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Campus & Community
13 ventures receive top prizes in President’s Innovation Challenge
Thirteen winners of the 10th annual Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge awarded $510,000 from Bertarelli Foundation.
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Campus & Community
Nathan Glazer, 95
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 4, 2021, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Nathan Glazer, Professor of Education and Social Structure, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Glazer greatly influenced scholarship on American culture and ethnicity.
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Campus & Community
Richard Cooper, 86
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 4, 2021, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Richard Newell Cooper, Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics, was placed upon the records. Professor Cooper was particularly known for his seminal work on the theory and practice of international…
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Nation & World
How to get people to talk to one another again? Citizens’ assemblies
As part of The Solutions series, we interview Jane Mansbridge about a proven idea to help citizens engage in civil dialogue.
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Arts & Culture
Let there be light
The art installation “Lucidity” was an immersive light and video display in Harvard Yard.
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Campus & Community
Cellist finds creative side to physics
When she came to Harvard as a first-year, Danielle Davis ’21 thought music was her focus … until engineering piqued her interest.
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Campus & Community
Cross-university fundraiser started to help India fight COVID-19
Harvard Business School student Shyamli Badgaiyan was among those who helped quickly mobilize a cross-university fundraising effort that has already raised more than $160,000 to help India battle COVID-19.
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Arts & Culture
Chronicling an American age of art, thought, and global engagement
Jorie Graham and Louis Menand discuss Menand’s new book, “The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War,” his influences, and writing style.
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Campus & Community
Four Harvard faculty elected to NAS
Four Harvard faculty were among the 120 members elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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Science & Tech
Why some die, some survive when equally ill from COVID-19
Researchers have identified a protein signature that may help answer the question, “Why do some patients die from COVID-19, while others — who appear to be just as ill — survive?”
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Health
Asian Americans more worried about racist Americans than coronavirus
A new survey shows that Asian Americans are more worried about the possibility of being a victim of pandemic-related racism than the virus itself
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Campus & Community
Hoop-la
Athlete, philanthropist, and the star behind “Linsanity,” Jeremy Lin ’10 has been named Class Day speaker by the Harvard College Class of 2021.
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Science & Tech
Human organ chips enable rapid drug repurposing for COVID-19
A Wyss Institute-led collaboration has used the institute’s organ-on-a-chip technology to identify the antimalarial drug amodiaquine as a potent inhibitor of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Science & Tech
Earth may have been a water world 3 billion years ago
A new study suggests Earth’s primordial ocean 3 to 4 billion years ago may have been much larger than it is today, and possibly covered the entire planet.
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Science & Tech
Antarctic Ice Sheet melting to lift sea level higher than thought, study says
The sea level in a warming world will be greater than anticipated, according to a new study from Harvard researchers.
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Campus & Community
Doing her part to change the world
Samantha Fletcher, Ed.M.’21, figured out a way to combine her passions for equity, education, and media when she started Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Technology, Innovation, and Education Program this past fall. Now she’s ready to change the world.
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Campus & Community
Setting sail for service
Growing up in central Indiana, Gayatri Balasubramanian focused on academics and music, but when she came to Harvard she wanted to take on new challenges — and she did.
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Nation & World
Why the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil has become a humanitarian crisis
Marcia de Castro, Andelot Professor of Demography at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discusses the COVID-19 crisis in Brazil.
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Campus & Community
Making his impact
Yoseph Boku’s drive to make a difference started his first year at Harvard, when he realized he could help local disadvantaged teenagers and young adults.
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Campus & Community
Stantcheva honored by Carnegie Corporation
Stefanie Stantcheva was named a 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow, along with 25 others
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Health
‘Very strong degree of normality’ likely by year’s end
Though the so-far-successful U.S. vaccination drive is likely to deliver an approximation of normal life by year’s end, Anthony Fauci and a panel of heath care experts cautioned that the global battle against COVID-19 is far from won.
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Campus & Community
Police need to see themselves and be seen as a part of the community
Victor Clay has been appointed as the new chief of the Harvard University Police Department. Clay comes to Harvard from the California Institute of Technology, where he was chief of campus security and parking services.
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Campus & Community
Victor Clay named new Harvard police chief
Victor Clay, a law enforcement professional with more than 35 years of experience, has been named the next chief of the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD).
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Campus & Community
A difficult financial year met with preparation, sacrifice, innovation, and teamwork
Since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, the Gazette has periodically checked in with Thomas J. Hollister, Harvard’s vice president for finance and chief financial officer, for updates on how the pandemic has affected the University’s finances.
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Nation & World
Climate change as a national security issue
Former Secretary of State Kerry calls climate change one of the biggest threats facing the nation.
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Arts & Culture
Field and streaming
This semester, Harvard archaeology students are dropping in on nearly 90 virtual classrooms as special guest speakers, telling more than 2,500 public and private school students and teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools about subjects ranging from ancient tombs offerings in Mexico to trade practices in the Red Sea region.
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Campus & Community
Two named to lead Board of Overseers
Helena Buonanno Foulkes, a leader in consumer health care and retail, has been elected president of Harvard University’s Board of Overseers for the 2021-22 academic year. P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, a developmental psychologist and former vice provost for academics at Northwestern University, will be vice chair of the board’s executive committee.
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Science & Tech
Launch of pioneering Ph.D. program bolsters Harvard’s leadership in quantum science and engineering
Today, the University launched one of the world’s first Ph.D. programs in the subject of quantum science and engineering.
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Arts & Culture
And the Pudding Pot goes to …
Viola Davis celebrated winning Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year award during the virtual ceremony.
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Campus & Community
Pandemic from the rear-view mirror of an ambulance
The pandemic sent Jessica Miller ’21 home to West Virginia, where she found herself coping with remote classes while also helping her community through her work as an EMT. It helped her stay connected, she says.
