Campus & Community

Emerging from two years of strict COVID-19 policies, Harvard welcomed back all in-person classes and on-campus activities. A timeline marks the highlights of the 2021-22 academic year.

On Tuesday, Harvard seniors filed into Tercentenary Theatre to attend the Baccalaureate ceremony, which had been canceled for the past two years due to COVID.

The 230th Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises were held Tuesday at Sanders Theatre.

For Harvard student Phiroze Parasnis and his family, isolated in Mumbai, time spent together made up for lost time.

Ahead of Commencement ceremonies this week, we revisit inspiring messages from past speakers.

Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, has been conferred an honorary degree, Litt.D., from the University of Cambridge, his alma mater.

Three student orators will deliver speeches to celebrate the Class of 2022 on Commencement Day on May 26. A student orator will deliver the Latin Salutatory on Sunday, May 29, to honor the Classes of 2020 and 2021.

William F. Lee will step down June 30 after nearly two decades of service on the University’s governing boards. In an interview with the Gazette, Lee reflected on his time in Harvard’s leadership.

Photographer captures the campus details that often go over our heads.

Anastasia Onyango, her nurse mother, rising first-year sister wrestled with COVID anxieties, cabin fever, reckoning over race — and brother’s board games. 

A year into the job, Chief Victor Clay says the University’s police department has made strides in accountability, transparency, and diversity.

Aubree Muse graduated from the College in December 2021. She was recruited by Harvard to play on the softball team but had to quit the sport after she had spine surgery to remove a tumor inside a lumbar vertebra.

Before COVID, a cancer diagnosis. Here’s how one Harvard student and his family grew closer even as the world seemed to come apart.

Brian Bertrand plans to use what he learned from his degree in statistics and in Harvard’s Theater, Dance & Media program to help arts organizations maximize their success.

The first alum of the Harvard Graduate School of Design to serve as HAA president, Allyson Mendenhall ’90, M.L.A. ’99, is committed to creating inclusive alumni experiences.

For Lucy Wickings ’22, a homeless, first-gen student, it was all uphill. Next she’s looking to help others.

Tyler Patrick, J.D.’22, is pursuing a joint program and will earn a J.D. at Harvard Law and M.P.A. at Princeton this year. He was commissioned as a Marine Corps officer in June of last year.

Katie Lapp, who has served as Harvard’s executive vice president since 2009, will step down from the role this summer.

Three Harvard Medical School scientists are among the 150 individuals recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Physics Professor Norman Yao describes his journey in quantum physics.

Paul Choi ’86, J.D. ’89, has been elected president of Harvard University’s Board of Overseers for the 2022–23 academic year. Leslie Tolbert ’73, Ph.D. ’78, will serve as vice chair of the board’s executive committee.

The President’s Innovation Challenge Awards Ceremony showcased solutions for some of the world’s most pressing problems. Winning ventures received a share of $510,000 in Bertarelli Foundation prizes.

New Medford City Councilor and Harvard senior Justin Tseng understands that many national issues are rooted in local problems.

Khaled El-Rouayheb, Ju Yon Kim, and James Mickens have been named Harvard College Professors. The professorships provide support for professional development.

The Division of Continuing Education celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Professional Development Programs with the grand opening of its expanded space at One Brattle Square.

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 3, 2022, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Steven Edgar Ozment was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 3, 2022, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Albert Morton Craig was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.

At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 3, 2022, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Emmanuel Farhi was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.

For the first time since 2020, Arts First returned to live performances on Harvard’s campus.

Acclaimed salsa singer and composer Rubén Blades, LL.M. ’85, also known as the “Poet of Salsa,” was awarded the 2022 Harvard Arts Medal in a ceremony at Sanders Theatre.