The Harvard Gazette

Campus & Community

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Psalm Sunday over Zoom.

Blessings from afar

Harvard’s faith communities honor Easter and Passover — from a distance

DateApril 8, 2020April 9, 2020

Woman working in lab.

‘The world changed, so we changed with it’

Wyss Institute members self-assemble to take on COVID-19

DateApril 8, 2020April 9, 2020

All twelve House mascots are pictured in costume striking a pose.

Harbingers of Housing Day

A Who's Who of the Big 12 — mascots, that is

DateApril 8, 2020April 9, 2020

Multiple monitors.

Turning Harvard virtual

How the information technology staff moved classes and operations online on a tight, coronavirus-threatened deadline

DateApril 8, 2020April 9, 2020

Student walking with Remy the cat.

The way we live now

One College student adjusts to life on a deserted campus and another to being unexpectedly home a continent away

DateApril 7, 2020April 8, 2020

Harvard University

Harvard and MIT donate $500,000 to Cambridge

Will support creation of city’s temporary emergency shelter

DateApril 7, 2020April 7, 2020

Adele Fleet Bacow and President Larry Bacow.

‘I thought: This is going to be interesting’

President Bacow, now recovered, shares own experience having COVID-19

DateApril 6, 2020April 6, 2020

Family Van medical clinic.

Mobile clinics finding their place in pandemic

Harvard’s Family Van takes pulse on best ways to use these untapped resources

DateApril 3, 2020

Jonathan Savilonis and sons Julius and Lysander with their LEGO model of Harvard's Music Building.

Notes from the new normal

Bits of the socially distanced lives of staff and faculty, from a LEGO model of the Music Building to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as Henry V to cereal for dinner — in the shower

DateApril 2, 2020April 3, 2020

Empty classroom at Harvard Law School.

Zooming through the grad Schools

Though they vary in their missions, they report few serious problems and some pleasant surprises in the move to online learning

DateApril 2, 2020April 3, 2020

Harvard Square Hotel.

University community rallies to deal with COVID-19 crisis

Administrators, professors detail many and varied ways Harvard is trying to help, including offering use of hotel by Cambridge first-responders, health care workers

DateApril 1, 2020April 2, 2020

Maria Luisa Parra-Velasco teaching class pre-COVID-19.

For professors who have taught at Extension School, Zoom is an old friend

Division of Continuing Education’s expertise in online learning has helped to lift College’s transition efforts

DateMarch 30, 2020March 31, 2020

University from across the river.

College adopts grading policy changes for spring term

Temporary shift maintains educational mission while adapting to pandemic challenges

DateMarch 30, 2020March 30, 2020

Empty Yard at Harvard.

Harvard to guarantee workers’ pay, benefits amid coronavirus disruptions

Changes to human resources policies to run through May 28

DateMarch 27, 2020March 30, 2020

Art class with students in Zoom screen.

Early responses indicate shift to online classes going well overall

Some running into minor hitches, but others finding surprising benefits

DateMarch 26, 2020March 26, 2020

People on a Zoom screen.

From envelopes to emails

Virtual Match Day captures joy, purpose for HMS 2020 graduates

DateMarch 25, 2020

Illustration of someone teaching online.

How the Socratic method translates online

Law School professor makes a case for Zoom

DateMarch 24, 2020March 26, 2020

Woman meditating.

Bringing (virtual) normalcy to the community

Efforts across the University aim to reassure, entertain, connect

DateMarch 23, 2020March 26, 2020

Tom Hollister.

A recession playbook

Thomas Hollister details the planning the University had already done for the eventuality of a downturn

DateMarch 23, 2020March 24, 2020

Match Day 2019 at Harvard Medical School.

At graduate Schools, reinvention on the fly

Staff, faculty, and students have to adapt to meet demands of coronavirus pandemic

DateMarch 20, 2020March 23, 2020

Empty lab.

Scaled-down labs felt ‘this special responsibility’

Harvard scientists put research on hold for safety, saw chance to help hospitals with precious gear

DateMarch 19, 2020March 20, 2020

Student staring out over the Charles River.

It was a week like no other

Students mark their departures with nostalgia

DateMarch 19, 2020April 2, 2020

John Harvard Statue with mask on.

An update of changes on campus as pandemic spreads

Libraries, rec centers, museums closing; shifts for housing, financial aid

DateMarch 17, 2020March 18, 2020

Two students with suitcases.

Homeward bound

Medical School academic, research community responds to COVID-19 pandemic

DateMarch 17, 2020March 18, 2020

Staff member cleaning room.

House staff and volunteers roll up sleeves

It’s all hands on deck to help students arrange travel, ship and store their stuff, and depart campus

DateMarch 16, 2020March 17, 2020

Student looking at flights.

What new U.S. travel rules mean for foreign students, scholars

Mark Elliott and Martha Gladue reflect on efforts to support global community

DateMarch 13, 2020March 16, 2020

American Repertory Theater.

The show must stop

American Repertory Theater cancels upcoming events

DateMarch 13, 2020March 13, 2020

A photo of several Chinese men.

Diversifying Schlesinger’s records

Library continues to broaden its collections

DateMarch 13, 2020March 13, 2020

Cleaning a shuttle bus.

Managing the coronavirus exodus from campus

Campus Services VP Meredith Weenick on Harvard’s work to prevent the spread of disease and help students move out on a tight timeline

DateMarch 12, 2020March 13, 2020

Tajrean Rahman, Hannah Thurlby, and Victor Qin.

‘Unsteady,’ ‘lucky,’ and ‘overwhelmed’

Students reflect on the shift to online classes and unplanned move home

DateMarch 12, 2020March 13, 2020

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