Campus & Community

A festive seasonal staple, the entertainment series known as “The Chairs Revue,” which offers musical and theatrical performances by students and faculty and occasional appearances from members of the American Repertory Theater, is back for daily performances through April 26.

Professor Maria Tatar offered her insight into the enduring cultural appeal of fairy tales in an installment of the John Harvard Book Celebration series.

Harvard Stadium is an iconic structure, and not just for the sports that happen on the field. To a community dedicated to running “the stadium steps,” the real athletes are in the stands.

The 9th Annual SUP Auction, sponsored by the Phillips Brooks House Association, will be held April 24, 5:30-8:30 p.m. in the Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub.

Harvard College student Annemarie Ryu was honored on April 4 as one of Glamour magazine’s Top 10 College Women.

At the April 4 meeting of the Faculty Council, its members approved changes to the Handbook for Students and an amendment to the faculty’s rule on dismission and expulsion. They also approved two new concentrations in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Using history as a lens to predict future political trends has been the focus of Daniel Ziblatt’s career and informs his work as an educator, researcher, and author.

Social networks can be time-savers, not just time-wasters. A series of popular courses gives Harvard faculty and staff members Web tools that are useful for professional gain and creative collaboration.

Cabot House is putting on a production of “The Wizard of Oz” on April 20-21 and 26-28.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.