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  • Campus & Community

    James Houghton: ‘I had the best time in the world’

    James Houghton, senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation, is stepping down from his post at the end of June. He reflected on his long Harvard association during an interview.

  • Campus & Community

    Alfred Pope

    Alfred Pope, professor of neuropathology emeritus at Harvard Medical School and senior neuropathologist at McLean Hospital, died on Feb. 13, 2009, at Fox Hill Village in Westwood, Mass., at the age of 94. Pope, one of the world’s most eminent neuropathologists, served at McLean for more than six decades.

  • Health

    The art of science

    Susan Mango, professor of molecular and cellular biology and MacArthur award winner, brings her unorthodox approach to research.

  • Campus & Community

    Raymond D. Adams

    Raymond Delacy Adams, Bullard Professor of Neuropathology emeritus at Harvard Medical School, died at Brigham and Women’s Hospital on Oct. 18, 2008, at the age of 97. Adams was considered by his peers to be one of the pre-eminent neurologists of the 20th century.

  • Arts & Culture

    Looking for his big break

    Graduating senior Derek Mueller spent a lot of time being theatrical with Harvard’s Hasty Pudding troupe, and is now heading to Los Angeles and the entertainment world.

  • Campus & Community

    Harvard Rituals: Class Day

    CNN international correspondent Christiane Amanpour addresses graduating seniors during Class Day ceremonies the day before Commencement.

  • Campus & Community

    Faust emphasizes public service

    Concluding a year of expanded volunteer efforts at Harvard, president announces new fellowships that will allow students to do well by doing good.

  • Campus & Community

    Daily battle to improve health

    Harvard School of Public Health student Lyle Ignace hopes to use his experience as an American Indian physician and his new understanding of public health systems to make a difference in the Native American community.

  • Campus & Community

    ‘Remarkable teachers’

    Historian Maya Jasanoff and chemist Tobias Ritter are this year’s winners of the Roslyn Abramson Award, given annually to assistant or associate professors for excellence in undergraduate teaching.

  • Campus & Community

    Fighting modern slave trade

    Katherine Chon found her passion in opposing human trafficking worldwide, and her Kennedy School degree will provide new strategies for doing so.

  • Campus & Community

    Other notable 1950 graduates

    In the 60th Anniversary Report for the Class of 1950, where alumni update classmates on the happenings in their lives, a look at some other graduates of note.

  • Nation & World

    Creating worldwide change

    A Harvard Kennedy School degree program celebrates a decade of graduates who are having a major impact on international development.

  • Campus & Community

    Harvey Goldman

    Harvey Goldman, professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division of Health Sciences and Technology, died on April 6, 2009, from complications of a hematologic disorder. Goldman was not only a master educator, but also an outstanding surgical pathologist and investigator in the field of gastrointestinal pathology.

  • Campus & Community

    Sparking a passion

    Four years ago, Melissa Tran ’10 didn’t want to leave California. Then she came to Harvard and found out what the world has to offer … and what she has to offer the world.

  • Campus & Community

    Harvard Theatre Collection Curator Fredric Woodbridge Wilson dies at 62

    Harvard Theatre Collection Curator Fredric Woodbridge Wilson died May 15 of pancreatic cancer.

  • Campus & Community

    Daniel Tosteson

    Daniel Charles Tosteson, former dean of the Harvard Faculty of Medicine and Caroline Shields Walker Distinguished Professor of Cell Biology, died on May 27, 2009, at the age of 84 after a long and courageous struggle with Parkinson’s disease. His 20-year leadership of the Harvard Medical Faculty was marked by innovation, change, and renewal. His…

  • Health

    In praise of unwanted termites

    The star of Africa’s savanna ecosystems may be the lowly insect. Its regularly spaced mounds prove a key to maintaining ecological function in the area.

  • Campus & Community

    Renaissance man

    A veteran Italian-American chef, Rosario Del Nero rediscovers the joys of learning at the Extension School, and wins an academic prize.

  • Campus & Community

    Around the Schools: Harvard Art Museum

    In 1962, American artist Mark Rothko painted five murals to display in a penthouse dining room in the then-new Holyoke Center on Mt. Auburn Street.

  • Campus & Community

    Two receive V.M. Setchkarev Memorial Prizes

    The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures recently awarded two V.M. Setchkarev Memorial Prizes of $500 at its spring reception this month (May).

  • Campus & Community

    From Ivy to military

    ROTC commissioning ceremony honors students for their “honor, courage, respect, and selfless service.”

  • Nation & World

    Harvard continues Yellow Ribbon Program

    Harvard President Drew Faust has renewed the University’s partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to assist eligible veterans in meeting the costs of their education through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

  • Campus & Community

    Baccalaureate service 2010

    In her Baccalaureate Address, Harvard President Drew Faust encouraged seniors to embrace having unscripted lives.

  • Health

    Detailed metabolic profile gives “chemical snapshot” of the effects of exercise

    Using a system that analyzes blood samples with unprecedented detail, a team led by Harvard Medical School (HMS) researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has developed the first “chemical snapshot”…

  • Campus & Community

    Take your passport and go, Amanpour says

    International TV correspondent Christiane Amanpour urged Harvard College’s Class of 2010 to take time to work overseas, as she addressed Class Day ceremonies on May 26.

  • Campus & Community

    Commence wonderment

    Harvard’s foundation is built on years of traditions and Commencement offers a collection of the some of the most intriguing. Here’s the back story on today’s events.

  • Campus & Community

    Embracing the unscripted life

    In her Baccalaureate Address, Harvard President Drew Faust encouraged seniors to embrace having unscripted lives.

  • Campus & Community

    Intellect, rigor, tradition

    The Literary Exercises, Harvard’s Phi Beta Kappa tradition, honor 72 seniors for their achievements.

  • Campus & Community

    Phi Beta Kappa elects 99

    Ninety-nine seniors from the Class of 2010 were recently elected to the Harvard College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK), Alpha Iota of Massachusetts, in the senior final election on May 11.

  • Campus & Community

    Fostering a dream

    Kim Snodgrass’ childhood included 10 foster homes in six years. Today she walks away from the Graduate School of Education with a master’s, pointed toward a program that will help other foster children to thrive.