Campus & Community
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Harvard amends lawsuit to push back against new funding cuts
Government is seeking to ‘micromanage’ University, complaint says, posing threat to advances in health and science
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David Deming named Harvard College dean
Economist who serves as Kirkland House faculty leader begins in new role July 1
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Walter Jacob Kaiser, 84
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Gloria Ferrari Pinney, 82
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Charles Dacre Parsons, 91
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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New Learning Experience Platform opens doors to innovation in teaching
Flexible, modular platform supports unique pedagogical approaches
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An exhibit with legs
Harvard’s Pacific octopus specimen has lived on campus since about 1883. Now, fully restored, the model hangs in the Northwest Labs building.
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Listening to air, water
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson discusses how she blends work and climate change activism.
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Jennifer Coolidge named Hasty’s Woman of the Year
Jennifer Coolidge has been named as the recipient of its 2023 Woman of the Year Award, Hasty Pudding Theatricals announced today.
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Bob Odenkirk named Hasty’s Man of the Year
The actor, comedian, and filmmaker will receive his Pudding Pot at a celebratory roast on February 2.
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No stranger to improvisation
Bass player, composer, vocalist Devon Gates merges anthropology, music in Harvard-Berklee program.
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3 Harvard seniors named Marshall Scholars
Three Harvard College seniors were among the 40 winners of the 2023 Marshall Scholarship.
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Alumni committee nominates Overseer, HAA elected director candidates
Elections for new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association will begin March 31.
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Women take the lead
A Harvard Division of Continuing Education program addresses the challenges faced by women leaders and their senior managers.
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A bit of chemistry, a bit of rock ’n’ roll
Nobel laureate Carolyn Bertozzi ’88 demonstrated talent for science, creativity even as a Harvard undergrad.
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Our favorite pictures of 2022 have a theme: Zoom, out
Harvard photographers document the vibrant return to campus life after two years of pandemic restrictions.
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‘I love this place’
New President-elect Claudine Gay is introduced to Harvard community.
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On campus and beyond, rise of ‘natural leader’ cause for celebration
Claudine Gay’s election as Harvard’s next president was greeted with joy and praise by scholars on Thursday.
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College accepts 722 under early action program
A pool of 9,553 students applied under the early action program with 722 accepted.
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Harvard names Claudine Gay 30th president
Social scientist and dean of largest University faculty excited to seize ‘moment of possibility’
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Through the looking glass
A kaleidoscopic view of campus.
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Harvard creates first University-wide conference center
David Rubenstein Treehouse to serve as convening, innovation hub, “front door” to Enterprise Research Campus in Allston.
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International Rhodes, Mitchell scholars announced
Two Harvard seniors headed to England, one to Ireland to take deeper dives into concentration disciplines.
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Behind the data, a teacher who left his students transformed
Harvard sociologist Chris Winship’s last class is a cause for celebration and reflection.
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Cornelius Searle Hurlbut Jr., 99
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.
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Guido Guidotti, 87
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 Guido Guidotti was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty
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Jene Andrew Golovchenko, 72
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 Jene Andrew Golovchenko was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.
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Sean Caron named vice president for campus services
Former managing director of Harvard Real Estate to begin new post Jan. 3.
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Princess makes most of Harvard visit
On Friday, the Princess of Wales visited Harvard’s Center on the Developing Child as part of a visit to the U.S.
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Biography of a place
Harvard course asks students to write a history of the Radcliffe Quadrangle.
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13 projects win grants to continue fostering diversity, inclusion on campus
Office for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging selects 13 Harvard projects as winners of the Harvard Culture Lab Innovation Fund Grants.
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Sarah Karmon named new HAA executive director
Sarah Karmon will succeed Philip Lovejoy as the new HAA executive director. She will be the first woman to take the top administrative role for alumni group.
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Tackling climate change with ‘sleeves rolled up’
The state of climate change and sustainability education at Harvard was the focus of a virtual forum hosted by the Division of Continuing Education and Harvard Extension School.
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Seeking a leader for the moment, and the future
Senior Fellow Penny Pritzker discusses community input and what the search committee is looking for in the next president.
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Three new University Professors
Catherine Dulac, Robert J. Sampson, and Arlene Sharpe have been named Harvard University Professors, Harvard’s highest distinction for a faculty member.
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Headed for Oxford
Part of the new cohort of U.S. Rhodes Scholars, they are pursuing different paths, looking to make difference.