Campus & Community

University names committee to lead Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Memorial Project.

Bob Odenkirk and Jennifer Coolidge were welcomed to Harvard to receive the Hasty Pudding Man and Woman of the Year awards during ceremonies at Farkas Hall.

Civil rights activist honors his father’s legacy with a call to action against poverty, racism, and violence.

James R. “Jamie” R. Houghton, a former member of the Harvard Corporation who had deep Harvard roots, died at age 86 on December 20.

Over a two-day workshop, students created a charcoal drawing of someone important to them.

Brenda Tindal will be the first chief campus curator for Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Claudine Gay, Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, announced today.…

John Bayley Fox Jr. ’59, who helped open Harvard’s doors to women and people of color from 1967 until he retired in 2007, died Nov. 27, 2022, after a long illness.

Yoshito Kishi was a towering figure in organic chemistry renowned for his syntheses of complex natural products.

With Remy the cat as their model, Graduate School of Design students learned how animal life can encourage empathy in design.

Inaugural Vice Provost for Special Projects Sara Bleich gets started in her role, and discusses what’s ahead for the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative.

The rents noted have been reviewed and endorsed by the Faculty Advisory Committee on Harvard University Housing and will take effect for the 2023-2024 leasing season.

Harvard’s Pacific octopus specimen has lived on campus since about 1883. Now, fully restored, the model hangs in the Northwest Labs building.

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson discusses how she blends work and climate change activism.

Jennifer Coolidge has been named as the recipient of its 2023 Woman of the Year Award, Hasty Pudding Theatricals announced today.

The actor, comedian, and filmmaker will receive his Pudding Pot at a celebratory roast on February 2.

Bass player, composer, vocalist Devon Gates merges anthropology, music in Harvard-Berklee program.

Three Harvard College seniors were among the 40 winners of the 2023 Marshall Scholarship.

Elections for new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association will begin March 31.

A Harvard Division of Continuing Education program addresses the challenges faced by women leaders and their senior managers.

Nobel laureate Carolyn Bertozzi ’88 demonstrated talent for science, creativity even as a Harvard undergrad.

Harvard photographers document the vibrant return to campus life after two years of pandemic restrictions.

New President-elect Claudine Gay is introduced to Harvard community.

Claudine Gay’s election as Harvard’s next president was greeted with joy and praise by scholars on Thursday.

A pool of 9,553 students applied under the early action program with 722 accepted.

Social scientist and dean of largest University faculty excited to seize ‘moment of possibility’

A kaleidoscopic view of campus.

David Rubenstein Treehouse to serve as convening, innovation hub, “front door” to Enterprise Research Campus in Allston.

Two Harvard seniors headed to England, one to Ireland to take deeper dives into concentration disciplines.

Harvard sociologist Chris Winship’s last class is a cause for celebration and reflection.

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Dec. 6, 2022, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Cornelius Searle Hurlbut, Jr., was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.