Campus & Community
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A vital link between astronauts and mission control
After a year at the Kennedy School, Grier Wilt returning to NASA ready for next lunar missions
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Overseers name new senior officers
Raymond J. Lohier Jr. to serve as president, Sheryl WuDunn as vice chair
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Need a time-saving robot? Find a busy person to build it.
Lael Ayala’s thesis project combined her passions for softball and engineering
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‘I didn’t know how much time I had left, but I wanted to go down fighting for what I believe in’
Blake Lusty battled through cancer to steam toward Navy dreams
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First rule of a disease fighter: Be curious
Ph.D. candidate Isaac Witte retraces ‘incremental advances’ that unlocked CRISPR technique
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Answering the call to serve
From first responder to alumni leader, David Battat ’91 brings a lifelong commitment to community to his new role as HAA president
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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.
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Hollister to step down as University CFO
Chief Financial Officer Thomas J. Hollister plans to step down at the end of the academic year.
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How they’re feeling
Mental health is a crisis-level issue for young people today, research says. We asked Harvard students to look inside and tell us why.
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Henry Rosovsky, former acting University president, FAS dean, dead at 95
Beloved economist recalled as innovative administrator, renowned scholar, invaluable counselor, dear friend.
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Sara Bleich named vice provost for special projects
“Uniquely suited” public health professor Sara Bleich will guide Legacy of Slavery initiatives in her new role.
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Six from Harvard named Rhodes Scholars
Students plan research in fields ranging from computer science to international health as part of class of 32 Americans.
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Williams to step down as dean of Harvard Chan School
Epidemiologist Michelle Williams will return to teaching and research after a dozen years of innovative collaborations and meeting public health challenges.
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Vets re-up, this time for rugby
Often older, with more, different life experience, former service members find close, familiar connections on different field of battle.
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New faculty: Christina Maranci
Christina Maranci is the first person of Armenian descent to hold the position of Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies.
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‘Believe it’
This may be Carrie Moore’s first time in the top job of a program, but the new and inaugural Kathy Delaney-Smith Head Coach for Harvard Women’s Basketball has a long resume.
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Start-the-day rite
To start the day right or wind down in peace, many of us rely on rituals, whether physical or spiritual. Here are four rituals that carry us through.