Campus & Community
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An Olympics first
First-year fencer makes history as member of all-Harvard squad in Paris
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University Disability Resources celebrates Disability Pride
Investments and realignment of resources creates greater access for Harvard community members
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Brian Lee to step down as VP for alumni affairs and development
‘Champion of Harvard and our mission’ will depart at end of calendar year
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Fiona Coffey named director of the Office for the Arts at Harvard
Innovative and accomplished leader, believes in integrating arts into nontraditional spaces, disciplines
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How an artist discovered a shining star
Exhibit on MBTA Red Line honors work of woman astronomer whose work paved path for modern astrophysics but remained hidden in her lifetime
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Jennifer O’Connor appointed vice president and general counsel
Distinguished legal practitioner, whose career includes public service at White House and with federal agencies, to join Harvard on July 29
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Harvard Extension is good fit for CEO of Native American nonprofit
Chris James, president and CEO of The National Center for Native American Enterprise Development in Mesa, Arizona, shares his Extension School experience.
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Who wants ice cream? At this point, pretty much everyone
Despite downpour, the Department of Astronomy ice cream social event draws a crowd.
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New 24/7 mental-health hotline for Harvard students opens
Counseling and Mental Health Services has launched a new 24/7 hotline for students who have mental health concerns or questions of any kind, whether they are in immediate distress or not, on campus or elsewhere.
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Veteran biotech executive to run new center aimed at boosting cell and gene therapies
Landmark Bio, a new center for advanced cell manufacturing, announced that former Orchard Therapeutics, Amgen, and Genzyme executive Ran Zheng will take over as chief executive. Landmark Bio is a partnership of Boston-area universities, hospitals, and private industry led by Harvard and MIT.
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A pioneering geneticist and Renaissance man of parts
Colleagues and friends remember Richard Lewontin as whip-smart, a fierce debater, and an engaged and loyal mentor and friend.
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Simple brilliance
In the summertime the days lengthen, the landscape brightens, calling to mind crisp sheets on a clothesline, billowy clouds, or a crisp culinary uniform.
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First-time teachers thrown into the COVID deep end
During the pandemic, the Harvard Teacher Fellows program quickly shifted its training from in-person to online teaching.
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Slavery isn’t dead, Clint Smith says. It isn’t even past.
Shining a light on the complex history of slavery and how we understand its lasting impacts is at the heart of Clint Smith’s latest work.
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Lifting restrictions, urging vaccination
HUHS Director Giang Nguyen discusses the delta variant of COVID-19 and gives a first look at what campus re-entry will look like.
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The evolution of bigotry
James H. Sidanius devoted much of his career to social justice and racial equality.
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Innovative higher-ed IT veteran named new CIO
Klara Jelinkova, who developed a reputation as an innovator in her nearly three decades in information technology at major U.S. research universities, has been named vice president and University chief information officer, Harvard announced today.
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Harvard and MIT-led nonprofit to tackle longstanding inequities in education
Harvard, MIT, and edX announced a joint effort with education technology company 2U to extend online learning’s reach and impact across the world.
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Vice Provost Rick McCullough to become Florida State president
Vice Provost for Research Rick McCullough has been named president of Florida State University.
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University Police Department unveils workload- and crime-data dashboard
The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) today announced the launch of a public workload- and crime-data dashboard, an initiative that grew out of a recent wide-ranging examination of the department and aims to further increase transparency and accountability.
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Giving back to the Greater Boston community
Students from Schools, centers, and programs across Harvard University volunteer their time, effort, and expertise to advance work being done by local government and community organizations across Greater Boston.
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Driven to provide health care
After COVID hiatus, Harvard’s Family Van gears up again.
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Her daughter about to be sold away, an enslaved mother carefully packs her a sack
In Tiya Miles’ “All That She Carried,” the book explores a tattered artifact to piece together a history of a family torn apart.
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RISE sets its sights on helping some of Cambridge’s neediest
Harvard and local philanthropic partners are helping fund the city of Cambridge’s new guaranteed-income pilot initiative to support community in need.
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Understanding the mayor’s office from the inside
Natalie Swartz has spent the past tumultuous year serving as the fifth Harvard Presidential City of Boston Fellow in the Boston Mayor’s Office.
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Paving the way
The inaugural group of Harvard’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging fellows come from disciplines as diverse as the study of religion to Romance languages, English, and music.
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The future of teaching and learning
The Harvard Task Force on the Future of Teaching and Learning was created to explore how the University can build on learnings from remote teaching during the pandemic.
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Backing high-risk, high-reward
Seven Harvard professors have been awarded funds from the Star-Friedman Challenge for Promising Scientific Research.
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Glynn to retire as CEO of Harvard Allston Land Co.
Glynn was instrumental in advancing Harvard’s vision for the Enterprise Research Campus in Allston
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The serendipity of solitude
A breath of fresh air, meditation, or a yoga stretch during a “sun salutation” are simple ways to center yourself during challenging times.
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1,962 admitted to the Class of 2025
Nearly 85 percent of those admitted to the Class of 2025 say they will come to Harvard in the fall. Financial aid was a significant consideration in many of their decisions, according to William R. Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions.
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Global alumni community gather for first virtual annual meeting
The Harvard Alumni Association virtually convened the 151st Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association on Friday.
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‘I’ve never done work that I was not interested in. That is a very good reason to go on.’
Indian economist and philosopher, Amartya Sen, the 1998 Nobel laureate in economics, talks about his life as the son of distinguished Hindu academics and how the inequities all around him in colonial India of the 1930s would shape his intellectual destiny.
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New VP for human resources
Marking the culmination of a national search, Manuel Cuevas-Trisán has been appointed Harvard’s new vice president for human resources.
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Melinda French Gates receives Radcliffe Medal
The trailblazing work of Melinda French Gates, a philanthropist, advocate for the rights of women and girls, and fighter for gender equity, was the focus of Radcliffe Day.
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Looking at public health through an LTGBTQ+ lens
Austin Marshall, M.P.H. ’21, wants to be a physician-advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and care for patients as a doctor.