Campus & Community
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Alumni committee names candidates for Harvard board elections
Voting for Board of Overseers and HAA elected directors begins April 1
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‘Talent can be a great hindrance … It’s really about endurance’
MacArthur-winning poet, novelist Ocean Vuong offers advice to young writers at Eliot Memorial Reading
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Digging for old Harvard
Archaeology Project members get their hands dirty exploring lives of earlier students
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New institute to strengthen fundamental physics research, collaboration
Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics made possible by $20 million gift from the Leinweber Foundation
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Building interfaith community
New initiative draws students seeking connection across difference
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Garber to lead Harvard beyond 2026-27 academic year
‘Our progress has made me prouder than ever to be part of the University — and determined to see us through this uniquely challenging period in our long history.’
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How to engage in cool-headed debates on hot topics
Eric Beerbohm named senior adviser for civil discourse, planning initiatives, training for students
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John Emery Murdoch, 83
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Dec. 5, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late John Emery Murdoch was spread…
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Ulrich Petersen, 89
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 7, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Ulrich Petersen was spread upon…
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Call it summer school in public service
Presidential fellowships give students a chance to kick the tires on careers for greater common good
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How they found the work they were ‘meant’ to do
Faculty share the class, mentor, book, experience that changed everything and set them on path to scholarly calling
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Like all true love stories, this one comes with heartache
Scholar’s ‘Harvard Square’ more than an academic pursuit
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Diane Lopez to retire as vice president, general counsel after 30 years
Led through pandemic, admissions lawsuit, fight against Trump-era plan that would have forced out many international students
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Front of mind for Michael Pollan: psychedelics
Author with an experimental side says new generation of researchers will inform medicinal, religious, recreational use
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Jenny Hoffman sets world record through tears and traffic, falls and fertilizer
Physics professor runs across U.S. in 47 days, 12 hours, 35 minutes
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‘I got very lightheaded because it was just so surreal’
10 seniors win Rhodes Scholarships, plan to work on neuroscience and climate change, reproductive legislation and international medicine
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City approves new home for A.R.T. in Allston
Project includes large residential building for Harvard affiliates, will add to vibrancy of emerging hub of creativity, innovation
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Committee to review request to dename Winthrop House
Inquiry led by Professor Sean Kelly will report findings to Gay, Hoekstra
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Stepping toward justice
Repair & Responsibility conference brings together Native, University leaders to advance conversation
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Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery launches first grant program
Seeks proposals from community, Harvard that will address systemic inequities
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10 from Harvard named Rhodes Scholars
Nine U.S. recipients, one international; areas of study include higher education, philosophy, neuroscience
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A minority within a minority — women vets at College
They come from different backgrounds, but all agree on need to put themselves out there and hang in
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Hilary Whitehall Putnam, 89
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 7, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Hilary Whitehall Putnam was spread…
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Franco Fido, 88
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 7, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Franco Fido was spread upon…
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Oh. My. Gourd.
The stunt was a fundraiser for Harvard OpenBio, a student-run laboratory aimed at democratizing biology.
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Breaking ground on a groundbreaking project
City and University leaders celebrate mixed-use development in Allston
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‘Sharing scholarship in many different registers’
George Aumoithe rings the bell teaching history, exploring electronic music
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147 sworn in as U.S. citizens at Harvard Business School
Dean commends ‘determination, commitment, and courage’ of honorees hailing from 40-plus countries
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Refreshing Harvard’s halls and walls to reflect ‘21st-century ethos’
Campus curator Brenda Tindal discusses plans to update spaces while honoring past
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Capturing curiosity
Harvard labs open their doors to let a photographer record the essence of discovery
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Celebrating Mass STEM Week with astrophysics and AI
“Astronomy Is for All of Us: Celebrating Women Astrophysicists and the History of Cosmic Discovery” recognized Mass STEM week, a statewide effort to boost high schoolers’ interest in and awareness of science, technology, engineering, and math.
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Peabody Museum charts progress on repatriation
NAGPRA project staff doubled to support three-year commitment for consultation, return of all ancestors and associated funerary belongings.
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Graham Blanks can really motor
First-place finishes pile up for rising cross-country star, who talks about team, goals — and that time he passed the lead car.
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Your period started. Of course the tampon dispenser is empty.
All-too-familiar frustration for women sparked campaign to make menstrual products in campus bathrooms as basic an expectation as toilet paper.
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Hearth and home — in Stone Age
Motivating Professor Amy Elizabeth Clark’s interest is what she calls a “feminist approach” to studying human history.
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Using math as bridge within disciplines
Center of Mathematical Sciences and Applications welcomes new director, a Harvard alum who will explore “beautiful, deep” interactions between mathematics and science.