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‘I was in Harvard but not of it’ Du Bois Society, named for the University’s 1st Black Ph.D., offers necessary community to minority grad students DateJuly 7, 2020July 8, 2020
Faculty of Arts and Sciences will bring up to 40% of undergraduates to campus this fall First-years and students who must be on campus to progress academically are invited to be in residence DateJuly 6, 2020July 6, 2020
The changing ecosystem of philanthropy Alan Garber and Brian Lee, VP of Alumni Affairs and Development, discuss the critical role of philanthropic support at Harvard DateJune 30, 2020June 30, 2020
Serving up a new social order Looking back at dining — and disruptions — on campus over the decades shows how meals mirrored the way we lived then, and now DateJune 29, 2020July 1, 2020
At the Harvard Ed Portal’s Mural Club, ingenuity first Moving online didn’t stop the session from being a success DateJune 26, 2020June 29, 2020
Class of 2024 yield drops marginally COVID-19 fears leave some students opting to defer until 2025 DateJune 26, 2020June 25, 2020
In search of future Overseers A former Overseer and the executive director of the Harvard Alumni Association discuss the work of the HAA nominating committee DateJune 25, 2020June 26, 2020
Walsh details thinking behind redeployment of police funds Boston mayor discusses $12 million antiracism public health initiative at Chan School series DateJune 25, 2020June 26, 2020
Making connections, building community Incoming HAA president aims to bolster relationships across the alumni community DateJune 25, 2020June 24, 2020
‘I developed a sense of the enormous, great luck in managing to survive, giving me a strong feeling that I had an obligation to pay it forward’ As he prepares to retire, Laurence Tribe retraces his path from teen immigrant math whiz to leading constitutional law scholar and admired professor DateJune 24, 2020September 8, 2020
From hands-on to virtual Local teens learn how to be scientists through Harvard-MIT program DateJune 24, 2020June 24, 2020
Culture Lab Innovation Fund award winners announced Projects address the needs of Harvard’s most vulnerable community members DateJune 24, 2020June 26, 2020
Three new professors named in math Laura DeMarco, Mihnea Popa, and Melanie Wood begin appointments in July DateJune 23, 2020June 24, 2020
Art for justice’s sake Students activate, donate in movement to fight inequity, promote police reform DateJune 22, 2020June 22, 2020
Teaching to remain online for 2020-21 FAS dean outlines three possible paths to return to residential life DateJune 18, 2020June 18, 2020
Rewarding innovation in inclusion 10 pilot programs to receive Culture Lab funds DateJune 18, 2020June 18, 2020
An Asylum in Allston Nonprofit artisans’ group will use Harvard property to make PPE gowns DateJune 17, 2020June 17, 2020
Harvard reaches tentative agreement with graduate student union If ratified, new contract will provide range of benefits and protections DateJune 16, 2020June 16, 2020
Eight current Overseers share their unique stories Election for new members to the Board of Overseers to begin next month DateJune 16, 2020June 23, 2020
A reading list on issues of race Harvard faculty recommend the writers and subjects that promote context and understanding DateJune 15, 2020June 25, 2020
Rodrik wins Asturias Award for Social Sciences Recognized for his work that has 'led economic analysis and political economy to a territory closer to reality' DateJune 15, 2020
The outlook for Harvard online learning In a Q&A, Vice Provost Bharat Anand recaps the spring’s pivot to digital, and the planning underway for fall DateJune 12, 2020June 13, 2020
A passion for stories Harvard senior thinks literature can help us understand life’s big questions DateJune 12, 2020June 4, 2020
STEM takes a knee for reflection and reckoning Departments shut labs, put down papers for a day to read, think, and discuss racial inequities and start devising concrete solutions in the fields DateJune 11, 2020June 12, 2020
Flying high, then returning home Blythe George has come a long way from her tribe and her rural California town, but her ambitions are to help both DateJune 11, 2020July 9, 2020
Echoes of El Salvador in Egypt The son of Latin American immigrants, Hainer Sibrian, M.P.P. ’20, is set to launch a career as a U.S. diplomat, inspired by study abroad during Arab Spring DateJune 10, 2020June 12, 2020
Harvard’s secret court 100 years later Scholars discuss the centennial of a star chamber organized to identify and punish gay students DateJune 9, 2020June 15, 2020
Home for dinner (and breakfast and lunch) Classes were online, but home-cooked meals were right on the table DateJune 9, 2020June 9, 2020
