Campus & Community

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Harvard rugby star Cassidy Bargell hopes sharing her story will ease the angst of others with medical conditions.

Inspired and informed by friends and family members, Harvard students with ties to Ukraine have rallied campus support for communities under attack.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on March 1, 2022, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Stephen Williams, Peabody Professor of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Williams was an expert in the archaeology of the southeastern United States.