Campus & Community

Motivated by the collective impact of their gifts, alumni are giving immediate use funds to support the Harvard experience today and in the future. Harvard’s newest alumni were the first to reach their participation milestone with a record-breaking Senior Gift Campaign, achieving an 82 percent participation rate.

Four members of the Harvard Business School M.B.A. Class of 2011 have been named winners of the School’s prestigious Dean’s Award.

With its 360th Commencement, another chapter in Harvard’s history draws to a close, as marked by highlights from this year. Reinstallation of ROTC, ongoing innovation in science and humanities, and Wynton Marsalis at Harvard top off some of the year’s historical benchmarks.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who was selected to speak during the Afternoon Exercises, is among the nine to receive honorary degrees, which includes Ruth Bader Ginsburg (pictured), during Harvard’s 360th Commencement on May 26.

The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies supports and promotes advanced research and training in all fields of Chinese studies. The center collaborates with the Harvard University Asia Center to offer undergraduate and graduate student grants for Chinese language study and research travel.

The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics has announced its Edmond J. Safra Lab and Network Fellows and Edmond J. Safra Graduate Fellows in Ethics.

During a trip to the Museum of Science, Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds and students from her freshman seminar revisited many of the issues they explored in her fall class.

Established in late 2006, the Harvard China Fund (HCF) is Harvard University’s “academic venture fund” for China. In service of the entire University, it supports teaching and research on China and promotes Harvard’s presence in China.

The Korea Institute at Harvard University promotes the study of Korea and brings together faculty, students, distinguished scholars, and visitors to create a leading Korean studies community at Harvard University.

For 23 years, they have rung out across Cambridge in Harvard’s honor, marking the conclusion of Morning Exercises.

Kevin Eggan, associate professor of stem cell and regenerative biology, and David Elmer, assistant professor of the classics, are the winners of the 2011 Roslyn Abramson Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching.

Undergraduates who are mentors at the Harvard Allston Ed Portal say that in the end they learned as much as the young students they helped.

Each Commencement, the Harvard Extension School recognizes the notable accomplishments of its top graduates and outstanding faculty with numerous awards and prizes.

This year’s Centennial Medal from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is being awarded to a leading international scholar in mathematics, a well-traveled space scientist, a former university president who epitomizes grace under fire, and a historian who paints America’s past in vivid strokes.

Divinity School student Shauntae Smith will draw from her Harvard studies to lead the youth ministry at her home church in Brooklyn, N.Y.

A young Harvard architect, with an eye to other cultures, challenges his profession to use design to end poverty and spur social justice.

Setbacks in her ski racing career set Marguerite Thorp on the path to serving her passion for global health and social justice.

Jason Harrow argued his team to victory in Harvard Law School’s prestigious moot court competition. But his biggest test came in a real federal courtroom, where Harrow took up a high-profile case against the music industry.

Viewing all life as interconnected, Australian equine specialist Mark Schembri will use his degree from the Harvard School of Public Health to help humans and animals live healthier.

Charlie Albright — “among the most gifted musicians of his generation,” according to The Washington Post — has excelled in Harvard’s joint program with the New England Conservatory and is on track to receive a master’s of music in piano performance next year.

Comedian Amy Poehler addressed Harvard’s graduating seniors on Class Day, peppering her remarks with humor and humble words of wisdom.

The University gets ready to celebrate its classic values, as well as its recent innovative momentum in the sciences, public service, diversity, internationalism, and the arts. Oct. 14 will be the launch of the official 375th anniversary.

In its first expansion in more than three centuries, the Harvard Corporation will add three new members this July. They are Lawrence S. Bacow, Susan L. Graham, and Joseph J. O’Donnell. The appointments were announced May 25.

On the eve of Commencement, three Harvard students become military officers during the annual ROTC commissioning ceremony.

With a victory over heavily favored Notre Dame on May 1 in Pittsburgh, the Radcliffe Rugby Football Club claimed the 2011 USA Rugby Division II National Championship. It was an astonishing success for a team whose future seemed uncertain only a few years ago.

Master’s recipient Lena Eisen proves that having a child and going to graduate school at the same time can make for a workable adventure.

For the past decade, the Harvard Business School Portrait Project has asked graduating M.B.A.s the question once posed by poet Mary Oliver: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” The answers are often surprising.

Invoking the legacy of the late Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Harvard President Drew Faust’s Baccalaureate Address urged graduates to veer from scripts and write their own post-college endings.

Once a Harvard and pro football star, Business School grad Isaiah Kacyvenski is ready to tackle fresh challenges.

The first act of Commencement honored graduating seniors during a Phi Beta Kappa ceremony, with Joyce Carol Oates and Henri Cole as speakers.