Campus & Community

A Harvard program that welcomes high school interns to learn science in the lab often sets them on new academic and career paths.

The Office for the Arts’ 15,010-square-foot ceramics studio was dedicated on Wednesday, with Harvard President Drew Faust addressing a large crowd at the Allston facility.

On Feb. 26 the members of the Faculty Council approved a proposal to change the name of the undergraduate concentration organismic and evolutionary biology to integrative biology. They also heard a report from the Committee to Study the Faculty Council Election Procedures and a presentation on the University’s financial context.

Harvard Law School Professor David Barron chaired a task force charged with developing recommendations concerning Harvard’s policies and protocols on the privacy of, and access to, electronic communications. Barron discussed the recommendations, released this week, with the Harvard Gazette.

Transgender actress Laverne Cox visited campus to discuss her breakout role on the acclaimed Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black.”

The Harvard Theatre Collection is among the oldest and largest of its kind in the world. Within the climate-controlled subterranean reaches of Houghton Library are shelves, drawers, and boxes full of theater, dance, movie, and music items.

David Otunga, who addressed the HLS Committee on Sports and Entertainment Law, bills himself as unique — the only Harvard lawyer, movie star, professional wrestler, reality star, bodybuilder, and TV personality in the world. He also brought some very sage advice on Friday.

Despite 18 points from senior captain Christine Clark, Harvard women’s basketball (17-6, 7-2) had a 21-game home winning streak halted against Penn, 63-50, Friday night at Lavietes Pavilion.

Interim College Dean Donald H. Pfister touched base with students on a Harvard shuttle bus this week.

Harvard University announced today that alumnus Kenneth Griffin, A.B. ’89, founder and chief executive officer of Citadel, has made the largest gift in Harvard College history. The $150 million gift is principally focused on supporting Harvard’s financial aid program.

Hundreds of Cambridge sixth-graders swarmed the Harvard Museum of Natural History for a look at prehistoric New England.

Laverne Cox, who stars as Sophia Burset, the imprisoned African-American, transgender woman in the critically acclaimed Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,” will discuss her life and career with Harvard students on Feb. 24 at Farkas Hall.

Under the cover of darkness, Harvard’s campus is transformed. Shadows cast by lamplight and moonlight create a Hitchcockian atmosphere when rendered in black and white, like these photographs taken over…

On Feb. 5 the members of the Faculty Council met in camera to discuss three student disciplinary cases.

On Feb. 12 the members of the Faculty Council met with the president to ask and answer questions as representatives of the faculty and heard a proposal from the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology.

Losses mourned at Memorial Church vigil.

LL Cool J, recording artist, actor, author, and philanthropist, has been named the 2014 Harvard University Artist of the Year.

The Harvard Alumni Association and HarvardX are launching an experimental online learning and engagement site for University alumni.

In response to recent tragedies, the Harvard Chaplains Office will hold a “Vigil of Prayer and Remembrance” on Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Church.

Harvard students from across the University celebrated “One Harvard” at the fourth annual masquerade ball.

Kenneth I. Chenault, J.D.’76, and Karen Gordon Mills, A.B. ’75, M.B.A. ’77, have been elected to become members of the Harvard Corporation, the University announced today.

Actor Neil Patrick Harris comes to Harvard as Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year.

Harvard is marking the 10th anniversary of a revolutionary financial aid program that eliminates the cost of the College for those in need, and reduces it for struggling middle-class families.

The Outdoor Church, a group founded by Harvard Divinity School graduates, and supported by current HDS students, ministers to the homeless every week during an open-air service.

For 10 days in January, near the end of Winter break but just before classes resumed, students across Harvard took advantage of a wide array of programming that ranged from artistic and creative pursuits to career and professional development opportunities, recreational activities, and practical skills development.

Capping his lauded Harvard lectureship, “Hidden in Plain View: Meanings in American Music,” musician Wynton Marsalis visited the Phillips Brooks House for an intimate conversation about his hometown of New Orleans.

Applications to Harvard have remained near record highs for the fourth year in a row. This year, 34,295 sought admission to the Class of 2018.

Students at Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School host the first University-wide conference on LGBTQ issues.

The proposed 2014–2015 market rents will increase on average 5 percent relative to last year, across the 3,000-unit Harvard University Housing portfolio. Most current Harvard University Housing tenants who choose to extend their lease for another year will receive either a 4 percent increase or will be charged the new market rent for their apartment, whichever rent is lower.

Harvard Kennedy School students embrace January courses, describing them as intense and a “much more immersive, engaging experience.”