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  • Making melodic mariachi music

    In embracing a new form and playing in Harvard’s Mexican-inspired band, a student relearned the joy of playing the trumpet.

  • At long last, literary success

    Peter Brown gave up the vagabond life of a poet for a family and a stable IT career in the Harvard Economics Department. Twenty years later, his dark fiction found unexpected success.

  • In the swim of things

    The men’s and women’s teams teach lessons to the community in the spring and fall to help fund their training trips in winter.

  • High honor for Bhabha

    Harvard literary scholar Homi K. Bhabha was honored by the Republic of India for his work in education and literature at a ceremony in New Delhi on April 4.

  • April 20 memorial to honor Jewett

    A memorial service celebrating the life of L. Fred Jewett ’57, M.B.A. ’60, former dean of Harvard College and a longtime University administrator, will be held in the Memorial Church on April 20.

  • Love beyond words

    Anne Fadiman, a Harvard Overseer and author of “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down,” explored the many varieties of book lover with a Cambridge Public Library audience on April 1.

  • Embracing spring

    Harvard undergraduates gleefully covered one another in bright colors on in observance of Holi, the Hindu celebration of spring.

  • HBS faculty win big

    Three members of the Harvard Business School faculty have won awards in the 2012 ecch Case Awards Competition.

  • Haitian National Soccer Team vs. Harvard

    The Haitian National Soccer Team will take on the Harvard Crimson on April 22 for the second annual Haiti Leve (Haiti Rises) match at Harvard Stadium.



 Proceeds from this exhibition game will benefit Partners In Health’s work in Haiti.

  • Harvard student Kelsey Beck is Miss Boston 2012

    Kelsey Beck ’14, was recently named Miss Boston and will be competing for the Miss Massachusetts title in late June.

  • Pinker explains ‘The Long Peace’

    As part of the John Harvard Book Celebration, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker brought the findings from his latest book, “The Better Angels of Our Nature,” to the Allston community, presenting his findings on how the world is growing less violent.

  • New chapter in student life

    Harvard administrators, faculty, and students converged on Boylston Hall March 27 for the much-anticipated opening of the new Office of BGLTQ Student Life. The reception in the BGLTQ lounge and ceremony in the Fong Auditorium celebrated the beginning of a new chapter in the University’s ongoing effort to embrace diversity and inclusion.

  • 18 receive OFA fellowships

    The Office for the Arts at Harvard and the Office of the Dean for the Arts and Humanities announced 18 undergraduate recipients of the 2012 Artist Development Fellowship.

  • Matthews, Silverman are Scientists of the Year

    The Harvard Foundation will present the 2012 Scientist of the Year Award to Jessica O. Matthews ’10 and Julia Silverman ’10, co-founders of Uncharted Play Inc. and inventors of SOCCKET, at this year’s annual Albert Einstein Science Conference.

  • HMS appoints center director

    Harvard Medical School Professor of Medicine Russell S. Phillips has been appointed inaugural director of HMS’s Center for Primary Care by Jeffrey S. Flier, dean of the faculty of medicine.

  • Hempton named Divinity School dean

    Harvard University President Drew Faust announced that David Hempton will become dean of Harvard Divinity School, effective July 1. Hempton, the Alonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studies at the Divinity School, succeeds William A. Graham, who will step down from the post at the end of this academic year.

  • 2,032 admitted to Class of ’16

    Letters and email notifications of admission to Harvard College have been sent to 2,032 students. More than 60 percent of families of students admitted to the Class of 2016 will benefit from an unprecedented $172 million in undergraduate financial aid.

  • Pulling together for a better Harvard

    President of the Harvard Board of Overseers Leila Fawaz and Senior Fellow of the Harvard Corporation Robert Reischauer sat down with the Gazette recently to discuss the University’s governance, the interplay between the University’s two governing boards, and the experience of serving.

  • Renewing Harvard-Army ties

    In a ceremony March 28 at Hilles Hall, Harvard University resumed a connection with the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) that started in 1916.

  • More than one crowning achievement

    Kelsey Beck ’14 was crowned Miss Boston 2012. The Harvard student will compete in the Miss Massachusetts pageant June 29-30 in Worcester. In the meantime, she balances classes and extracurricular activities.

  • A peek into Harvard classrooms

    The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is launching a new video series, called “Harvard’s Great Teachers,” which will highlight Harvard’s world-class faculty and offer a sampling of the exciting and innovative teaching experienced by Harvard students.

  • Record for financial aid

    Harvard College will increase financial aid for undergraduates to a record $172 million for the next academic year.

  • Eyes on the future

    Harvard’s 30-member Board of Overseers works to ensure Harvard’s tradition of excellence is carried into the future.

  • 24 juniors elected to Phi Beta Kappa

    Twenty-four juniors were recently elected to the Harvard College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK), Alpha Iota of Massachusetts.

  • Paulus honored for directing excellence

    The American Repertory Theater Artistic Director Diane Paulus is the recipient of the Drama League’s 2012 Founders Award for Excellence in Directing.

  • Innovative clusters

    A few visitors got a first glimpse of how Old Quincy House will look after completion of the renewal process next year, thanks to a tour of a full-scale mockup of the soon-to-be-renovated accommodations.

  • Faculty Council meeting held March 21

    At the March 21 meeting of the Faculty Council, its members heard reports on proposed updates to the Handbook for Students, the FAS’s plans for implementing the University’s conflict of interest policy, Harvard College admissions, and the Library.

  • Pinkett Smith named Woman of the Year

    As a part of its Celebration of Black Women program, the Harvard Black Men’s Forum has selected acclaimed actress Jada Pinkett Smith as Woman of the Year.

  • Toft named Fulbright scholar

    Monica Toft, associate professor of public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, has been selected for a 2012-2013 Fulbright U.S. scholar grant.

  • HKS presents Neustadt and Schelling Awards

    Amartya Sen, one of the world’s most eminent economists and philosophers, has been named one of the recipients of the 2012 Richard E. Neustadt and Thomas C. Schelling Awards.