Campus & Community

This year, Harvard is celebrating the 375th anniversary of the founding of Harvard College in 1636. Visit the official 375th website for more information about the University-wide celebration.

Nearly 81 percent of students admitted to Harvard’s Class of 2016 have chosen to matriculate at the College. The last time the yield on admitted students reached 80 percent was 41 years ago.

Harvard President Drew Faust met with a new crop of Presidential Public Service Fellows for a candid discussion of what the University can do to promote public service as a career and a calling.

The American Philosophical Society awarded the Jacques Barzun Prize for the best book in cultural history published in 2010 to Amabel B. James Professor of History Peter E. Gordon.

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures recently awarded two V.M. Setchkarev Memorial Prizes of $500 each at its spring reception this May.

Miranda Morrison ’14 and Patrick Rooney ’14 were presented with the Joseph L. Barrett Award at a special ceremony on May 2.

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International has selected Donna Hicks’ “Dignity: The Essential Role It Plays in Resolving Conflict” as the recipient of its 2012 Educators Award.

The Harvard Allston Education Portal “Showcase” drew nearly 100 people, including Ed Portal mentors, the Allston youngsters they’ve worked with, family members, and Harvard faculty and staff, to celebrate the conclusion of yet another semester of learning. Both mentees and mentors demonstrated the special connections that form at the Ed Portal and how contagious the excitement of learning can be.

Harvard Graduate School of Education student Rebecca Givens Rolland has won two recent literary prize for her prose and poetry.

Since 2008, the Harvard Allston Education Portal has fostered learning, exploration, and connections between Harvard and the Allston-Brighton community. The new Ed Portal Annex will triple the size of the Harvard Allston Education Portal.

In its 10th year, Boston Shines, the citywide cleanup event, brought together staff from across the University, all of whom rolled up their sleeves to contribute to the cause.

David A. Evans, the Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, was awarded the 2012 Welch Award in Chemistry in recognition of his pioneering research.

Alumni, students, and leaders of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences donned hard hats and plunged shovels into the earth to mark the launch of the Old Quincy Test Project.

The Class of 2012 will hear from one of popular culture’s rising stars and get a window into the way Washington works when “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) cast member Andy Samberg and Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank speak on Senior Class Day, May 23, in Tercentenary Theatre.

Lowell House residents like to de-stress in their free time by doing yoga.

Expanding language program connects students with broader fields, such as history, art, and culture.

The product of a gift from a London merchant in 1721, the chair set a tone for how American universities teach students.

As an editor of Harvard’s hallowed Red Books and obituary writer for Harvard Magazine, Deborah Smullyan finds the beauty and wisdom in a parade of graduates’ retrospectives.

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study announced the 51 women and men — from across the University and around the world — who will be convening as next year’s Radcliffe Institute fellows.

Five faculty members were recognized for their excellence in undergraduate teaching this week by being awarded Harvard College Professorships.

A student finds that her involvement in Athena, a gender-empowerment group, has helped to build confidence and community. She has given many hours, and gotten back much.

It’s been an up-and-down season for the women’s softball and men’s baseball teams, both of which hope to cobble together late-season surges.

Harvard’s distinctive House system, a baker’s dozen of smaller communities, nurtures undergrads to find their passions, and themselves.

Find out why Cabot House resident Krystal Tung ’13 says that the place where she lives is also the place where she explores, creates, connects, and, above all, learns.

Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) today announced the launch of edX, a transformational partnership in online education. Through edX, the two institutions will collaborate to enhance campus-based teaching and learning and build a global community of online learners.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.