Campus & Community
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A space for researchers to meet, and AI and natural intelligence to do the same
The new Kemper Institute buzzes with new code, arrows, numbers, ideas
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A fresh take on must-see TV
Isabella Madrigal has a vision: storytelling that’s compelling, inspires better, more equitable world
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Sean Kelly named dean of Arts & Humanities
Distinguished scholar of philosophy calls work of division ‘the soul of higher education’
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Overseers announce senior officers for 2024-25
Vivian Hunt and Tyler Jacks to assume leadership roles after Commencement
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When your soulmate’s a classmate
Husband and wife — both pursuing master’s degrees at Harvard — merge love for education to help students in India
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From scissors, PFAS everywhere to effects of standardized tests, incarcerated moms
Harvard Horizons Symposium highlights stunning, impactful research of grad students
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Embracing the arts
The 20th anniversary of Harvard’s Arts First festival, presented by the Office for the Arts at Harvard and the Office of Governing Boards, featured 100 music, dance, theater, and multimedia events in a dozen venues.
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A heroic return
After a three-year hiatus, the Harvard Heroes Recognition Program — which celebrates Harvard staff members who make extraordinary contributions “above and beyond” — will return in a ceremony June 5.
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Exemplary women
Faculty, students, and staff gathered at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on April 26 to honor Emmy Award-winning producer Rebecca Eaton and Harvard undergraduate Naseemah Mohamed ’12, the recipients of the 2012 Women’s Leadership Awards.
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Meserve, Fisher to lead Overseers
Richard A. Meserve, J.D. ’75, has been elected president of Harvard’s Board of Overseers for 2012-13 and Lucy Fisher ’71 will become vice chair of the board’s executive committee.
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Preacher, scholar, friend
Jonathan Walton, a professor of religion and society specializing in the effects of media and technology on religion, is looking forward to his new role as Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church.
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Sharing a passion for science
Harvard scientists are participating in the Cambridge Science Festival, 10 days of events where experts in technology, engineering, and math share research with the public.
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Counter named Living Legend
Professor S. Allen Counter will receive the Museum of African American History’s 2012 Living Legends Award alongside Massachusetts First Lady Diane B. Patrick and baseballer Jim Rice.
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Seeing again, for the first time
Mahzarin Banaji delivered the final Diversity Dialogue of the year titled “Blindspot: The Hidden Biases of Good People.”
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Junior named Truman Scholar
Katherine Warren ’13 has been named a Truman Scholar for the state of Washington.
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Faculty Council meeting held April 25
At the April 25 meeting of the Faculty Council, its members approved the Harvard Extension School courses for 2012-13 and Courses of Instruction for 2012-13. They also heard a review of the Ph.D. program in biostatistics and updates on College Standing Committees.
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Seamus Heaney, set to music
Nobel Laureate and onetime Harvard professor Seamus Heaney will reprise a 1986 poem at Commencement this year, celebrating Harvard in its 375th year – and inspiring a new a cappela work by Richard Beaudoin.
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Funding opportunity
The Phillips Brooks House Association’s ninth annual Summer Urban Program auction raised funds to run 12 summer day camps for low-income children and teens from the Greater Boston area.
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Walton named Memorial Church minister
Harvard President Drew Faust announced on April 25 the appointment of Jonathan L. Walton as Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, succeeding the late Rev. Peter J. Gomes.
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Welcoming service
Rising sophomores are connecting with each other, their new House, and the community this spring through Harvard College Serves (HCS). Launched this year by the College Events Board, HCS joins incoming freshmen with House public service student representatives and public service tutors for volunteer projects at area nonprofits.
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Harvard’s 361st Commencement
Important information for Harvard’s 361st Commencement, to be held on May 24.
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Memorial for Paul Doty
A memorial service celebrating the life of Mallinckrodt Professor of Biochemistry Emeritus Paul Doty will be held on May 4 at 3 p.m. in the Memorial Church.
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14 elected to American Academy
Fourteen faculty members from Harvard have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Soccer for a cause
The Harvard men’s soccer team took on the Haiti National Team in a match to benefit the Haitian Football Federation and Partners In Health April 22 at Harvard Stadium.
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Law School dedicates new building
University leaders, donors, alumni, professors past and present, representatives from the city of Cambridge, and members of the architectural firm Robert A.M. Stern Architects participated in the dedication of Harvard Law School’s Wasserstein Hall, Caspersen Student Center, Clinical Wing Building on April 20.
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A night of fun, fellowship — and math
More than 150 students and family members participated in Family Math Night at the Gardner Pilot Academy. The academy had support from the Harvard Achievement Support Initiative.
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Ragon study is honored
A study by researchers at the Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard is among those chosen to receive Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards from the Clinical Research Foundation.
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OFA awards undergrad art prizes
The Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA) and the Council on the Arts at Harvard, a standing committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, announced the recipients of the annual undergraduate arts prizes for 2012.
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Renewing a hub of Harvard
It has played host to farmers markets, seen musical performances, and been the site of a skating rink. Now, the plaza outside Harvard’s Science Center is about to be refurbished, with the goal of transforming it from a pedestrian walkway into a vibrant meeting space for Harvard student, faculty, and staff events, and the surrounding community.
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Treasures hiding in plain sight
A program at Widener Library rescues vulnerable holdings from its 65 miles of shelves by linking alert students with Harvard authorities on conservation and digitization.
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In the spirit of the law
A new complex at Harvard Law School is designed to pull its offshoots together, while promoting collaboration and interaction. Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Elena Kagan will be on hand to dedicate the new building on April 20.
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Harvard’s long-ago student risings
A century of occasional unrest at American colleges reflected a time of unbridled liberty and questionable self-discipline.
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The story of the girl with pink sneakers
A budding reporter learns to combine her appreciation of science with the joys of storytelling.
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At Herbaria, a new career blossoms
Museum exhibition designer Danielle Hanrahan always loved art and nature. A late-in-life career move to the Harvard Herbaria allowed her a chance to explore the latter.
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A look inside: Eliot House
At Eliot House, the river House named for Harvard’s longest-serving president, crew is king.
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Harvard staffers, faculty raise $11,700
Red Sox-themed fundraiser nets $11,700 for the Jimmy Fund.