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Arts & Culture
The world in an exhibit
As Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology turns 150, a new exhibit highlights its pioneering efforts and the legacy of its cultural history.
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Campus & Community
Abell and Palandjian to lead Overseers
Scott A. Abell ’72 has been elected president of Harvard’s Board of Overseers for the academic year 2017-18. Tracy P. Palandjian ’93, M.B.A. ’97, will serve as vice chair of the Overseers executive committee for 2017-18.
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Campus & Community
Harvard faculty named to National Academy of Sciences
Eight Harvard faculty elected as members of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Nation & World
Harvard in Southeast Asia
Harvard President Drew Faust traveled to Vietnam and Singapore in March to speak about the benefits of higher education.
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Nation & World
Ask the undocumented
Amid Trump’s shifting harsh immigration policies, the Gazette talked with four Harvard undocumented students, all protected from deportation under a federal program, about their hopes and concerns.
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Nation & World
The lessons on Russian intelligence
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Mike Rogers, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, discuss Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
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Health
To age better, eat better
Much of life is beyond our control, but dining smartly can help us live healthier, longer
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Campus & Community
5 awarded Harvard College Professorships
The five faculty members named Harvard College Professors this month all share a talent for making their respective subjects come alive in the classroom.
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Campus & Community
Lowell House on May Day
In an annual ritual, Lowell House residents rise early to greet May Day by the river.
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Campus & Community
Paul C. Martin, 85
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 2, 2017, the following Minute was placed upon the records.
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Arts & Culture
Star turn for Harvard arts
Diane Paulus honors Harvard’s legacy of artists with an evening of entertainment.
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Campus & Community
Two are Abramson winners
David Cox and Lorgia García Peña are winners of the 2017 Roslyn Abramson Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching.
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Campus & Community
Carpenter Center appoints new director
Dan Byers has been named as the John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Director of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, effective June 1.
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Campus & Community
He set the stage for change
David Coletti is a peer adviser, a PBHA volunteer, and international traveler who says conversations have broken down barriers and fostered connections key to his time at Harvard.
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Campus & Community
‘You can’t let your emotions overtake you so much that you can’t do the work’
Interview with Professor Annette Gordon-Reed of Harvard Law School and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as part of the Experience series.
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Campus & Community
Instagram takeover: Students highlight the arts on Harvard’s account
Undergrads Samuel Fisch and Lance Oppenheim take over Harvard’s Instagram account to highlight Arts First and the student experience of the arts at Harvard.
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Campus & Community
An active role for the Divinity School
A panel at Harvard Divinity School included the deans of the Law School, Business School, and Ed School. The focus was how the Divinity School could be of assistance.
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Health
Fighting words from former EPA leader
Speaking at a Climate Week symposium, former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy urged an audience of climate scientists and health experts to speak out about climate change.
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Science & Tech
Me, steal? Impossible
New findings suggest a surprisingly common default in human behavior: the view that immoral actions are impossible.
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Nation & World
A student trip to the Holy Land
A visit by Harvard students to the Holy Land shows everyday life, and many complications.
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Campus & Community
Facing future with hands-on empathy for others
Surgeries transformed Elaine Dong’s face and her future, freeing her to mix visual arts with the art of medicine.
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Campus & Community
Making sense of climate costs
Ph.D. graduate Jisung Park focuses on the natural environment’s effects on society—a boyhood interest that grew first in Kansas, then sharpened in Seoul.
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Nation & World
Kasich: Be open to ideas
In a visit to Harvard Kennedy School, Ohio Gov. Kasich urged that cooperation replace rancor in American political life.
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Campus & Community
Harvard professor recognized with portrait
Professor Orlando Patterson is the 17th honoree of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations’ Portraiture Project.
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Campus & Community
The mystery of the brain examined
“Toward an Artificial Brain” brought the results of a Harvard-led effort to Allston with an Ed Portal discussion.
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Arts & Culture
Rare artifacts from the Harvard Theatre Collection
A photo gallery examines the Harvard Theatre Collection , which was founded in 1901, making it one of the oldest collections of its kind in the world.
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Campus & Community
Behind the art
Organized by an all-volunteer group of students, community members, and trained artists, the opera offers undergrads the opportunity to learn on the job while rubbing shoulders with seasoned professionals.
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Campus & Community
Faculty Council meeting held April 26
On April 26 the members of the Faculty Council approved preliminary versions of the University Extension School courses for 2017–2018 and of “Courses of Instruction” for 2017–2018.
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Nation & World
The challenges facing higher ed
Excellence, access, and affordability are top concerns for higher education, Faust and other presidents say in Washington discussion.
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Nation & World
The sexual exploitation of child migrants
A new report from Harvard’s FXB Center for Health and Human Rights examines the “emergency within an emergency” of sexual exploitation of child migrants.
