’ second annual Harvard Alumni Day, a University-wide event celebrating alumni impact, citizenship, and community, featured keynote speaker Mary Louise Kelly ’93.
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Health
Birth control for cats?
A single dose of a naturally occurring hormone prevented ovulation and conception in female cats for at least two years.
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Campus & Community
Ritu Kalra named Harvard’s vice president for finance and chief financial officer
Ritu Kalra will assume her new role July 1 after having served as assistant vice president of finance and treasury.
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Nation & World
How schools teach children about their social station
Sociologist Peter Francis Harvey observed students at private upper-middle-class and public working-class schools to explore implicit lessons.
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Arts & Culture
Susan Suleiman reflects on resilience, girlhood, and identity in memoir
Emerita professor recalls childhood as Holocaust refugee in memoir “Daughter of History.”
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Campus & Community
Choose your adventure in 20 summer reads
Harvard Library staffers share their summer recommendations.
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Nation
COVID prison releases expose key driver of racial inequity
As the incarcerated population dropped overall, the proportion of Black prisoners rose. Researchers point to unequal sentencing.
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Science & Tech
Why there might be life out there unlike any on Earth
Researchers create synthetic species without biochemistry, find they operate according to Darwinian evolutionary principles.
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Health
Start of new era for Alzheimer’s treatment
Neurologist explains why recent trial of the drug lecanemab may offer hope for those with deadly disease.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Extension alums honored, instructor recognized
Harvard Extension Alumni Association’s 42nd annual banquet honors notable alumni and instructor Thomas M. Nichols.
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Health
Ketamine found effective in treating severe depression
A new study finds ketamine as effective as electroconvulsive therapy (without its major side effects) for the treatment of nonpsychotic, treatment-resistant depression.
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Health
The brain on ketamine
It’s a powerful antidepressant, but science needs more answers on out-of-body experiences and other “dissociative effects,” says the first author Fangyun Tian.
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Work & Economy
How U.S. debt-limit drama has hurt economy
Policy expert examines prospects of Biden-McCarthy plan as Congress wrestles over details, Monday deadline looms.
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Arts & Culture
Jorie Graham confronts past, present, and future
“Mortality got my attention. And it was — as we are told to believe but rarely do — a gift,” says the acclaimed poet, whose latest collection, “To 2040,” looks at the many crises shadowing what she calls “the human project.”
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Campus & Community
Unyielding belief in possibility of delivering healthcare for global poor
Co-founder of Partners In Health honored for her work delivering healthcare to global poor.
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Campus & Community
Pomp and circumstance — and surprises
In photos, we look back on a week of festivities celebrating 2023 graduates.
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Nation
Danielle Allen thinks our democracy needs renovation
Danielle Allen’s new book lays out vision for power-sharing liberalism that will lead to greater inclusion, responsiveness, participation — and better lives for all.
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Campus & Community
The crowd went wild
The details behind the degrees are as richly varied as the faces and voices that fill Harvard Yard.
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Campus & Community
Recruiting everyday superheroes for ‘cage match with agents of intolerance’
Though America could use a superhero, there’re none to be found, actor Tom Hanks told Harvard’s Class of 2023 on Thursday, instead, there’s a new generation to join the battle of truth and equality.
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Campus & Community
Harvard awards 9,265 degrees
Harvard has awarded a total of 9,265 degrees, including those given in November 2022 and March 2023.
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Campus & Community
All the words, all the wisdom
While comedian Larry Wilmore addressed Harvard College seniors Wednesday afternoon, graduating students at Schools across the University heard from their own special guests on Class Day.
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Campus & Community
Five alumni elected to the Board of Overseers
Five alumni have been elected as new members of Harvard University’s Board of Overseers and six as directors of the Harvard Alumni Association.
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Campus & Community
Harvard awards six honorary degrees
This morning, Harvard awarded honorary degrees to Jennifer A. Doudna, Tom Hanks, Katalin Karikó, David Lewis, Hugo Noé Morales Rosas, and Adm. Michael Mullen.
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Campus & Community
Seriously, grads: Don’t be afraid
Live with intention and don’t let fear keep you from being the person you want to be, Larry Wilmore told the Class of 2023 on Wednesday.
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Campus & Community
Rubenstein to step down from Harvard Corporation
Longtime University supporter will remain chair of Global Advisory Council.
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Campus & Community
Timothy R. Barakett named Harvard treasurer
Timothy R. Barakett, a member of the Harvard Corporation since 2019, will become treasurer of the University beginning July 1. He will succeed Paul J. Finnegan, who will carry forward as a member of the Corporation.
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Campus & Community
There’s more to life than money, but still …
Eight faculty members share insights on what to do, what not to do, and how to figure out what matters most.
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Campus & Community
Reflecting on 2022-23
It felt like the start of a new era as life on campus returned to a post-pandemic normal. A timeline marks some of the highlights from the 2022-23 academic year.
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Campus & Community
Wrapped in tradition
The Harvard University Native American Program began practicing the tradition last year at its affinity graduation ceremony for Native students. The event comes with its own communal pageantry, but HUNAP has found a way to also make it feel very personal.
