Campus & Community

The global Harvard community participated in the University’s first Global Day of Service.

We look at how the different graduate Schools are handling online learning in the fall.

Richard A. Smith, a former member of both of Harvard’s governing boards, has died at age 95. Smith was a member of the Harvard Corporation from 1991 to 2000, and…

Catherine Dulac is awarded a 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for her pioneering work identifying the neural circuitry that regulates parenting behavior.

Breaktime Cafe, started by two Harvard students, works to feed vulnerable community members.

Jane Mansbridge, one of the world’s leading scholars of democratic theory talks about her “jagged trajectory” toward success.

William V. Giannobile, D.M.Sc. ’96, P.D. ’96, talks about assuming his role as dean of Harvard Dental School of Medicine in the midst of a pandemic and what he envisions for the future.

Review committee details process, and how their findings may inform search for new Harvard University Police Department chief.

We interview historian Donald Yacovone, an associate at The Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, who is writing the book “Teaching White Supremacy: The Textbook Battle Over Race in American History.”

When the pandemic pushed it totally online, Harvard Summer School strengthen its already strong virtual presence. This is what they learned.

After approval from the FDA, Harvard University will begin to transition to unobserved, self-administered COVID-19 screening tests for all individuals authorized to live or be on campus as part of continued efforts to monitor and control the virus.

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the U.S. Department of Energy announced the creation of five new Quantum Information Science Research Centers across the country. Harvard researchers will play important roles in three of the centers.

In the University’s first-ever virtual first-year Convocation, President Lawrence S. Bacow on Tuesday urged the Class of 2024 to “find your way to heal this world.”

In “Postcards From Home,” three students share thoughtful insights on how the pandemic is changing their lives and those around them.

For first-years, move-in day offers excitement, with a touch of anxiety.

Harvard partners with MIT, Northeastern, and Tufts to launch NSF artificial intelligence institute.

Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences welcomed students to campus, with 50 populating its four residence halls.

In April, the Harvard College Data Analytics Group, a student-led nonprofit organization, created 17 COVID-19 response teams that partnered with 16 organizations and municipal governments to tackle elements of the COVID-19 crisis.

Professors Michael Sandel and Daniel Schrag are inviting all Harvard degree students to join in two University-wide courses this fall designed to spark conversation and mutual learning across the campuses.

Stories from Harvard faculty, students, staff about writing’s place in a pandemic and playing host to Renée Fleming.

Sheree Ohen has been named the inaugural associate dean of diversity, inclusion, and belonging for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Claudine Gay, Edgerley Family Dean of FAS, announced today. Ohen will begin her tenure Sept. 28.

Housed at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, the Harvard Representation Initiative was created to provide legal representation to undocumented members of the Harvard community, as well as others whose immigration status is at risk.

Five alumni have been elected as new members of Harvard University’s Board of Overseers and six as directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA).

Walter Charles Carrington ’52, J.D. ’55, passed away on Aug. 11 at the age of 90. Carrington was a former U.S. ambassador to Senegal and Nigeria and civil rights activist.

Harvard ramps up sample COVID-19 testing on campus.

Provost Alan M. Garber and Executive Director of Harvard University Health Services Giang Nguyen outline details of plan to bring students back on campus safely.

The dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences announced an anti-racism agenda prioritizing six areas of action.

Harsh Sinha ’20 visited more than 80 countries during time at Harvard College. His goal is to be the youngest person to have visited 50 states in the U.S., as well as 100 of the U.N.-recognized nations.

With COVID-19 keeping children out of theater camp, Creative Drama — Space Explorers, a free, weeklong summer camp put on by the American Repertory Theater and Harvard Ed Portal brought theater camp to them.

Thomas J. Hollister, Harvard’s vice president for finance and chief financial officer, explains the Harvard Corporation’s revised endowment guidance for the 2021 fiscal year.