Campus & Community
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When math is the dream
Dora Woodruff was drawn to beauty of numbers as child. Next up: Ph.D. at MIT.
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A space for researchers to meet, and AI and natural intelligence to do the same
The Kempner Institute buzzes with new code, numbers, ideas
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A fresh take on must-see TV
Isabella Madrigal has a vision: storytelling that’s compelling, inspires better, more equitable world
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Sean Kelly named dean of Arts & Humanities
Distinguished scholar of philosophy calls work of division ‘the soul of higher education’
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Overseers announce senior officers for 2024-25
Vivian Hunt and Tyler Jacks to assume leadership roles after Commencement
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When your soulmate’s a classmate
Husband and wife — both pursuing master’s degrees at Harvard — merge love for education to help students in India
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No ordinary leader
Dominant. That’s the only word to describe the Harvard women’s basketball team over the past 25 years. The team has won 11 Ivy League championships since 1986 — a little less than one every other year — and 70 percent of its games in interleague play.
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No ceilings
In 2004, Harvard announced an initiative to make the University more accessible to low-income families by expanding recruitment and eliminating parental contributions for eligible students. Since then, 1,900 students have taken advantage of the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative. Here’s how the program changed the lives of some of its first alumni.
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‘Outstanding Women’ honored
Harvard College Dean Evelynn Hammonds and Swanee Hunt, Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), received the Outstanding Women Award from the YWCA Cambridge on Oct. 29.
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Getting out the vote
Cambridge residents, University students vote at two campus locations during midterm elections.
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‘Treat and Greet’ in Allston
Harvard hosts a Halloween “Treat and Greet” celebration and open house in the Barry’s Corner section of Allston, a get-together that drew flocks of costumed local residents and children.
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A witchin’ good time
Pirates, witches, ninjas, and skeletons invaded Harvard Yard Friday (Oct. 29) as part of the Phillips Brooks House Association’s (PBHA) Halloween Party. PBHA organizers host the extravaganza each year, inviting students from their after-school and in-school programs to campus for an afternoon of crafts projects, tasty treats, and face-painting fun.
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A housing dream come true
Harvard’s 20/20/2000 initiative, the University’s 20-year, $20 million, low-interest loan program to help create low- and middle-income housing in Boston and Cambridge, helped to fund the Doña Betsaida Gutiérrez Cooperative on the Blessed Sacrament campus in Jamaica Plain. The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the project was Oct. 30.
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Harvard’s 20/20/2000 affordable housing initiative helped build, renovate 4,350 units in Boston and Cambridge
Seventeen percent of affordable housing projects built or renovated in Cambridge and Boston over the past decade are the result of Harvard’s 20/20/2000 affordable housing initiative.
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GSD students unveil new design journal
Trays, a student publication at the Graduate School of Design (GSD), and GSD student group Social Change and Activism, have collaborated to create the first annual compendium on socio-cultural awareness in design titled DO!: Design Opportunity.
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Bok Center honors 510
The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ deans of undergraduate education awarded an unprecedented 510 certificates of distinction and excellence on Oct. 26 at Harvard’s Center for Government and International Studies.
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All in this together
Members of the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) — which assists member institutions in recruiting and retaining faculty and staff — worked on strategies for a host of challenges during the organization’s general assembly, held at Harvard University.
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Professor Harold Bolitho dies
Harold Bolitho, professor of Japanese history emeritus in Harvard’s Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, died on Oct. 23 after a long illness.
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Faculty Council meeting held Oct. 27
At its fifth meeting of the year on Oct. 27, the Faculty Council heard details of the forthcoming faculty retirement plan.
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Harvard students win in Collegiate Inventors Competition
Harvard doctoral candidate Alice Chen won first prize in the Collegiate Inventors Competition, while several other Harvard students took home second and third prizes.
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Arnold Arboretum announces T-shirt contest
The Arnold Arboretum invites artists of all ages to submit their T-shirt designs for Lilac Sunday 2011.
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Minds in the making
The Harvard Achievement Support Initiative is arming teachers, parents, and community partners with techniques and resources that boost student achievement.
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‘Treat and Greet’ open house at Barry’s Corner
Harvard University will host a Halloween-themed community open house at Barry’s Corner in Allston on Oct. 29. The event encourages neighbors to meet people who work in the area and learn more about the Harvard departments and organizations in the community.
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Screening: Side Effects From Endoscopic Procedures
Instead of relying on doctors’ reports about adverse events, Harvard’s Dr. Daniel Leffler used electronic medical records to track emergency visits and hospital admissions that occurred within two weeks of a colonoscopy or upper-gastrointestinal endoscopy and that appeared to be related to the procedures…
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Aiding scholars at risk
Harvard issues a call for nominations in an annual quest to offer one-year fellowships to “scholars at risk” who face persecution in their native countries.
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Noma-Reischauer Prizes awarded in Japanese studies
The Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and Kodansha Ltd. Publishers hosted the 16th annual Edwin O. Reischauer/Kodansha Ltd. Commemorative Symposium and the 15th annual awarding of the Noma-Reischauer Prizes in Japanese Studies on Oct. 15.
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‘Africa in Motion’
A two-day celebration of African studies at Harvard highlighted cultural elements such as dance and artwork, study and travel on the continent, and scholarly discussions of Africa’s status today.
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American Academy inducts 17 faculty
A group of Harvard faculty members has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 230th class of fellows.
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Breaking bread together
A new dining experience at the Harvard Divinity School inspires students and staff to take an hour, sit down, and eat “family style.”
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Getting fresh with Mollie
Iconic cookbook author Mollie Katzen brings food lessons to Harvard: Slow down, eat mostly plants, and cook at home.
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James Stemble Duesenberry
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on October 5, 2010, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late James Stemble Duesenberry, William Joseph Maier Professor of Money and Banking Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Duesenberry studied the use of monetary and fiscal policies to contain the business cycle and mitigate its consequences.
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A course as gateway
Student reflects on the joys of studying art history by seeing the works in person.
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David Herbert Donald
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on October 5, 2010, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late David Herbert Donald, Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of American Civilization Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Donald was an influential scholar of American history and noted biographer of Abraham Lincoln.
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Creating power by the Yard
New solar panels atop Canaday Hall, a freshman dormitory, are part of a heat-recovery project that’s expected to supply at least 60 percent of the hot water for buildings in Harvard Yard.
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Alums receive Hiram Hunn Award
The Harvard Admissions Office has awarded the Hiram Hunn Award to eight alumni for their outstanding schools committee work.
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A look inside: Winthrop House
This year, Winthrop House hopes to again claim victory by winning the Straus Cup, Harvard’s House intramural sports championship.