Campus & Community

Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust delivers her address during the the Afternoon Exercises of Harvard’s 362nd Commencement on May 30, 2013.

For Cesar Alvarez, the move from his small North Dakota village was a major one, but his Harvard experience has reinforced values he’s carried since childhood.

Jane Alexander, actor and arts advocate, will be awarded the Radcliffe Medal on Friday, Radcliffe Day 2013. The medal is given to individuals whose life and work have significantly and positively influenced society.

Selim Berker, an assistant professor of philosophy, and Joshua Greene, the John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences, are this year’s winners of the Roslyn Abramson Award, given annually to assistant or associate professors for excellence in undergraduate teaching.

Five faculty members have been awarded Harvard College Professorships: Joseph D. Harris, Steven R. Levitsky, Michael Puett, Jennifer L. Roberts, and Maryellen Ruvolo. The Harvard College Professorships are five-year appointments. They provide faculty with extra support for research or scholarly activities and a semester of paid leave or a summer salary.

Harvard President Drew Faust on Tuesday drew on the example of the selfless responders to the Boston Marathon bombing, telling graduating seniors to “run toward” challenges, passions, and places where their help is needed.

Former Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse ’68 and poet August Kleinzahler apply personal touch to Phi Beta Kappa sendoff.

The PBK Literary Exercises focus on a poet and a speaker every year. But they also provide an occasion for naming honorary members and for awarding the Alpha Iota Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

MatriTarg Laboratories, a venture created by a team of Harvard fellows seeking new ways to diagnose and treat solid organ fibrosis, claimed the grand prize in the inaugural Deans’ Health and Life Sciences Challenge.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship harnesses interest in socially conscious business by allowing students to tap into Harvard Business School faculty and the ilab resources.

The Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) degree was created as an interdisciplinary effort that offers students access to a wide range of Harvard courses and faculty.

A glance at Harvard’s University-wide commitment to financial aid, the foundation of Harvard’s effort to attract the most qualified students across the nation and around the world

The Mumbai Back Bay Harbor project brings together faculty and students from multiple Schools at Harvard to integrate components of urban development.

In the nine years since its founding, The Harvard Stem Cell Institute has become the world leader in stem cell biology.

One Harvard is a compilation of stories that illustrate the powerful outcomes that result from multi-School collaborations across the University.

Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds announced today that she will step down as dean on July 1, choosing to return to teaching and research in the departments of the History of Science and African and African American Studies.

Every year, more than 30,000 alumni give back in celebration of reunions, as volunteers, or through annual gifts, and they aren’t shy about sharing why.

The teenage concert pianist Drew Petersen chose to attend Harvard Extension School to attain his bachelor’s because the flexibility of the program allowed him to continue pursuing his passion and his fulltime career in music.

Pinocchio’s Pizza is a Harvard Square fixture for decades, serving as a late-night standby for generations of Harvard students.

Financial aid helps make the dream of attending Harvard a reality. From My House to Our Harvard | 2012 FAS Film

Nadia Farjood ’13, a current student in Currier House, is proud to attend Harvard—a university with a community of shared values.

Houses are at the heart of a Harvard College education. From My House to Our Harvard | 2012 FAS Film

At Harvard, homework assignments can save lives. From My House to Our Harvard | 2012 FAS Film

Harvard is distinct for more reasons than you can count. From My House to Our Harvard | 2012 FAS Film

Harvard faculty encourage creative learning by helping students develop one-of-a-kind courses and concentrations. From My House to Our Harvard | 2012 FAS Film

Harvard students turn little ideas into big solutions every day. From My House to Our Harvard | 2012 FAS Film

Harvard’s student-athletes represent excellence, on and off the field. From My House to Our Harvard | 2012 FAS Film

Maia Fedyszyn, who is receiving a master’s of science in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health, has a passion for health policy to improve the lot of everyday people.

Lena Awwad ’13, the co-author of the influential op-ed “Israel vs. No. 2 Pencils,” was honored with the 2013 Women’s Leadership Award, while Nadia Farjood ’13 won an honorable mention. GSE Dean Kathleen McCartney was also presented with the 2013 Women’s Professional Achievement Award.

Harvard University announced today the selection of a mutual fund through which it will invest its new social choice fund.