Campus & Community
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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.
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Karel Frederik Liem, 73
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 Karel Frederik Liem was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.
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‘Goodnight, sweet prince’
New holiday film reimagines couple’s searing grief over death of young son, how it inspired creation of ‘Hamlet’
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On the sea or in the lab, Olivia Hogan-Lopez knows the value of perseverance
Senior is researching how PFAS chemicals impact humans and the environment
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How do you make a game-winning field goal?
It’s all in the preparation, Crimson kicker says. And don’t worry. Either way, you’re only as good (or bad) as your last kick.
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An animal obsession, singing gadget, and secret accessory
Psychology professor defies the cold with cuddly, hearty, cozy things
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Life and times of ‘the birth certificate of the U.S.’
First-years spend semester delving into 1770s texts, influences that shaped nation, its founding document