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Campus & Community
A fascination with fixing bodies
After college, Joshua Wortzel plans to build upon his Harvard research that focused on tissue regeneration. He hopes to work in translational medicine, helping to create drugs that might augment patients’ lives.
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Campus & Community
The truest voice
The Class of 2013 bid farewell to Harvard May 29 during Class Day ceremonies, a traditional occurrence the day before Commencement.
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Campus & Community
Soledad O’Brien Class Day | Harvard Commencement 2013
Soledad O’Brien addresses graduating seniors at Harvard’s Senior Class Day ceremony on May 29, 2013.
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Campus & Community
Parting words
An Ethiopian classicist, a French explorer, and a New York policeman-turned-HKS student will speak at this year’s Morning Exercises on May 30.
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Campus & Community
Ready to serve
Four men and one woman from Harvard’s Class of 2013 received their military commissions during a ceremony Wednesday attended by Harvard President Drew Faust.
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Campus & Community
Harvard’s lucky ’13s
For Harvard, the years 1713, 1813, and 1913 represented moments of transition, at times of material expansion and ideological transformation.
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Campus & Community
President Drew Faust’s Address | Harvard Commencement 2013
Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust delivers her address during the the Afternoon Exercises of Harvard’s 362nd Commencement on May 30, 2013.
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Campus & Community
Different and not
For Cesar Alvarez, the move from his small North Dakota village was a major one, but his Harvard experience has reinforced values he’s carried since childhood.
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Campus & Community
Jane Alexander honored by Radcliffe
Jane Alexander, actor and arts advocate, will be awarded the Radcliffe Medal on Friday, Radcliffe Day 2013. The medal is given to individuals whose life and work have significantly and positively influenced society.
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Campus & Community
Two named Abramson winners
Selim Berker, an assistant professor of philosophy, and Joshua Greene, the John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, are this year’s winners of the Roslyn Abramson Award, given annually to assistant or associate professors for excellence in undergraduate teaching.
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Campus & Community
Five named College Professors
Five faculty members have been awarded Harvard College Professorships: Joseph D. Harris, Steven R. Levitsky, Michael Puett, Jennifer L. Roberts, and Maryellen Ruvolo. The Harvard College Professorships are five-year appointments. They provide faculty with extra support for research or scholarly activities and a semester of paid leave or a summer salary.
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Campus & Community
‘Run toward life’
Harvard President Drew Faust on Tuesday drew on the example of the selfless responders to the Boston Marathon bombing, telling graduating seniors to “run toward” challenges, passions, and places where their help is needed.
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Campus & Community
Poetic justice, of a sort
Former Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse ’68 and poet August Kleinzahler apply personal touch to Phi Beta Kappa sendoff.
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Campus & Community
Three win Alpha Iota Prize for Excellence in Teaching
The PBK Literary Exercises focus on a poet and a speaker every year. But they also provide an occasion for naming honorary members and for awarding the Alpha Iota Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
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Campus & Community
Challenge met
MatriTarg Laboratories, a venture created by a team of Harvard fellows seeking new ways to diagnose and treat solid organ fibrosis, claimed the grand prize in the inaugural Deans’ Health and Life Sciences Challenge.
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Nation & World
Up from the ruins, slowly
Joyce Klein Rosenthal of the Graduate School of Design spoke to the Gazette about lessons from past disasters and possible first steps toward rebuilding following the devastation of last Monday’s massive tornado in Moore, Okla.
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Campus & Community
Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Breaking Boundaries, Creating Solutions | One Harvard
Innovation and Entrepreneurship harnesses interest in socially conscious business by allowing students to tap into Harvard Business School faculty and the ilab resources.
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Campus & Community
Leadership in Education: Re-Imagining Learning | One Harvard
The Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) degree was created as an interdisciplinary effort that offers students access to a wide range of Harvard courses and faculty.
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Campus & Community
Financial Aid: A University-Wide Commitment | One Harvard
A glance at Harvard’s University-wide commitment to financial aid, the foundation of Harvard’s effort to attract the most qualified students across the nation and around the world
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Campus & Community
Learning Through Collaboration: Mumbai Back Bay Studio | One Harvard
The Mumbai Back Bay Harbor project brings together faculty and students from multiple Schools at Harvard to integrate components of urban development.
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Campus & Community
Changing the Foundations of Science: Harvard Stem Cell Institute | One Harvard
In the nine years since its founding, The Harvard Stem Cell Institute has become the world leader in stem cell biology.
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Campus & Community
One Harvard
One Harvard is a compilation of stories that illustrate the powerful outcomes that result from multi-School collaborations across the University.
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Campus & Community
Hammonds to step down as dean in July
Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds announced today that she will step down as dean on July 1, choosing to return to teaching and research in the departments of the History of Science and African and African American Studies.
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Campus & Community
Giving back because of what Harvard gave them
Every year, more than 30,000 alumni give back in celebration of reunions, as volunteers, or through annual gifts, and they aren’t shy about sharing why.
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Campus & Community
He strikes a key balance
The teenage concert pianist Drew Petersen chose to attend Harvard Extension School to attain his bachelor’s because the flexibility of the program allowed him to continue pursuing his passion and his fulltime career in music.
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Health
Large-scale ethics
Dan W. Brock of Harvard Medical School on Wednesday delivered the 63rd George W. Gay Lecture in Medical Ethics at the School, focusing on population bioethics.
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Arts & Culture
Creative bursts from all corners
A daylong symposium at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study explored the notion of the creative “aha” moment across a range of fields and disciplines.
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Campus & Community
A landmark, that’s no lie
Pinocchio’s Pizza is a Harvard Square fixture for decades, serving as a late-night standby for generations of Harvard students.
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Campus & Community
Houston (Not Texas) | From My House to Our Harvard
Financial aid helps make the dream of attending Harvard a reality. From My House to Our Harvard | 2012 FAS Film
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Campus & Community
Nadia Farjood ’13: Ethos of Character
Nadia Farjood ’13, a current student in Currier House, is proud to attend Harvard—a university with a community of shared values.