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Campus & Community
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SEAL, doctor, astronaut, Harvard Alumni Day speaker
Jonny Kim will address Harvard’s global alumni community
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Ruth J. Simmons to receive Radcliffe Medal
Recognized for her many roles upholding and advancing foundational ideals of higher education
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You know the author. Meet the typist.
Exhibit celebrates women who labored behind the scenes of masterworks
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Karin Öberg named senior vice provost for faculty
Distinguished astrochemist will shift to University-wide role overseeing faculty affairs and development
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Atlas Hotel opens at the Enterprise Research Campus
Art, food, views help give Allston space local flavor
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Like seeing art of Roman chapels in technicolor for first time
Students create relief sculptures in stucco using centuries-old methods to gain deeper insight into how, why artists made choices
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Conan O’Brien ’85 named Commencement speaker
Comedy legend who once led Lampoon will deliver principal address on May 28
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Singer to step down as senior vice provost for faculty
Education scholar lauded for achievements in overseeing, leading changes in faculty development, support for academics since 2008
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Thomas Noel Bisson, 94
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Wonder served him well
Curiosity ignited Alan Garber’s sense of purpose. Classmates, mentors, and patients helped deepen it.
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Tracing Harvard’s ties to slavery: Recovering names and histories
Researchers delve into probate records, tax lists, and estate inventories to identify enslaved people
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Ballot order set for Overseer and HAA director elections
Candidates finalized ahead of spring voting period
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Kicking back with Rose Byrne
Australian actress feted, roasted as Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
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What’s the greatest love song of all time?
Faculty and administrators tell you theirs
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Of different faiths, but connected by belief
Community members gather to explore identity, spiritual experience at first ‘Across This Table’ interfaith dinner
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Batman returns — to accept his Pudding Pot
Michael Keaton feted as Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year, 30 years after first invite
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Funding innovative approaches to belonging
Supported by grants from the Culture Lab, four projects aim to strengthen belonging through listening, discussion, art, and representation
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Class of 2001 elects Alejandra Casillas as chief marshal of alumni
Physician and health equity leader to serve in time-honored role
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A second shot at Olympic glory
Battle-tested current, former students return to Winter Games
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Journey on ice and water
Former figure skating star Caitlyn Kukulowicz still hits the triple lutz but has found new place at boathouse
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Carter Joel Eckert, 79
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Nikolaas Johannes Van Der Merwe, 85
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Alumni rally to support next generation of researchers
FAS launches match to secure $100M for Ph.D.s
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Michael Keaton and Rose Byrne named Hasty’s Man and Woman of the Year
Actors to be honored with celebratory roasts and Pudding Pots
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Michael McElroy, pioneering atmospheric scientist, dies at 86
Helped build foundation of climate and environmental studies at Harvard
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Gathering medieval French prayerbook, Kabuki in America, Sylvia Plath’s thoughts
New Houghton exhibits highlights breadth of new acquisitions — and of library’s collection
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Harvard University Housing establishes new rents for 2026–2027
Rental rates remain flat for current HUH tenants who extend lease
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Alumni committee names candidates for Harvard board elections
Voting for Board of Overseers and HAA elected directors begins April 1
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‘Talent can be a great hindrance … It’s really about endurance’
MacArthur-winning poet, novelist Ocean Vuong offers advice to young writers at Eliot Memorial Reading
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Digging for old Harvard
Archaeology Project members get their hands dirty exploring lives of earlier students
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New institute to strengthen fundamental physics research, collaboration
Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics made possible by $20 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation
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Building interfaith community
New initiative draws students seeking connection across difference
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Garber to lead Harvard beyond 2026-27 academic year
‘Our progress has made me prouder than ever to be part of the University — and determined to see us through this uniquely challenging period in our long history.’
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5 from Harvard named Marshall Scholars
Awards for 4 students, 1 alumna — more than any other institution — support graduate studies in the United Kingdom
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‘Our students are seeking not just to coexist, but to understand’
8 projects win Building Bridges grants to spark constructive dialogue on campus
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Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, 84
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Dec. 2, 2025, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Roy Parviz Mottahedeh was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.
