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  • Bringing two worlds together

    Harvard Graduate School of Education grad Nolan Altvater ’22 plans to work on changing education policy regarding Wabanaki culture in Maine public schools.

    Nolan Altvater.
  • Library Collections in three dimensions

    Librarians tell stories behind three objects: rare 16th-century globe set, Edison lightbulb, and DIY 1960s protest clothing.

    Mercator celestial globe.
  • Demystifying Harvard’s admission process

    William Lee, University’s lead counsel, discusses the Supreme Court case with Sherri Ann Charleston, chief diversity and inclusion officer.

    Sherri Charleston and Bill Lee.
  • Let us not suffer Psets alone

    Part study hall, part help desk, part social space, it proves math needn’t be all about solitary scholars racking their brains on Pythagorean theorems.

    Joanna Walters, Raquel Reis, Jocelyn Wang, and Ivy Tirok.
  • Mastering move with high level of difficulty, prize-winning execution

    Marissa Sumathipala was an Olympic hopeful, started a company at 17, and is now graduating Harvard.

    Marissa Sumathipala.
  • Making field to table work regionally

    Nina Sayles’ love of gardening is blooming into a drive to provide more nutritious foods for us all.

    Nina Sayles
  • Reframing American Studies

    Scholar Philip Deloria encourages his students to push boundaries of American Studies.

    Charles Hua in class.
  • Theodore C. Bestor, 69

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 5, 2022, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Theodore C. Bestor, Reischauer Institute Professor of Social Anthropology, was placed upon the records. Professor Bestor was a major force in the emergence of the social anthropology subdiscipline of East Asian ethnography.

  • Jerome Kagan, 92

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 5, 2022, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Jerome Kagan, Daniel and Amy Starch Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Kagan Kagan pioneered the integration of biological and psychological methods.

  • Robert Duncan Luce, 87

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 5, 2022, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late R. Duncan Luce, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Luce was a renowned mathematical psychologist.

  • James Sidanius, 75

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on April 5, 2022, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late James Sidanius, John Lindsley Professor of Psychology in Memory of William James and Professor of African and African American Studies, was placed upon the records. Professor Sidanius was a widely recognized scholar in the fields of social and political psychology.

  • Seeing like anthropologist through camera’s lens

    Ryan Christopher Jones brings an anthropologist’s eye to his work as a freelance journalist. After finishing his liberal arts degree at the Extension School, he’ll be pursuing a Ph.D. in anthropology at Harvard this fall.

    Ryan Christopher Jones.
  • Entering a second decade of innovation

    The 11th annual President’s Innovation Challenge names 25 finalists.

    Event finalists.
  • Tracy Palandjian elected to Harvard Corporation

    Tracy Pun Palandjian ’93, M.B.A. ’97, a Boston-based nonprofit leader, former Harvard Overseer, and recognized expert on impact investing, will become the newest member of the Harvard Corporation, the University announced Monday.

    Tracy Palandjian.
  • Taeku Lee joins Faculty of Arts and Sciences

    Taeku Lee is a leading scholar on racial and ethnic politics, identity formation, and inequality.

    Taeku Lee.
  • Harvard to expand financial aid starting with Class of ’26

    The change aims to ease the pressures of expenses and remove economic barriers to attending Harvard College.

    Harvard Yard.
  • Allyson Hobbs is elected Class of 1997’s chief marshal

    Allyson Hobbs ’97, whose award-winning writing, scholarship, and teaching tackle the history and lasting impact of race in the U.S., will serve as this year’s chief marshal of alumni.

  • Rhapsody in blue

    Gazette photographers use the cyanotype printing process to capture Harvard Yard trees.

    A cyanotype composites an oak leaf from Harvard Yard with a figure walking toward Massachusetts Hall.
  • Harvard expands ombuds

    In December, Harvard expanded and centralized its ombuds services at the Longwood Medical Area and Cambridge. Two ombuds explain how they can best serve the Harvard community.

    Longwood Medical area.
  • What climate education should look like

    The Climate Education Committee looks to the Harvard community to help envision what climate education should look like in 2030.

    Solar panels on the High Bay on 38 Oxford Street.
  • Finding ways to help Ukraine

    Grad student, first-years gather humanitarian aid, create website to pair foreign hosts, fleeing war refugees.

    Avi Schiffmann.
  • Puncturing myth of purity of science, technology

    Harvard Kennedy School Professor Sheila Jasanoff, winner of the 2022 Holberg Prize, reflects on the long road she’s traveled to develop the field of science and technology studies.

    Sheila Jasanoff.
  • ‘Driven by alumni — and representing our community in a profound way’

    Three members of the Harvard alumni nominating committee and the HAA executive director explained the committee’s work, the role alumni play at Harvard in elections, and what it means to get involved and vote.

    Philip Lovejoy (clockwise from top left) Roger Fairfax, Sid Espinosa, and June Nagao.
  • Merrick Garland to speak at Commencement for Classes of 2020 and 2021

    U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland will be the principal speaker for the Classes of 2020 and 2021 Commencement ceremony at Harvard on May 29.

    Merrick Garland.
  • A vision of universal, though not integrated, sisterhood

    Radcliffe Fellow Amy Erdman Farrell is working on a book about the history of the Girl Scouts and its complex internal struggles with race and civil rights.

    Group portrait of African American Girl Scouts.
  • The 74-year-old College graduate

    Robin Batteau wondered if he was up to the challenge, 50 years after family financial trouble disrupted his education. Come May, he’ll hold the proof in his hands.

    Robin Batteau.
  • Feeling at home at Mather House

    How one Harvard House has kept residential life humming during pandemic.

    Anas El Turabi holds his cavalier King Charles spaniel Corgi in front of Mather House.
  • Housing Day is back in the house

    After a two-year COVID hiatus, upperclass students return to the Yard to welcome first-years to their future homes.

    Students grasp envelopes with the Housing assignments for first-year students.
  • Taking best of innovations, lessons of pandemic education

    Task force releases report on how Harvard can create more engaging, equitable learning experiences.

    Widener Library.
  • Former poet laureate, Pulitzer winner featured speaker for Harvard Alumni Day

    A two-term U.S. Poet Laureate who has used poetry to bridge differences and build community, Tracy K. Smith ’94 will be the featured speaker for Harvard Alumni Day.

    Tracy K. Smith