Campus & Community
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‘Truth is rarely found in echo chambers’
Faculty, staff, and students explore what it takes to connect across difference at Community and Campus Life forum
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Two new Corporation members
Sylvia Mathews Burwell and Michael S. Chae to join governing board
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‘Best college tradition anywhere’
Smurf-blue hair, chain-mail suits, vuvuzelas, and bagpipes abound as students flood Yard for annual raucous rite of Housing Day
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‘OK, I get it. This makes sense.’
Grade-inflation panel says updated plan focuses on reining in A’s, restoring integrity of system, freeing students to follow curiosity
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A community-sized Seder plate
Through sculpture’s 6 stories, Hillel seeks to portray ‘a bigger picture of what it means to be Jewish’
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SEAL, doctor, astronaut, Harvard Alumni Day speaker
Jonny Kim will address Harvard’s global alumni community
Part of the Commencement 2026 series
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Vigil marks anniversary of Oct. 7 attack
Gathering also calls for release of hostages
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What’s next after a Nobel? It’s a surprise.
Harvard scientist Gary Ruvkun awarded medicine prize for microRNA insights. ‘My ignorance is bliss,’ he says.
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Acknowledging achievements, offering optimism
‘Harvard Extension School degree candidates put challenging academics at the center, not the margins, of their lives.’
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A blueprint for better conversations
After months of listening and learning, open inquiry co-chairs detail working group’s recommendations
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Celebrating 25th anniversary of Radcliffe Institute
Three Harvard presidents, two Nobel laureates gather to mark ‘unique legacy and remarkable impact’
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Scruggs describes ‘super surreal moment’ when she made Olympics history
Harvard fencer reflects on path to silver and gold — including facing a childhood idol — and what keeps her balanced, focused
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Why are you so offended?
It’s about status, not hurt feelings, philosopher argues
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Goodheart to step down as University secretary in May
Will continue to advise Garber and other campus leaders
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A snapshot of belonging at Harvard
University launches Pulse survey
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How to make social media, online life less of ‘dumpster fire’
A panel led by Berkman Klein Faculty Director Jonathan Zittrain discusses the mess of social networks and how to fix it.
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Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative announces advisory council and memorial co-chairs
University looks to build on initial steps to engage community, develop enduring partnerships
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Unfolding the academic year
Students sample classes across campus, offering them a taste of what lies ahead
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Harvard releases race data for Class of 2028
Cohort is first to be impacted by Supreme Court’s admissions ruling
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Dusting off a microscopic portion of Harvard’s Glass Flowers collection
New release shows minute details of lives of spore-forming plants and fungi
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‘Find yourself a teacher. Win yourself a friend’
Garber says key to greater unity is to learn from one another, make all feel part of community at Morning Prayers talk
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How to make the most of your first year at Harvard
Shop classes, avoid echo chambers, embrace the Red Line — and other faculty tips for new students
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Welcome, Class of 2028. Don’t get too comfortable.
Garber to students at Convocation: ‘You will learn more from difficult moments of tension than from easy moments of understanding.’
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Her gift launched four centuries of Harvard financial aid
As a woman, Anne Radcliffe wouldn’t have been able to attend the University when she donated its first scholarship in 1643
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On move-in day, hugs, sweat, and tears
With help from family, first-years make themselves at home
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His country restricted music. Suddenly he was a target.
Between Taliban regimes, Scholar at Risk gained stardom singing on Afghan TV show
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Harvard is up to the challenge, Garber says
‘This is not a time that calls for complacency. This is not a time that calls for standing still.’
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Hey Quantum, you’re home
David E. and Stacey L. Goel Quantum Science and Engineering Building opens
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John Manning named next provost
His seven-year tenure as Law School dean noted for commitments to academic excellence, innovation, collaboration, and culture of free, open, and respectful discourse
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How a few Facebook posts brought heat on Ugandan professor
Sylvester Danson Kahyana, Congo activist Amani Matabaro Tom finish terms as Scholars at Risk
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How they spent their summer vacations
A look at five projects, including a hunt for stolen coins, tracing history of long closed, Jim Crow-era beach in New Orleans
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Garber to serve as president through 2026-27 academic year
Search for successor will launch in 2026
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Time to send in Goldin
Nobel laureate lefty gets nod from Sox to throw out first pitch
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Why would a busy professor take time to reread a book?
They wade through stacks each year. But here are some that draw them back.
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An Olympics first
First-year fencer makes history as member of all-Harvard squad in Paris
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University Disability Resources celebrates Disability Pride
Investments and realignment of resources creates greater access for Harvard community members