Campus & Community

President emerita invokes spirit of Emerson, pushes back against recent criticisms

‘Democracy dies quickly,’ warns Nobel laureate ahead of Commencement, where she hopes to find students committed to protecting it

Garber praises graduates’ resilience, urges them to maintain and cherish lasting bonds

Six others join Alumni Association board

Moitri Chowdhury Savard committed to listening deeply, respecting differences, finding common ground in shared values

Student Commencement speeches to tap into themes faced by Class of 2024

Longtime supporter of grads Kathy Hanley caps 13-year quest with a Commencement of her own

Class of ’24 gets a do-over on high school prom that pandemic took away

Three major events, including Psychedelics Bootcamp 2024, to be hosted over summer

Experiences in Uganda and U.S. fuel Ananda Birungi’s passion for empowering others, especially women and girls

Extension School allowed trapeze artist Izzy Patrowicz to pursue big-top dreams alongside bachelor’s degree

More of a ‘slide and a pivot’ than a rollback, Merhill says of rules set to take effect Aug. 1

Series of life-threatening medical problems changed Saif Kamal — but not his desire to pursue opportunity, help others do so too

Priyanka Pillai wants to take on big problems — and has learned how good design can help

Julia Tellides explored shifts, upheavals of Thessaloniki between two wars 

Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Harvard Allston Partnership Fund awards grants to 26 Allston-Brighton nonprofits

Choosing Harvard took LyLena Estabine down an uncertain path. The former student co-president has no regrets.

Ivan Specht decided to employ his love of math during pandemic, which led to contact-tracing app, papers, future path

Model and musician Kazuma Mitchell managed to (mostly) avoid the spotlight while at Harvard

For Maya Counter ’24, honoring a notable Black educator, and setting right a historical wrong

Scholars recognized for sharing with students ‘particular joy of academic inquiry’

She worked for Pfizer in Turkey; he was neurosurgery resident in Canada. And graduation and wedding are not far off.

Nicholas Gonzalez was a child star who felt curiously at home in front of a jury box

Startup founders inspire global audience at 2024 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge Awards ceremony

Sam Altman, CEO of firm that developed app, says ethics do matter, but they need to be rethought (and AI isn’t going away)

Beyond her passion for her work, they say, she was creative and engaged teacher, thoughtful adviser and mentor, trusted friend

Neuroscientist inspired by ‘great challenge’ of leading life, physical sciences division in era of rapidly growing knowledge

Soon-to-be Med School grad’s family struggled in U.S. after fleeing war-torn Central America. He hasn’t forgotten.

Pulitzer Prize winner delivers keynote at Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative’s 2024 Symposium