Sylvia Mathews Burwell ’87, former president of American University and former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has been elected president of the Harvard University Board…
Physician and historian David Jones works to bridge the gap between medical science and the social forces that shape it, as Harvard’s first A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine.
Jennifer Page Hughes, a psychologist at the Bureau of Study Counsel, coped with a senseless death by helping others — from Harvard students to the families of 9/11 victims — deal with grief.
Preston Williams was honored with a new portrait in Andover Hall. The picture of Williams, the Houghton Research Professor of Theology and Contemporary Change Emeritus, is part of the Harvard Foundation Portraiture Project.
Harvard President Drew Faust spoke at the first Morning Prayers service, encouraging listeners to consider the past as a “valuable resource” for contemplating the future.
They are an eclectic group of Harvard students, staff, faculty, and community members. They range in age from their late teens to 50-something. They can be freshmen or CEOs, but they move fast, and under their own power. They ride by bike.
Harvard University officials responded to reports of downed utility lines and broken branches, but received no reports of injuries or serious damage as Tropical Storm Irene passed through the region.…
Harvard University is commemorating its 375th anniversary this year with a special gift — a mobile tour of Harvard Yard for visitors, neighbors, and members of the Harvard community.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology has been awarded a $150,000 Museums for America grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Hidden Spaces is part of a series about lesser-known spaces at Harvard. The little cemetery, hidden at the far end of the 265-acre Arboretum, holds several headstones and a crypt and was once part of the Walter Street “Berrying” Ground.
The National Institute of Statistical Sciences has presented the 2011 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research to Emery N. Brown of MIT and Harvard.